You can have GMail handle your email even if Google is not hosting your web site. See this document for detailed instructions to fit MX Records on GoDaddy.com DNS here: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33353&topic=1611273&ctx=topic. There are like instruction sheets for many other registrars here http://support.google.com/a/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=1611273. There was also a *VERY* handy tool that looked up the current, working,…
Category: Technical
EdUbuntu 12.04: Configuring to get work done
Last night we installed the new Ubuntu 12.04 Precise on our HP 6910p business class notebook from a USB memory stick. The installation went about as quick and painless as any we have done. We also installed Blue Fish, FileZilla, Chromium, Compiz configuration manager, and SSH Server, and did some configuring of the Launcher bar….
Heads Up!
Pay Attention! This is powerful. You carry your phone with you, use it when you are mobile. When you get home you drop it into its charging dock and it connects to keyboard and screen — it is now a PC with PC performance, software, and features. You go to a friend’s house, drop it…
How Linux is Made
Gnome 3 Taskbars
The last year has been one of aggravation for us, as we have been using Ubuntu for our teaching lab and of course the Unity thing was shoved down our throats. Now we have a sideways Launcher we have to hunt down and take pot shots at while it tries to evade our clicks by slipping off the side…