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I am not a fan of the default font settings of Firefox on Linux.  I much prefer the way Firefox on Windows displays web pages.  And since I do a lot of work designing blogs and websites, I would much rather have Firefox display web pages the same way, whether I’m using Windows or Linux.
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I Clicked A Button

by Rob on June 14, 2009

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I browse a lot of forums related to Linux and occasionally I misstep and view some of the comments at places like Digg or Reddit.  Many of these comments really need to be taken with a grain of salt and one type of viewpoint that often pops up is how negatively some distros are viewed [...]

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I’ve been wanting to get a new, or at least different graphics card for a little while now.  I have been using the onboard graphics chip that was included with my computer since I bought it a little over a year ago.  I can’t complain about the performance I’ve been getting, I wanted “just a [...]

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I found myself revisiting “100 reasons Linux beats Windows” this morning and once again started getting annoyed at what was written.  If you haven’t seen this article before, I would suggest visiting the link first and then continue reading my little rant here.
First of all, let me state that it’s no secret that I use [...]

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Six Levels Of Linux Customization

by Rob on April 22, 2009

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I’ve noticed that if you spend any time investigating the benefits of using Linux you will undoubtedly run across a few people commenting on how customizable it is.  A person can tweak their desktop to make it look and behave to their precise liking.  This is quite true, and I’m going to break down the [...]

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Let me pose a hypothetical sitution to you.  Suppose your distro of choice, whatever it may be, were to fold and no longer exist.  What would you do?  Would you switch to another distro, or would you jump to a different OS?
This will likely never happen for the larger Linux distros, but the situation is [...]

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