I have used Mandriva for a number of years now.  And I believe that they have put out some of the best versions of linux.  But unfortunately their is a lack of consistency.  One version of Mandriva will just be great and the next not so much so. If you really prefer Mandriva you may [...]

Kubuntu has a lot of potential although perhaps not the perfect linux distribution.  Here is what I found after setting up kubuntu.  I found that the interface kde 4.2 is very nice.  I was also pleasantly surprised to find that it ran at a nice pace as well. Whereas other distributions of linux that I [...]

For years I have used linux and this is the first time that I have ran into this problem.  I hope it is the last time.  But here is what worked for me and I hope that many who visit this page benefit from this information.
Although this may not be an exhaustive solution to all [...]

I would assume that a number of people ran into the same problem that I ran into when installing limewire in kubuntu.  You receive a message that says unknown error.  And in some cases your software manager (kpackagekit) can no longer give you any search results when you search for software in it.  But spits [...]

For those of you who are using or playing with ubuntu or kubuntu right now you may be encountering an error when trying to install the latest skype.  I have come across this and I have also seen a number of postings from others who have ran into a problem installing skype.  If you try [...]

Linux developers are working toward having webcam support functioning in linux right out of the box.  For example I have a previous post running a webcam in linux the easy way that discussed installing gspca but that driver support is now integrated into linux.  The problem though is that for many webcams that worked under [...]

So you like the lxde desktop but you miss being able to run karamba themes on your desktop. Their is a way to run some karamba themes in lxde to spruce up your desktop. First install screenlets then click on the button to get new screenlets it will take you to their site. [...]