Yesterday I decided to take my debian system from Etch to Lenny, stable to testing. Quite a few of the programs I use had some major upgrades that I wanted to get. So, I planned to take an hour or two and convert to Lenny. It took forever! But, from that experience I learned alot, [...]

So, you want to install Picasa software for your Linux / Debian system? Easy enough, we just have to add the repository and the software key info to our package manager. Ok, fetch a snack, we’re gonna go back into the command line! Within Debian or other Linux system, open a Terminal Window in Super [...]

Note: I updated this article for the Lenny distro. I’m using the source repositories in the US. Here is the most basic, stable sources.list that I’m using for Linux Debian the Lenny distro on my laptop. I edit this file by going to a Terminal as SuperUser and entering the command: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list This [...]