http://edhewitt.co.uk Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:43:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No posts for 2 weeks, I'm off on holiday in Spain! So, see you all in two weeks, with hopefully some more posts on the way. http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/08/12/eds-on-holiday/ Quick tip for you to try out. As you all know, I want to get the best out of my system, so I want to tell you about a script I have found which optimises certain application in Linux. Its called Desktop Optimisation. What it does is it re-formats certain ... http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/08/11/optmising-linux/ A few days ago, I thought my Ubuntu-box had died. I was using Ubuntu, all of sudden, it locks up. Nothing works; crtl, alt, backspace did not work. So I switched off my PC and rebooted. However, nothing was loading. It would switch on, but that was it. Not even ... http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/08/09/what-to-do-if-you-pc-completly-dies/ Have you ever been tempted to press the Emergency button??? If you are ever tempted, DON'T, something bad could happen. Like in this case, below: Remember, Don't Press the Emergency Button! digg_url = 'http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/07/31/dont-press-the-emergency-button/'; http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/07/31/dont-press-the-emergency-button/ Many of you would have seen the news about UK Internet providers having more powers over illegal file downloading, such as downloading illegal music. Internet providers in the UK will now sending letters to households who download illegal content. If they carry downloading this content, they will slow down their ... http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/07/25/where-can-i-download-my-music-now/ E3 2008 is now over. I was planning to do a day-by-day summary of all the news from E3, but hey, there is always next year! Instead, I will give you a quick round up off all the news from E3. The Press Conferences Microsoft Revamp of Xbox dashboard, as well as Xbox ... http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/07/19/e3-2008/ Hello All, Just got back from a brilliant weekend down in Silverstone, to watch the 9th Round of the F1 2008 season. It was my first GP I went to see, and it was great weekend. It rained alot, but it made it the race much more exciting. I got some ... http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/07/07/british-f1-gp/ This week’s Linux Wednesday is a very important. Last Sunday, 22nd June marked for me 6 months with Linux! 6 months with an entirely new operating system. This article will be about my experiences with Linux over the back 6 months! Switching from Windows to Ubuntu was a huge ... http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/06/25/6-months-with-linux-ubuntu/ Its been 24 hours, Download Day is over! Firefox 3 has set a new world record! Firefox 3 has been downloaded 8.3 million times in 24 hours, beating the number of downloads of Firefox 2 by 6.7 million. Everyone who downloaded Firefox 3 get a nice certificate for taking part in ... http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/06/18/firefox-3-set-a-new-world-record/ Its 6pm GMT, Firefox 3 is now launched. You can now download Firefox 3 at firefox.com. Servers are slow, so you may have to be patient. You have 24 hours to download Firefox 3, Lets hope Mozilla will reach the 1.6 million downloads! http://edhewitt.co.uk/2008/06/17/firefox-3-starts-now/