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Sometime we need to watch some videos we found on youtube, which is usually in flash video file format (.flv). We don't have to be connected to internet all the time any time we want to watch it again. Once we have donwloaded the video from youtube, save it in our hard drive, then just play with the software we already installed on our computer. Below the steps we need to follow in order to do that: 1. I assume you have Firefox internet browser installed on your computer (if you use other browser, you need to figure out the similar way). 2. Install DownloadHelper extension for the Firefox. 3. Go to www. youtube.com and open the video you want to watch. 4. Download the *.flv file by clicking Tools>DownloadHelper>(filename) 5. Change file name extention to flv. 6. Run VLC media player (a free multi platform video player software). If you don't have it on your computer, you need to download and then install it. 5. Open your video fiel (*.flv) you download from youtub...

Recently I have a problem of keep loosing of internet connection from Linksys router after I switched into different internet provider. I bought a new router from different brand. You know what, before I installed the new router, I tried to get support from http://www.linksys.com/ . The response was positive. With a patiance step by step, a technical support staff guided me to upgrade the firmware because the firmware was obsolete and needs to be upgraded. After guiding me about more than 30 minutes, the problem of keep loosing connection was solved. I put on double thumbs up for the support that Linksys gave. So if you have problem with Linksys product, don't hesitate to contact them to get support. They'll be so helpful. Thanks Linksys.

After playing around with Ubuntu Gutsy liveCD for about one week, I decided to install this distro onto the hard drive permanently. The goal is to use the perinstalled Windows Vista Home Premium OS plus use the free OS, Ubuntu 7.10 (code name Gutsy Gibbon). I run this linux distro for a while on my Dell Inpiron GX260 desktop. I also dual boots the OS with Windows XP (posted on previously). This time is dual booting Ubuntu and Windows Vista on a laptop. I am a bit nervous before really doing it. I read some posting that we cannot really expect for the distro on laptop (many brands) to work 100 percent. Almost always something missing to work. The biggest problem (at least to my knowledge) of linux in general on laptops is the wireless card, which is sometimes is not supported by the kernel. Dual booting Ubuntu and Windows Vista (coming) (still to come) After installation is complete: If advance desktop effect cannot be enabled/activated, from synaptic or terminal, install xserve...

I failed to boot when trying ro run Ubuntu 7.10 live CD on my laptop Sony Vaio VGN-NR120E. I did googling and found a hint and it worked. The hint is below: 1. Insert the Ubuntu 7.10 live CD 2. Press F6 (Option) when you are asked to choose some options 3. Type "noapic nolapic" (without quotes) before -- 4. Enter and you are in Ubuntu live CD. On my case: screen was correctly display, Fn keys for volume work normal, Fn keys for brightness not working. Hope this will help.

I bought a Sony Vaio VGN-NR120E laptops on boxing day of this year. It's a medium size laptops with 15.4 inchies of screen coming with silver and non glossy body (I like the body so much). I think it's a cheap laptop with the original price of $799 and $200 off, so I only paid $599 plus tax. As usual, it's coming with Windows Vista preinstalled on it. My plan with my new laptops is to dual boots with my favorite Linux distro, Ubuntu 7.10. I had an experience in setting up dual boots Windows XP and Ubuntu 7.04, non a laptops though. I successfully dual boots my Dell Optiplex GX260 after I cloned the hard drive before it (to anticipate if the process of cloning was unsuccessfull). The process of cloning was much easier that what I thought before. So I inserted the Ubuntu live CD on the drive on wait, ups, it won't boot. What's wrong. I expect to run the live CD smoothly, but not this time. I have tried several distros of Linux live CD without a problem, but that's...

Have you decided what gift you want to have or you want to give in this holiday season (boxing day)? If not, you may consider a Toshiba U300 notebook. It's a small (13.3 inches wide screen) stylist notebook/laptop coming with 1.7 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor and 160 GB hard drive capacity. Not many stores offer this great notebook. It's available in Futureshop store and unavailable in the Best Buy. The tricky thing is that the notebook is not available when you view Futureshop online version. Last night when I went to the store, the guy there told me that they still have the stuff in the store. So please have a look and check it out. Hurry up before they're sold out.

Besides Microsoft Office, there are other office productivity software such as OpenOffice and Star Office. Star Office is non free software, but if you are a student, you can get the free version of it without support. Open Office is the community developed based software based on Star Office. It grows very fast as many contributors work on it. Both Open Office and Star Office contain word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and data base packages. (cont)