One of the big problems with Linux is that it has to have its own hard disk, or a section of a hard disk that is dedicated. The simple reason for this is that Windows runs on a file system called NTFS and Linux doesn’t! So you want to install Linux onto a machine that [...]
Filed under: Linux, Tech stuff on June 1st, 2011 | No Comments »
Recently I started messing around with screen captures. There was no reason for this other than straightforward curiosity, and the belief the the best way to learn anything is through trial and error. Obtaining a static snapshot of any part of the screen is pure simplicity in Linux. I use Shutter and it does everything [...]
Filed under: Linux, Tech stuff on May 16th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
For a long time now I have been looking for a way to record directly off the soundcard. While I had no difficulty with this in Windows, Linux proved a little more elusive. I trawled the Internet and came across a lot of solutions, such as hot-wiring the speaker socket to the microphone socket, or [...]
Filed under: Linux, Tech stuff on February 22nd, 2011 | 5 Comments »
