Here are some instructions:

Getting a new browser is NOT difficult!
Surf to
https://www.google.com/chrome

Click the “download” button.

You’ll probably see a box that with buttons that say “open” “Run” and “Cancel” – or something similar. Click the “run” button if there is one. If not, click the SAVE button – the trick with this one is you have to notice WHERE the file is being saved. I strongly suggest the desktop – because it’s easy to find!

If you were able to click RUN, then go get some coffee. It’ll take a few minutes. You might have to answer some questions – read what it’s asking, and decide what you want it to do. If you’re not sure, guess! [You can't mess it up - at worst you'll be a bit inconvenienced]

If you had to click SAVE – close out of Internet Explorer once the file is done downloading. Doubleclick the installer that you plopped on the desktop. See previous paragraph, beginning with “go get some coffee”.

This is the kind of training I can provide – everything from the simple to the complex. Since I speak Plain English, I can translate the technical jargon into something that even the most technophobic computer user can understand.

Contact me for for information! You can also SIGN UP for an email everytime I add something to the site.

I’ve added it to several of my sites, and  am pleased to report that it was very easy to implement and has worked flawlessly.

The only issue I saw was in the WordPress site – but that was because the WordPress cache took time to refresh after installing the code. It started working after about 10 minutes after the server took care of it’s business.

They are going to follow the “Freemium” model – where the basic account is free, but extra features will be charged for. One blogger I read said they were going to charge something well under $10 a month for the Premium features, which is dirt cheap for this type of functionality.

It is well done, easy to use, and was easy to implement. Check it out!

I’ve found it to be stable, usable, and an excellent resource. The free version has some limitation, of course – primarily file size and storage space. There are, however, several free ways to upgrade the available storage space (all the way to 8 gig).

Click the link below to get started

[Full Dislosure: you and I will both get an extra 250M storage space if you sign up by clicking this link).

http://db.tt/qTqPkgd

AppSumo is a relatively new online resource – they find extreme deals on training materials [ a lot of "how to"s relating to online business and marketing], software to get things done [art packages, for example], and some seriously cool stuff for any entrepreneur [which is a tough word to spell correctly, especially when you're dyslexic!].

I have purchased a few things from them, and can vouch that it is indeed a legit operation. How they get these deals I don’t know – but some of them have been a benefit to me in my online endeavors.

I received an email requesting that we change the fonts on the site – to match the other designs she is using around her retails store, signage, etc. This is my explanation on how fonts work onlin – I thought ti might be helpful to others.e

1)
You need to think of the fonts online completely differently then in graphic design. Once something is printed on paper, it’s fixed. On the web, the images are RECREATED every time they are viewed – and the look of the re-creation is totally dependent on the capabilities of the machine you are using to view it.

A practical example: Let’s say we set the site to use the font Minion. it looks great on your machine – because you have Minion installed on your machine. If I pull up the site, and do NOT have Minion installed, it will look completely different – and what font is substituted will completely depend on several settings on my machine. The designer has NO control over it.

2)
The look of the site and the content of the site are totally different. At this particular moment I strongly suggest just getting something up on the site so we can pull the “temp” front page.

Worry about the look later – because we can specify the fonts in ONE spot which will automatically change every usage of the font across the site. [There are several "depending on...." things there, but I've loaded this up with too many details as it is].

Bottom line:
Get the content posted first. Deal with the design later – the search engines look at the content only, so the sooner we get something posted the sooner you can be found online.

You go to this event and can get setup with your very own template-based site from Intuit for free.

http://www.americagetonline.com if you’d like to register for it.

It sounds like a pretty good deal, until you look into the details.

The site AND the domain are indeed free – for a year. After a year intuit will charge $4.99 a month PLUS $2/month for the domain. That’s a total of  $83.88 per year – and there is no indication of how much bandwidth or data storage you are allowed under the plan, nor how many email addresses and how much it will cost to upgrade should your site need additional space, bandwidth, or other capabilities.

Compare that with the Business plan from MidGaHosting.com - $7.69 a month with a free domain name (so the annual total is $92.28 . For less than $10 more you get unlimited data storage, unlimited bandwidth, tons of email addresses, plus access to a significant number of FREE bonuses (see the list here).

You can even EASILY upgrade to a more robust hosting package if needed, AND there are many a-la-carte  upgrades available for the more technically inclined.

