I like Linux, but it has one inherent problem. If you want to install Linux on a PC that already has Windows installed, there are two opions – you either have to install Virtual Machine software, or you have to partition the hard disk. I have a natural fear od repartitioning a live hard disk. [...]
Filed under: Linux on September 14th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I mentioned that I had bought a new external hard drive. Within days, it failed. I went into eBay which is where I bough the drive to contact the vendor, and to my disgust I noticed that he had a no-returns policy. More in hope than expectation, I wrote to him anyway. I didn’t get [...]
Filed under: Tech stuff on September 11th, 2010 | No Comments »
I can’t remember exactly when I bought my first desktop computer, but I think it was around fifteen years ago. Boy, how things have changed! My first machine was a Tandon 386, with 1Mb of RAM and a massive 40Mb hard disk. It had the standard 5.25” floppy drive, but I spent a little extra [...]
Filed under: General, Tech stuff on September 2nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »
