Monthly Archives: October 2012
Xubuntu 12.10: Tips on making Xubuntu a lean mean Linux machine
I’ve used every desktop environment out there. From Cinnamon and Gnome shell to KDE, E17 and LXDE. All have things they are good at. None of them has been as absolutely bulletproof for me as XFCE. I have never suffered ... Read More »
Going Android at work part 4: Photo editing and PDFs
It’s been about a week since my last post on going Android at work. So far much of my time spent work on Android has been a lot more productive than I even suspected. I’ve talked about hardware here a ... Read More »
New RefuGeeks Forum Is Live
As I’ve mentioned many times on RefuGeeks; I want us to be more than just another blog. So today we are launching our brand new discussion forums. My vision for RefuGeeks is to build it into a fantastic community of ... Read More »
Windows 8 Released
Today marks the release of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 8. If you where thinking that you’re looking forward to the latest release, wondering what the new start menu or taskbar might look like? Well you’re in for a big surprise. It’s ... Read More »
How To Add A Minimise Button In Elementary OS Luna
Yesterday I announced that I have been testing Elementary OS Luna. So far I’m really loving it but as with most things, nothing is perfect and the lack of a minimise button on windows was really starting to irritate me. ... Read More »
Elementary Luna Mini Review
So for the past few days I’ve been running Elementary OS Luna from within a virtual machine. I really wanted to wait until it was fully released so that I could test it in all it’s glory but since the ... Read More »
How to Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10
Ok, so you’re a long term Ubuntu user that normally upgrades to new versions rather than going through the hassle of a re-install. On previous releases you get the option within your update manager to upgrade to the latest version ... Read More »
Going Android at work part 3: Get me my files!
There are a lot of reasons people prefer Android over iOS – choice, openness, Google service integration and more. But one of the biggest reasons to go Android if you’re going mobile is the fact that you have access to ... Read More »