….and there’s even a template-based website builder, just like “their” plan.

This client is in the throes of opening up a retail location, where 2 businesses will be location – Event Planning and Photography (focusing on Babies and Weddings). They are hoping to add a bakery later on.

The owner had already paid someone to design the logos and setup 3 initial websites plus a brochure. The designer had to move to Germany, however – and the owner was not comfortable working remotely (although I’m sure the designer could have done this!).

What I found when arriving onsite reminded me of the importance of staying organized with your data. They had data strewn across 3 different machines, weren’t sure of where the logo file were – in fact, weren’t even sure what format the files were in. It also took some time to find the login information for the GoDaddy account to see what had already been setup.

[As an aside - the original designer also signed them up for "account protection" - which means that we will have to jump through some serious legal hoops before we can get the domains transferred over to MidGaHosting.com - a MUCH friendlier and less expensive option].

The staff are also in some serious need of training in basic computer processes – and some decisions need to be made regarding file management, network sharing, printer setups – all with an  eye to increasing efficiency. After all, the less time spent LOOKING for a file means more time WORKING on it, right?

Small Biz is a tough market, yet so very important to our country. It is a TOUGH decision to spend money on training because it is an intangible thing – yet having on-site training from a GOOD trainer can pay extraordinary dividends in terms of efficiency gains and aggravation reduction!

I’ll be talking with the client after the dust settles about doing some onsite training. It’ll be interesting and fun!

If you’ve never heard of Dropbox, it is a well-done way of storing files online. You can access them through a webpage, or if you install the software on your machine you can also access them on a local folder (which is kept synced up). Folders can be shared as well.

CLICK HERE to try to win this from AppSumo.

HOWEVER, it can cost a fair amount of money, and many small businesses just can’t justify spending the money on software they will use rarely.

I have had some experience with Open office, Libre Office, and Neo office on both Windows and Mac platforms. Libre- and Neo- are both spinoffs from the open-source Open office suite which has been around for a couple of decades. NeoOffice wasbegun in 2003 by Patrick Luby and Ed Peterlin because there was no port of OpenOffice for the Mac at that time. LibreOffice is a fairly recent spinoff project from OpenOffice – I’ve read some blogs that purport LibreOffice is being feveloped faster.

All three apps will read and write Microsoft Office files – there may some small issues depending on the file and your computer, but you get those issues (things like not having the same fonts installed) anyway.

I can recommend all three for general Office-type tasks. If you are on a Mac, however, I really do prefer NeoOffice. The user interface behaves in a more mac-like manner (text highlighting, for example, looks like text highlighting should on a Mac. Libre- and Open-office text highlighting looks more like it does in Windows. This is disconcerting or even annoying).

The developers of NeoOffice have also kept up with the times in the Mac world – the current 3.2.1 version is Lion (10.7) compatible, and has support for Versions, Full Screen mode, and Resume. CLICK HERE for more details.

Another plus for those with older OS X Macs – they still have a current PowerPC compatible version available. It does run a bit slow on my first generation Mac mini (1.4 gHz PowerPC) – but it does run quite acceptably.

Links

Open Office

OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Libre Office

LibreOffice is the power-packed free, libre and open source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and GNU/Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community of users, contributors and developers.

NeoOffice

NeoOffice is a full-featured set of office applications for Mac OS X. Created in 2003 when there was no Mac OS X version of OpenOffice.org available, Patrick Luby and Ed Peterlin have devoted their decades of Mac software engineering experience to create an office suite that is adapted to the unique needs of Mac users.

While OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice now have their own Mac OS X versions, Patrick and Ed continually add improvements to NeoOffice that our Mac OS X users will not find in OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice such as:

• Extremely stable Mac OS X code that has been in daily use by hundreds of thousands of NeoOffice users since 2003
• Significant speed improvements to the OpenOffice.org text layout, rendering, and printing code
• Native Mac OS X text highlighting
• Native file locking support for local and networked volumes
• Mac OS X Services support
• Native floating tool windows

I looked at several different possibilities – Magento, etc – even looked at using WordPress, which could be theoretically doable – but settled on Prestashop because the base store is free, and it comes with a plethora of features. It is easily extensible with add-in modules (similar to the WordPress Widgets and Plugins) – many are free, and there is an active paid developer community as well.

Other attractive features are the options for multiple languages, multiple currencies, multiple shipping partners (which I don’t need for this particular store), and the template design setup.

The shop has been up and running for some time – I am still loading product into the store at odd times, so it will be some time before there are more than a few products available.

Overall, I am pleased with the software. The only two “gotchas” I had to wrestle with were the PHP upload settings on the server – fortunately my host provider (MidGaHosting.com) allows me to change the settings to allow larger file uploads), and needing to unblock some ports on the hosting firewall, which took a bit of trial and error.

Prestashop is available at Prestashop.com. Tell them the MaconMacGuy sent you!

For example, all of the hosting accounts – from the very cheapest all the way to the most expensive Dedicated hosting package – available at MidGaHosting.com come with multiple email accounts. You can access your email via the traditional route – using an email client like outlook or Thunderbird – or you can use Webmail.

The advantage here is that using you@yourbiz.com as your business email is that is reminds people of our business, of your domain, of your website – thus boosting your brand.

While we’re on the subject of boosting your business through small changes, here’s another tip: Make sure your email signature is worth reading. It should include a link to your webpage, your email address, and your basic contact info. Why? Again – to boost your brand.

This has the side effect of making you look more professional and more businesslike.

But what do you do if you just can’t let go of gmail/yahoo/hotmail/etc.?

I have one client who just loves using Gmail – so we set his Gmail account to fetch lal of the mail from the biz account so that he receives all of his mail in one spot. Yet people are emailing him at HIS domain, so this still reinforces the brand.

So start using your domain to the fullest! You paid for it!

…and if your hosting account doesn’t have sufficient email options to suit you, check out the packages over at MidGaHosting.com – [it's another MaconMacGuy.com production!]

This is a real problem for the small business owner. It’s even bigger if you aren’t online-centric.

So what do you do?

Here is my take on the whole online marketing thing. CAVEAT: I’m not getting rich from anything I’m doing online – nor do I have a realistic chance at becoming so! I use the online marketing stuff to let the world know what I offer.

I have indeed had some clients come from an online search – but most of my clients have come from word of mouth and from referrals.

So you should probably have a package from Morton Salt next to you while reading this!

1. You can’t do everything.
2. You SHOULDN’T do everything. If you did, the business would seriously suffer.
3. The occasional “quick fix” might be OK – i.e. deal sites like Groupon, DealSaver, etc – but aren’t very good for developing a longterm business.
4. A lot of the stuff that’s HOT right now online will be gone in a few years.
5. Tell a story….Tell it well….and Tell it consistently.
6. Oh – and make it short. If it’s a long story, break it up into smaller segments (like, CHAPTERS!)
7. Where to tell it? Start with your own website – yes, you need one!
8. ONLY Then move on to other places – Facebook, Google Places, etc.
9. There are ways to get your stuff to automatically show up on other websites – using RSS. CLICK HERE for an article about gettting your blog to automatically update your Facebook Page.
10. The ideal would be to write it once, and have it show up in several places online. Its’ less work that way!

Any other ideas? Let me know!

BACKGROUND: I have several website that are WordPress based, and thus have an RSS feed as part of the setup. Several others are using Feedburner to distribute the feed as well.

There are also some Facebook pages setup as an auxiliary web presence – See the HamSandwichTees Website vs. the Facebook Page for an example.

What I wanted to do was to add an entry to the website, and then have it automatically transfer in to the Facebook Page.

Here’s how:

• Login to Facebook
• Click Pages (left menu)
• Click on the Page you wish to edit
• Click EDIT PAGE button – top right
• Click APPS link on left menu
• Find the NOTES app – click the “Go to App” link
• Click EDIT IMPORT SETTINGS link on left sidebar.
• Add in the appropriate RSS link (something like http://hamsandwichtees.com/feed/)

Some observations:

1. OScommerce has been around a long while, and has a tremendous community built up around it. My impression is that the look is dated, and debugging/configuring  the install will take quite a while.
2. Xcart is something I’ve had some peripheral experience with through a former client. It is commercial software, and is quite capable. I’ve decided for budget reasons to not go commercial, however.
3. OSCommRes is an option available in my MidGaHosting.com host account. There is little info on the web about it, though, and I really do not want to start up a new online store with dead software.
4. Zencart looked interesting – it looks like a more modern version of OScommerce. Several posters commented that it was a better choice than OScommerce, but it would still require significant tweaking.
5. Magento also looked promising. It is an opensource/commercial hybrid – the so called “freemium” model. Unfortunately for me the “Community” edition was missing some features that I need in this store.
6. PrestaShop is what I decided to try. It looks like it will do what I need it to do, and the setup seems to be fairly straightforward. I am still in the midst of configuing the backend, and then will start loading product into the store. At that point I’ll make the shop active.

The short list of my requirements:

1. mysql/php based
2. Easily add downloadable products
3. Some carts can do “multiple stores” inside one install. That might be useful later should this store branch out into shippable products.
4. Backup capability inside the admin panel
5. multiple admin users – I’m going to need some help later!
6. Ability to add free products to the mix.
7. Builtin RSS feed
8. Multiple currency capable
9. Builtin hooks to Paypal and Google Checkout

More later as I continue this journey!

Small Biz Tech

You are a small business owner and know you really need to get your technology more integrated into your workflow- or you need a basic introduction to websites in plain English, including why you would want to have one, how to go about getting one inexpensively and the pluses and minuses of all those decisions you have to make . Or, you’d like to know more about Microsoft Office, or even if you HAVE to have it! These classes in “plain English” will help you get up to speed. Bring your questions, ideas and vague notions-we’ll try to get them all covered!

Day 1 – Websites: Why and How? Most business owners know they “need” a website but many don’t have a megabuck budget to get one created. And then there’s the question of what to do with it after it’s completed? This class takes a look at some easy online solutions and offers suggestions for how to create a website, what to do with it, what it should have and how and why to keep it up to date.

Day 2 – Practical Online Marketing There’s a ton of hype on information “out there” telling you all the things you should be doing online. The problem is that the only way you can get all of it done is to ignore both your business AND your life! We’ll explore several options and discuss how to best spend your time marketing your business, including websites, blogs, all of that social media stuff like Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps even touch on online advertising.

Day 3 – Small Biz Tech I: Working Your Machine Not really sure how to work your machine? Let’s take a look (and practice!) at all the “basics” of using a computer – things like Windows, your mouse, printing, saving documents, applications (finding, installing and uninstalling), the internet, email, downloading files, installing new software, finding quality free or inexpensive software, dealing with file formats (what’s a PNG anyway?”), etc. Bring your questions – we’ll try get them all answered!

Day 4 – Small Biz Tech 2: So You Have a Computer What do you do with it? Let’s take a look at what you are doing and come up with additional possibilities for using this tool better and perhaps using it in more ways! We’ll take a NON-TECHNICAL look at things like networking, printing, sharing files, Internet searches (how do you quit wasting time looking for information online?) and even look at free software that might be useful! Do you really NEED Microsoft Office? Do you NEED to use Windows? Maybe, or maybe not!

Day 5 – Excel and Spreadsheets Part I: the Basics in Plain English Learn the basics of using a spreadsheet, why it’s a useful tool, what it can be used for, and the concepts for creating a well-designed and easy to use spreadsheet. We’ll practice designing a basic budget during the class, and even see how many days old you are (but we won’t tell!) Questions? We’ll get them answered!

Day 6 – Excel and Spreadsheets Part 2: Sheet, Functions and Being Useful Learn more Excel including dealing with multiple sheets and when that’s needed, built in functions like SUM, MIN, MAX, COUNT and PMT, and tricks to make your spreadsheet useful.

Day 7 – Excel and Spreadsheets Part 3: Charts, Pictures and Stats, Oh My! Learn to create charts, what type to create, how to make them look good and even use those charts in other programs or online.

Day 8 – PowerPoint: Get Beyond the Prefab and Get Your Point Across Almost everyone knows the basics of PowerPoint, but far too many people stop there. We will spend some time playing with the features that you can use to easily customize your presentations. We’ll also look at a process to follow when creating a presentation that can save time, and we’ll discuss some of the design and presentation issues so your project will be far better than average. Bring your questions!

July 12 – August 4, 2011 – Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, 8 Sessions

CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up!

This Digital Life: A Beginner’s Guide to Home Computers

This is a series of classes focused on people who are curious about computers, don’t know much about them and want to ask the really simple questions but are too embarrassed to ask, or who are tired of asking their kids for help. These classes have a lot of hands-on plus a lot of “plain English” explanations of how to work computers to get some things done. So bring your “how to” and “why” questions – we’ll get them answered! Optional, but useful – bring a thumb drive to each class (also known as a flash drive.)

