Author Archives: brousch

WMLUG Lucid Questions Answered

Posted on April 30, 2010 by brousch

I gave a demo and talk about the newly-released Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS at the West Michigan Linux Users Group last night. There were a few questions for which I had inadequate or no answer, so I will try … Continue reading →

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Annoying Downloads

Posted on February 24, 2010 by brousch

Dear Autodesk,You’re doing downloads wrong. The default installer for Autodesk Design Review – a “lightweight” program for viewing AutoCAD drawings – is a stub program that downloads a full version. Nobody likes these stub installers; they’re worthless. Really, what possible … Continue reading →

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Choice Georgie

Posted on January 14, 2010 by brousch

Anyone who’s talked to him knows that 26 month old George is quite a character. He’s really expressing himself lately, and we can understand a lot more of what he says. Here are a few recent amazing and funny interactions … Continue reading →

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Pump Up the RAM

Posted on January 14, 2010 by brousch

The guys in #ubuntu-us-mi were talking about “pumping up the ram” in a System76 laptop, and as always happens whenever someone mentions pumping up anything, Tecknotronic‘s “Pump Up the Jam” started looping through my head. Due to being fueled by … Continue reading →

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Linux File Type to Opening Program Mappings

Posted on January 5, 2010 by brousch

I learned a few useful things while helping a chap troubleshoot a problem in #ubuntu-us-mi today. It seems that VLC had taken over as the default program for opening folders and directories on his Ubuntu computer, and he couldn’t figure … Continue reading →

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