By Jan Dembowski on November 1, 2009
I’m downloading Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix right now for installing on my Acer Aspire One. Normally I would BitTorrent it but with FIOS it’s coming down directly at +2.1 MB/sec.
Posted in Asides, Geek, Software | Tagged FIOS, Ubuntu, UNR
By Jan Dembowski on October 29, 2009
Ubuntu 9.10 is out, get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/. I’m planning on checking out UNR this weekend.
Posted in Asides, Geek, Linux, Software | Tagged Linux, Ubuntu, UNR
By Jan Dembowski on July 23, 2009
My Acer Aspire One netbook is good but the 8GB SSD drive that it shipped with is still the biggest drawback. When I want to view HQ or regular YouTube clip (forget about HD), the SSD gets accessed and performance takes a dive. Videos stutter and playback is horrible.
After looking at the ApireOne community documentation [...]
Posted in Geek, Linux, Software | Tagged Linux, Ubuntu, UNR
By Jan Dembowski on May 17, 2009
Sometimes I post things to be able to recall 6 months later what I did. This is one of those “I’d better write this down” articles.
After a couple of iterations, my Acer Aspire One Netbook runs well on Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04. Here’s what I did.
I created one root 8 GB filesystem formatted in ext2 [...]
Posted in Geek, Software | Tagged Linux, Ubuntu, UNR
By Jan Dembowski on April 30, 2009
Tuxradar has a good review of Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04. I knew about maximus but I totally missed the part about virtual desktops being disabled.
Posted in Asides, Geek, Linux, Software | Tagged Linux, netbook, Ubuntu
By Jan Dembowski on April 23, 2009
The nice thing about my netbook is that I have no hesitation to wipe it clean and install a new OS on it. Which is what I did today after I downloaded Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04.
It was released today and the instructions for installing off of a USB stick were very clear. It’s a very [...]
Posted in Geek, Linux, Software | Tagged Linux, netbook, Ubuntu
By Jan Dembowski on September 21, 2008
My upgrade from Ubuntu 6.06 LTS = FAIL.
Last week I created a VPS on Slicehost. I’ve been using Tektonic for a while now and have no complaints. The support is very good and I can backup my VPS for when I need to.
I’m using Slicehost because I don’t want both of my domain DNS servers [...]
Posted in Geek, Linux, Software | Tagged Linux, Ubuntu, vps
By Jan Dembowski on May 3, 2008
My Ubuntu T40 laptop is “only MOSTLY dead”. The built in LCD display is too dark to read and I replaced it with a HP laptop running Vista Home Premium.
I feel slightly guilty about running Vista on it but it runs really well so ptthhhhppp. I put the T40 onto it’s docking station and hooked [...]
Posted in Geek, Linux, Software | Tagged 8.04, Linux, Ubuntu
By Jan Dembowski on March 30, 2008
Image upload does not work on my Ubuntu 7.10 laptop and WordPress 2.5. I’ll check using my Vista box. I’ll also setup a new scratch blog and see if it’s some setting or plugin I’m using. The 1.5 development version of Simple Tags seems to work with 2.5 now.
Posted in Asides, Software | Tagged 2.5, Ubuntu, WordPress
By Jan Dembowski on February 18, 2008
Today it’s President’s Day, it’s raining, and the kids are off this week. So naturally I am goofing around with my PC. I’ll head to the basement soon to play with the kids but first I want to setup something on my workstation.
My main workstation is a Dell 700 720 with a Core 2 Duo [...]
Posted in Geek, Linux, Software | Tagged Linux, Ubuntu, Virtual PC, Vista
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