Google Desktop for Linux, Ubuntu Repository
Google Desktop is available for Linux, and works just like the version we know and love. Google also has a Feisty repository for their stuff for Ubuntu, with detailed instructions for configuration.
Continue reading...40 years old today
Monday, June 25, 2007
Not me (for another couple of years!), but a device that is now taken for granted around the world: the humble ATM is 40 years old today. The idea was invented by John Shepherd-Barron. The BBC reports that the first machine was installed in London on 27th June 1967. The original machine pre-dated plastic cards [...]
Continue reading...Geek your Family Tree
Saturday, June 23, 2007
One of the things I was concerned about when migrating from Windows to Linux was having a continued way to track my research into my Family Tree. I’ve got details over over 400 individuals stretching back in one case to 1066, so this was a big problem if I couldn’t use it any more. Over [...]
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