What Can You Do While You’re Bored?
September 23, 2009 by Clair Ching
Filed under Geeky Fun
Well, if you have your computer I could give you a few things to try. After all, sometimes, watching a tv series could get boring. Or it could be that you’ve seen your videos over and over and over again. You need to do something new. In that case, you might want to try doing these things that I do. It might not be the most adventurous thing at first but who knows what you might be learning along the way
Search for a new application to try.
For me, this never gets old. I love …read more
Revisiting Some Linux Basics: Installing Applications
July 15, 2009 by Clair Ching
Filed under Geeky Fun
Every now and then we probably wonder about some of the basic stuff when it comes to Linux. You could actually browse here on this blog itself some nifty tips about installing applications in Linux. Here’s a run-down of some of the basics just for you.
How to install *.deb, *.rpm and Source Code Files
*.deb files and *rpm files are commonly available to us users when we search for installers of applications on the internet. If you have never encountered these files before it’s best to know which ones are applicable for the Linux distribution. Both packages apply to …read more
No Internet acess and still install your packages!
May 13, 2008 by Clair Ching
Filed under How To, The Free World.
If you’ve been wondering how to install applications without having internet access, I came across the tutorial that shows you how. But I think that you might need to ask someone to help you out while following the instructions. Some of it could be confusing because you need to use two machines to perform the task. So in this case maybe you’ve got three machines in the house and for some reason or another only one of them can connect to the internet.
Things to remember:
APT repositories have packages that have information about the packages and the repositories. …read more






