In a nutshell Why not? What can trying something new hurt? I'll admit, i'm one to be set in my ways, so it took me a while to try it too, but once i used it for the second time, i was SOLD. I never did use Internet Explorer (IE), even when i was new to computers, I came across Netscape and decided it was superior to IE for many reasons (we
Using GFTP I only use GFTP. There are many different ftp clients out there, and some of them have many bells and whistles, and various features that make them quite nice. GFTP is a straight-forward, no-nonsense, bare-bones ftp client, with one important feature: bookmarks. With ftp bookmarks, you can connect to a server, and navigate to a ce
Blinkin Blinkin is like the old Simon Says game, which is a memory enhancement game. You choose your difficulty level, and click start, and it flashes the various colored lights in various sequences that you have to memorise, and repeat. Turtle Turtle is a children's level program that uses a very dumbed down programming language that
Mathematics Kpercentage, Kalgebra, Kbruch and Kig The educational program Kpercentage is a percentage conversion program that teaches you how to convert from percentages and fraction and i think it also includes decimal conversion. Kalgebra teaches algebra basics. Kbrunch teaches mathematics that are beyond the most basic level. It shows ho
In the next game, you have to use the helicopter to catch the numbers as they float by on the clouds in the natural order that numbers come in. Typing Skills Programs TuxType and Ktouch The next educational program is a typing instruction game. It will show you letters, and you type the letters in the order that they appear. This is like
The next game in the Child's Play educational suite is a Pong-like game. It is more of a game than an educational tool. You use to 'p' and 'l' keys on the right to move the cursor up and down, and the 'q' and 'a' keys on the left for the other player to move the cursor up and down. If you choose the Multi-player option, then the computer will c
In this video series, i cover education programs and educational games that are available for the Linux operating system. I do not believe that any of these games are available for widnows or Macintosh. These educational games and educational programs are a great way for small children to learn how to use the keyboard and mouse on the computer,
Note on recompiling ndiswrapper after kernel update This is pretty cut-and-dry. Once you upgrade your kernel, you must recompile ndiswrapper. This is because when you compile something, you are building it to work with the current kernel, so when you change your kernel, it is no longer able to function. It is for many reasons like this, that
Connecting to a wireless newtork Ok, now that it's set up and you've rebooted, log into your desktop and look for the network icon in the system tray. Click it one time with your mouse, and it will open to show you all the availible networks. Choose the network you want to connect to and it will connect to it, unless it's encrypted. I
Compiling and installing ndiswrapper: part 2 In these next commands, the '-m' options tells it to create it's modules - i beleive. The second command tells modprobe to look for modules from the ndiswrapper program - i believe. In 'modprobe.conf', delete the 'alias eth1 bcm43xx' line, and add this line 'alias wlan0 ndiswrapper'. Save and
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