Day 1 – How to Work the Blinkin’ Computer Learn to turn your computer on, understand basic technology, print documents and pages, save what you’ve been working on without losing your mind, use a flash/thumb drive, connect new gizmos to your computer, and understand basic networking.

Day 2 – Online, Social and Safe We’ll cover the different ways you can keep up without getting overwhelmed with email, the web and all of that Facebook and Twitter stuff-what they are, how to stay safe online, how to use them and why they can be fun!

Day 3 – Practical Internet: Quit Wasting Time Unless You Want To Have you ever felt like you wasted time searching for something on the Internet or ever wanted an easy way to create a website? Then this is the class for you! Well take a look at these activities and actually practice online.

Day 4 – Digital Pictures So you’ve taken all those pictures with your digital camera. Now what do you do with them? We’ll explore a variety of things from editing software to posting those pictures online. Bring some digital photos with you that you’d like to experiment with, or we’ll have some for you to use.

July 11 – August 1, 2011 – Mondays from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, 4 Sessions

Click here for more information and to sign up!

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It’s been interesting trolling the ‘net for installation instructions – I’ve seen conflicting reports on the process, and nothing that specifically mentioned Ubuntu 10.10.

So here – for the sake of others and myself – is how I got Ubuntu 10.10 to work with a Netgear WG311 PCI wireless access card:

What you’ll need:

1. A working Ubuntu 10.10 system
2. Admin access (i.e. your admin password)
3. Internet Access – and all the passwords and such to access the home network
4. A Netgear WG311 PCI card already installed into the machine

The Process:

1. Start the machine running. Login. Get to the desktop.
2. Start a console (Applications–>Accessories–>Terminal)
3. Type this:  lspci | grep Marvell
   
4. You should see something like this showup:
   Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8835 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
   (As long as you see something related to “Marvell” you are OK. Your screen will likely look somewhat different)
5. Get the drivers from either
   ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg311v3_1_0.zip or
   http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/NETGEAR_WG311v3_80211g_Wireless_PCI_Adapter/4-181522-1.html or
   possibly http://www.marvell.com/drivers/upload/MV-S800374-00.zip
6. Open up the “Downloads” folder (Places–>Downloads).
   Doubleclick the zip archive you see there to unpack the archive.
7. Fire up the Synaptic Package Manager (System–>Administration–>Synaptic Package Manager).
   Search for “ndiswrapper”.
   Install ndisgtk, ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 and ndiswrapper-common.
8. Back at the console/terminal, type this:
   ndiswrapper -h.
   If you get a reply with some help text, that means ndiswrapper is indeed installed. If it isn’t, redo Step 6.
9. Switch back to your open downloads folder.
   Open up the folder you extracted back in step 5.
   You’ll see several folders there – find the WinXP folder inside the Driver folder and open it.
10. Set your screen – i.e. move the windows around -  so you can see both the console and the contents of the WinXP folder at the same time.
11. In the console type this:
    sudo ndiswrapper -i
    -make sure you leave a space at the end of the line, and DON’T HIT ENTER YET
12. Switch to the WinXP folder.
    Click and drag the file WG311v3.INF into the console.
    Let go of the mouse button when your pointer reaches the end of the line you typed in step 11.
    The line should end with the full path of the .INF file. Hit enter now.
13. Type ndiswrapper -l.
    The console should reply:
    wg311v3 : driver installed,  device (11AB:1FAA) present
    
14. If that doesn’t work, try typing this: 
    ndiswrapper -a devid wg311v3.
    [Replace "devid" with the PCI ID or the USB ID of your card, in the form XXXX:XXXX.
    To get those numbers, run the command lspci -n or lspci -nn (for PCI cards, the -nn option adds a human readable device name so you can easily identify the device your are targeting) or the command lsusb (for USB devices]
15. Now you have to insert the software module into the system. Type this:
    sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
    
16. Check to see if it worked by typing this command:
    iwconfig
    You should see a reference to “wlan0” in the output. If you do, it’s working!
17. Now add it to the list of things to automatically startup by typing this command:
    sudo ndiswrapper -m
18. …and then type this:
    sudo gedit /etc/modules
    [gedit is a text editor- you could also use pico or any other text editor you have available in your system.]
    Add a line that says ndiswrapper
    Hit CTRL-X to write the file.
    Exit your text editor.

