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  • HandBrake: The Best Beginner DVD Ripper

    HandBrake: The Best Beginner DVD Ripper

    Posted on July 6, 2010 | 4 Comments
    It seems like I have a lot to talk about these days when it comes to digital media, and this article is no exception. As I discussed in a previous article, I feel that physical media (CD’s, Blu-Ray, DVD) is going away and in the...

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  • Linux Tip: Simplifying Commands

    Linux Tip: Simplifying Commands

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | 17 Comments
    There are a lot of things that I do to simplify things when using Linux, and I decided that I would start writing about them. First, I’m going to describe a method I use personally to make Linux commands easier to remember. The information here...

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  • Building The Ultimate KDE Desktop With Arch Linux (Part 2)

    Building The Ultimate KDE Desktop With Arch Linux (Part 2)

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | 14 Comments
    Welcome back! As long as everything went well last time, you should have a basic Arch Linux set up with KDE 4.3.x. Your KDE installation should have a text editor (kate), a command terminal (konsole), and some basic Plasmoids for your desktop. Unfortunately, the desktop...

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  • Building The Ultimate KDE Desktop With Arch Linux (Part 1)

    Building The Ultimate KDE Desktop With Arch Linux (Part 1)

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | 11 Comments
    Welcome to the first part of my mini-guide for creating a killer KDE4 desktop with Arch Linux. In this multi-part article, I’ll first give you a general overview of installing this awesome distribution, and then in subsequent parts I’ll kick it up a notch and...

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  • Vista Annoyances Resolved

    Vista Annoyances Resolved

    Posted on August 28, 2008 | No Comments
    Over at Tweakguides, there is an interesting unbiased article regarding the shortcomings of Windows Vista and how to overcome them. If you have Vista, this article may be valuable to you. “So what makes this Vista article any different? The title provides a clue: it’s...

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