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GeoffPalmer

  1. Linux Mint: From scratch - Part III: Now you've tried Mint, you'll want to install it properly. If you're curre... bit.ly/KoWm9y 2:37 PM May 20th via twitterfeed
  2. Linux: From scratch - Part II: Now that you've acquired Linux Mint, you have a number of choices in how you ins... bit.ly/KyUfmN 8:03 PM Apr 30th via twitterfeed
  3. Linux from Scratch: Part I: It's deja vu all over again! Yes, I know I started a Beginning Linux series a short... bit.ly/J0NbzH 1:07 PM Apr 18th via twitterfeed
  4. The leeky web: How can a company you've never heard of know about your browsing habits? One way is via what's ca... bit.ly/IWiCWl 3:07 AM Apr 15th via twitterfeed
  5. Wow! A truly awesome graphic from xkcd today: xkcd.com/1040/ Don't forget the mouse-over. Click to embiggen! 2:04 PM Apr 9th via Kubuntu Choqok
  6. Seems that that Janis Ian herself has picked up on my piece about her and the music industry: is.gd/8N7hCQ (See comment #17) 1:06 PM Apr 4th via Kubuntu Choqok
  7. More fools: Did you miss our April fool's roundup? Well here's a few more you may have missed ... Google's new R... bit.ly/HOSvVf 8:08 AM Apr 3rd via twitterfeed
  8. iPad 3: Hot stuff!: Issues with iPad 3's overheating are getting a fair amount of coverage — see here, here, her... bit.ly/H4wZwi 10:29 AM Mar 26th via twitterfeed
  9. Collusion - Watching the watchers: With a sound like a pistol shot, Collusion tracks another tracker ... If you... bit.ly/GQTKy3 6:57 PM Mar 22nd via twitterfeed
  10. Billion dollar body scanner hack: The US government are apparently spending US$8 billion a year on those controv... bit.ly/x3SGIo 7:11 PM Mar 13th via twitterfeed
  11. Beginning Linux : Part 5 - Changing the interface: Okay, you've tried it but you just can't abide Ubuntu's Unit... bit.ly/wMCKFe 1:59 PM Feb 28th via twitterfeed
  12. Beginning Linux : Part 4 - Exploring the Unity interface: Ubuntu's Unity interface is a step away from traditio... bit.ly/xuMEYS 1:47 AM Jan 30th via twitterfeed
  13. @lightweight Wait till you see next week's column! ;-) 12:37 AM Jan 29th via web in reply to lightweight
  14. Beginning Linux - Part III: Now you've got Ubuntu installed and running, you'll have probably noticed there are... bit.ly/xijsax 7:00 PM Jan 19th via twitterfeed
  15. Beginning Linux - Part II: Linux downloads typically come as ISO images that will burn directly to a CD. You ca... bit.ly/zg9y5r 5:47 PM Jan 11th via twitterfeed
  16. Beginning Linux - Part I: In this month's print edition of PC World, reader David Crickmer mentions he'd like t... bit.ly/vJPUjO 8:11 PM Dec 7th, 2011 via twitterfeed
  17. Hidden Linux : Divide and Conky: Conky is, in it's own words, "a free, light-weight system monitor ... that disp... bit.ly/uCKwpo 11:39 PM Nov 19th, 2011 via twitterfeed
  18. Happy birthday Firefox! (Born 9 Nov 2004 and still going strong.) 5:00 PM Nov 8th, 2011 via web
  19. Infringement notices on the way: Here they come. The first copyright infringement notices under the two-month o... bit.ly/rs5bOQ 6:57 PM Nov 1st, 2011 via twitterfeed
  20. Hidden Linux : Recomposing Composers: I was recently faced with providing foreign language accent characters in... bit.ly/tHC95n 6:23 AM Oct 26th, 2011 via twitterfeed