SuperWebDeveloper.com » ubuntu http://www.superwebdeveloper.com programming, php, reviews, code, news Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:01:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 FreeGeek Vancouver is Computer Heaven http://www.superwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/17/freegeek-vancouver-is-computer-heaven/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.superwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/17/freegeek-vancouver-is-computer-heaven/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:14:26 +0000 pbg http://www.superwebdeveloper.com/?p=156 Freegeek Vancouver is technology heaven and I can prove it. I took photos. It is thriving. It is a beehive of activity. FreeGeek is a ‘non-profit computer re-use and recycling centre’ that only opened in Vancouver a couple of years ago as a branch of the original operation in Portland, Oregon. They have expanded their facilities at least a couple times that I know of just to keep up with the community need to properly recycle computers. If you want to learn about technology, if you want to work in technology, if you want to learn about Free Open Source Software, FreeGeek Vancouver is the place to be. It is computer heaven, because that is where computers go to die and are reborn again.

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What you can do at FreeGeek:

  • Donate hardware, books.
  • Recycle.
  • Take short courses in hardware and software, or teach them if you have the background.
  • Mentor someone.
  • Volunteer for 24 hours and take away your own computer.
  • Shop the computer thrift shop, for super affordable computers and peripheral devices.
  • Learn to hack computers and technology, everything an engineer learns how to do.
  • Learn about Ubuntu Linux, and attend the Vancouver Ubuntu User Group meetings.
  • Take part in cleaning up the environmental problems generated by e-waste.
  • Receive a grant of computer hardware as a non-profit community organisation.
  • Donate money or materials for the FreeGeek wish list.
  • Apply for a paid position, or join it as a board member.

Video on FreeGeek:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Find out lots more about FreeGeek at http://freegeekvancouver.org/ .

]]> http://www.superwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/17/freegeek-vancouver-is-computer-heaven/feed/ 0 Upgrading Ubuntu on a Laptop http://www.superwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/06/upgrading-ubuntu-on-a-laptop/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.superwebdeveloper.com/2009/09/06/upgrading-ubuntu-on-a-laptop/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:26:36 +0000 pbg http://www.superwebdeveloper.com/?p=149 A picture essay. How to help rid the world of windows and make your distro complete with a nice badge.

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Use a knife to lift up the edge of the windows badge

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Peel off the badge

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Get that old Intel badge lifted up

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Lay down your nice badge from thinkgeek.

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A pretty new badge for the laptop

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Pull in the latest release, whatever your flavor of Linux

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You must restart to complete

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I was liking KDE before it went all freaky

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Yep make it default

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You're in. You're done.

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If you want to be a power user, there is no time to wait, you must switch to linux. Its not a freaky and far away thing. If you are using a computer right now, you have the skills you need to get into Linux Desktop with Ubuntu. To that end, there is a Vancouver Ubuntu Users Group ready to share the skills you will need in order to get started with Ubuntu Linux.

Have some links and go to a meetup:

1) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Vancouver <– the official site
2) http://www.meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver/ <– the membership engine
3) http://identi.ca/ubuntuvancouver <– the news/alerts site

You can do it. So go to it.

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