Monthly Archives: November 2009

The New Chumby One

Posted on November 18, 2009 by phh

The Chumby is a device that is hard to describe. It is a small wifi connected computer which runs flash applets (called widgets) from the Chumby servers. What this bedside/kitchen/desk/? device does depends on the widgets you choose to run. … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Karmic on emachines D620

Posted on November 17, 2009 by phh

My Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) install on an emachines D620 yielded default video at 1024×768 with the Vesa driver. The notebook is capable of 1280×800 and the open source Radeon driver has been improving support for the RS690M (ATI 1200 … Continue reading →

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Tweaking Karmic on Averatec 3700

Posted on November 13, 2009 by phh

My sister’s laptop is beginning to feel its age and the recent introduction of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) seemed like an opportunity to revive it. The Averatec 3715-ED1 is a 12.1″ 1024×768 screen, AMD Mobile Sempron 3000, 512MB memory, VIA/S3G … Continue reading →

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