Tag Archives: Fedora

Linux could improve Computer Skills

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Robby Chen

Since I switched to GNU/Linux, I always believed that I could improve my programming skills by using this open source Operating System. I’m still believing this beliefs until now. However, after nearly two years of using GNU/Linux, my programming skills … Continue reading →

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The easiness of sharing between Ubuntu-based Distros and Windows

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Robby Chen

GNU/Linux uses Samba to sharing files within a network. I remembered last time when I tried to use Samba to connect to my Windows XP netbook using Fedora. It involves several complicated procedures that took me long time to complete. … Continue reading →

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Kubuntu is better than Fedora after all

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Robby Chen

I replaced Fedora with Kubuntu on my laptop yesterday. After experiment with the KDE interface on Kubuntu, I think that Kubuntu is better than Fedora for the following reasons: Flash is easy to install According to several online tutorials, x86-64 … Continue reading →

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Began Long-Term Usage of KDE

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Robby Chen

As a Fedora user since switched to GNU/Linux almost two years ago, I haven’t tried any other GNU/Linux distros besides Fedora. Although I tried KDE interface of Fedora for some times before, I always switched back to GNOME because my … Continue reading →

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Use Samba to Transfer Files between Fedora and Windows XP

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Robby Chen

Samba is a GNU/Linux network service that provides file sharing between GNU/Linux and Windows. One week ago, I switched my netbook from Ubuntu back to Windows XP thanks to the Google Earth plugin. I need to use Google Earth API … Continue reading →

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New Linux Kernel Problem

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Robby Chen

I use Nvidia graphic card on my Fedora laptop. Today I have upgraded the Linux kernel to the newest version. As you may already know, I changed my graphic driver from the Nvidia driver that comes with RPM Fusion repo … Continue reading →

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Thoughts About Switching to GNU/Linux for New Users (Updated)

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Robby Chen

After reading the article “Why Linux still sucks” over ZDNet, I came up with the following thoughts that corresponding to three of the points mentioned in that article on the process to switch to GNU/Linux for new Windows/Mac users: “No … Continue reading →

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The ColdFusion website is now fully data-driven

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Robby Chen

I learned a way to write code for the menus by using database instead of using cfswich. Now the course website is completely database-driven. I used the CMS approach to redesign the links in each menu. Here is the entire … Continue reading →

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Experience with Proprietary NVIDIA Driver and one Compiz Fusion tip

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Robby Chen

After I installed proprietary graphic driver from the official NVIDIA website because of the recent decision of using Second Life on my Fedora system, I installed Compiz Fusion. I was surprised to see that the animations produced by Compiz Fusion … Continue reading →

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Finally got Second Life Official Viewer Working under Fedora 12 x64 Updated

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Robby Chen

Second Life viewer 2 beta has been out for a while. It features a web browser like interface and a new feature called Shared Media that makes me to rethink about trying to install SL viewer on my Fedora x64 … Continue reading →

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