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How to partition a Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Posted by Kim in 1:39 pm, under HOWTO | No Comments
1. Right click on “My Computer” and select “Manage”. If “My Computer icon is not on the desktop, then go through the start button.
2. On the dialog box that loads select “Disk Management”
3. On the dialog box that loads select the disk to partition
4. Right click on it and select “shrink”
5. Enter the amount of [...]
How to Configure Warid Broadband/Edge Modem to work with Ubuntu 9.04
Posted by Kim in 2:35 am, under HOWTO | 2 Comments
Insert the Modem through the USB port
Go to “Network Connection” and right click
Click “Edit Connection…”
On the panel that loads, select “Mobile broadband” tab
Click on “+add” button
A new window will pop up. Follow up the Wizard and click Forward till the end
Begin by select the country you are in.
If you are in Uganda, the system will [...]
Common Myths about Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS/FOSS)
Posted by Kim in 2:06 am, under Open Source Software (OSS) | No Comments
Myth 1:It is a Linux vs Windows thing
The Truth: Over 400,000 FLOSS projects (18,000 mature) in all fields of IT
Myth 2: FLOSS is not reliable or supported
The Truth: Major FLOSS solutions are more reliable than proprietary counterparts; professional support is also available for FLOSS.
Myth 3:Big companies don’t use FLOSS
The Truth: About 90% of Fortune 1000 [...]
Some Facts about Open Source Software
Posted by Kim in 9:00 am, under Open Source Software (OSS) | No Comments
General Concepts of FLOSS is to improve the quality of access to computer programs. That is;
Providing licenses that reduce limitations for the developer/ user.
Availing the source code to anyone
Binaries(machine readable code) are also available online and can be “freely’ downloaded and used.
Q. What is [...]
It Was Mega…
Posted by Kim in 5:46 pm, under General | No Comments
We did it! The wedding was successful as many witnessed. Friends, it blew my mind. I least expected the turn up to be that huge. Old friends that l had not met in many years. Family friends including those that we never knew were all there very excited. From the proceedings at the church to [...]
IS THIS ALL THERE IS IN LIFE?
Posted by Kim in 8:45 pm, under General | No Comments
If you strip of your name, occupation and title, what would you say you are? Have you ever reflected beyond the every passing day, what is my purpose in life? Is there anything for me beyond waking up, going to the same place daily, going back to the same home daily doing same things daily, [...]
Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer
Posted by Kim in 4:53 pm, under HOWTO, ICT | No Comments
First and foremost you need to know what you are going to use the computer for. Are you going to write papers for class? Surf the World Wide Web? Play 3-D computer games? You need to know what it is you want to do with the computer as this will often dictate minimum system requirements. [...]
After I Do
Posted by Kim in 10:06 pm, under General | No Comments
The day was Saturday 26th 2009 at 5am, l was up already. I would not sleep anymore because of the excitement about what was to happen once the day breaks. After showering, l unzipped the new bag carrying the suit l was to wear for the day. Everyting that l put on was spotless. For [...]
Watershed
Posted by Kim in 9:57 am, under General | No Comments
How does it feel when you are about to do something you have never done before that involves so many people? That’s the situation l am in.I am getting married in a day’s time. So many friends and family are all hyped. THey are calling in to wish me luck and inform me how much [...]
HOWTO: Upgrade Firefox v3.x to v3.5 in OpenSUSE 11.1?
Posted by Kim in 2:27 pm, under HOWTO | No Comments
Use your package manager or type the following commands (assuming that older firefox is installed at /opt/firefox), enter:
# cd /tmp
# wget ‘http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.5&os=linux&lang=en-US‘
Untar and install Firefox 3.5 (close all running FF sessions):
# tar -jxvf firefox-3.5.tar.bz2
# cp -avr firefox/* /opt/firefox/