That should do the trick! I suggest shutting down the system and then restarting, just because I like to make sure things are working – and will continue to work after I’ve gone back home!

Sources for more help:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Netgear_WG311_v3

http://madwifi.org/

http://switch2linuxnow.com/home/netgear-wg311-ver-3-wireless-network-cards

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-5141.html

http://www.linux-wireless.org/Drivers/

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/marvell-88w8335-chipset-netgear-wg311-pcicard-driver/

http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-9300639326172081%3Ac6lzq8-dhwz&ie=UTF-8&sa=Search&q=NEtgear+WG311+linux+driver&hl=en-+

I have a client who was asking some questions about adding material to their website – which is WordPress based.  I thought this might be useful for someone.

Tip 3

I have a client who was asking some questions about adding material to their website – which is WordPress based.  I thought this might be useful for someone.

Tip 2

Tip 1

The primary issue is that Ubuntu out of the box doesn’t talk to the internal monitor correctly. The monitor is limited in terms of refresh rates and screen resolution – granted, it was fairly advanced for it’s time, but time moves on.

First, some links:

• Ubuntu PowerPc Downloads page
• Ubuntu PowerPC FAQ
• Mac-Linux site – has a PowerPC wiki that is useful, not much Ubuntu info, though

Here is the procedure to install Ubuntu onto an iMac DV:

1. Download/create an Ubuntu PPC live cd. See links above.

2. Turn the machine on, pop the CD into the slot, and hold the C key until you see type on the screen.  The C key makes the machine to boot off the CD.

3. Once you get some type on the screen and the machine is waiting for a response, type this:
live video=ofonly
Hit enter

4. It will take several minutes for the machine to boot, and the screen will flash a few times. At some point you will see a warning dialog box telling you that ubuntu is running in “Low Graphics mode”. Click the OK button.

5. Then you will see a selection box – select “Exit to Console login” and click the OK button.

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I would think the odds are good that someone on the planet trying this would actually get lucky and Ubuntu would finish booting. In that case, once everything is up – it will take a while! – switch to console mode

To switch to Console mode -> Press Ctrl + Alt + F1

You’ll need to kill gdm and X at this point. Some sites have said the command to do this is
killall gdm

Other sites said that wouldn’t work.
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6. In either case, at the command line, type this:
lspci | grep Rage

Write down what you see there.

The lspci command gives a ton of system hardware information. The | part “pipes” the information into another program, grep, which prints to the screen any lines with the word “Rage”, which is the video card used in this model.

7. Then type:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

You are going to create a configuration file [named xorg.conf that will be stashed in the  etc/X11 directory] that will tell the GUI how to talk to the internal monitor.

8. Type this:

Section “Device”
VendorName “****” <- the vendor from the lspci command
BoardName “*****” <- the card from the lspci command
BusID “*****” <- the RIGHTMOST three numbers at the beginning of the info from the lspci command
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Generic Monitor”
Option “DPMS”
HorizSync 60-60
VertRefresh 43-117
EndSection

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For example, for my iMac the lspci command returned
00000:00:10.0 Ati Technologies Inc Rage 128 PR/PRO AGP 4x TMDS

VendorName “Ati Technologies Inc”
BoardName “Rage 128 PR/PRO AGP 4x TMDS”
BusID “00.10.0″

=====

9. Hit CTRL-O to write the file

10. CTRL-X to exit from nano

11: Then give this command:
sudo startx

You should see the desktop popup onto the internal monitor – but it WILL take some time.

12. Now you are ready to install Ubuntu onto the internal hard drive.  There is a command to “Install Ubuntu” – it will either be on the desktop, or inside either the System or Administration menus. Find it, select it, and follow the prompts.

The internal drive on my machine is only 10gig, so I opted to wipe the hard drive and put Ubuntu on the entire drive – goodbye OS X 10.2 and MacOS 9.2.2!  After all of the updates have been installed I still have about 40% of the drive still available.

Using Mac OS 10.2 the machine was barely usable for even basic web work (email etc). I’ve found the speed under Ubuntu to make the machine useful again for a variety of tasks, especially anything office-related.

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Tom Rule
the MaconMacGuy
MaconMacGuy.com
MidGaHosting.com