Tag Archives: Linux

How To Remove A Non-Empty Directory in Ubuntu

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Myself

It’s really very simple. Bring up a terminal window. At the command prompt type sudo rm -r <directory-name> So, if you wanted to Remove a directory called ‘spare’ that was in the directory ‘etc’ which is itself off the home … Continue reading →

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Vista Arrives #1

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Myself

I’m a late adopter of Vista for a few reasons. One,  I don’t spend money on unproven commericial software that is fresh out the gate. It’s always got bugs, and more often more bugs than open source software of a … Continue reading →

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Magic Jack

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Myself

I came across this little gizmo during my online wanderings. I read up on it, watched the videos on the Magic Jack site, and decided to order one. It was a cinch to set up, and real easy to use. … Continue reading →

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Tech Talk

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Myself

I am writing this blog post using Opera 9.24 running on Ubuntu 7.10. You’ll sleep better knowing that I am sure. I am currently undertaking some network housekeeping. The time has come, as it does on all windows machines to … Continue reading →

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