Ben's Computer Tidbits

Eudora was a popular email client for quite awhile and considered by many as more secure than MS Outlook (we're talking back before web...

I expect I'm in the minority here (How many Vista users use/want an X server?) but If you have been having trouble getting Cygwin 's...

Just a quick tip tonight, mostly for Linux/Unix users (though there is no reason the clever Windows users couldn't use this too). As you...

So my fancy new computer running Vista comes with a DVD burner, but no software that uses it (besides the very limited built in stuff) and I...

Continuing where my last post on how to make Windows Vista do something that was easy on XP we have Hyperterminal. In case you don't kno...

Its been a couple months, but in case anyone is still reading here you go: I have recently found myself in possession of a Vista machine, wh...

It has been just over a month since I last posted here; sorry about that. One of the more useful things on my backlog of things to mention ...

Ubuntu seems to be the current fad in computing, probably because of Vista's problems. For those who don't know, Ubuntu is a Linux ...

If you aren't a regular Skype user, you may not know that they are offering 200 minutes of free calling (per computer) on mother's d...

It's been a little over a month... I just wanted to have something new up. I have been busy researching/deciding on a college (Any thoug...