Author Archives: phh

Splashtop OS from Grub2

Posted on February 25, 2011 by phh

I noticed recently that the folks at Splashtop (formerly DeviceVM) have released Splashtop OS. It appears to be a small, quick loading chrome web browser based operating system with flash support. I have a few ASUS motherboards that support Express … Continue reading →

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Enable Sure Electronics Driver in LCDproc

Posted on October 18, 2010 by phh

I purchased an LCDSmartie usb lcd display board from ebay to use with LCDproc and was relieved to find instructions for downloading LCDproc from cvs and enabling the driver here: http://lodge.glasgownet.com/2009/12/22/suresmartie-lcdproc/ See the above link for step by step instructions. … Continue reading →

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Python Gmail LCDproc Client

Posted on September 17, 2010 by phh

One of the LCDproc clients running on my wifi radio is a python script which grabs the atom feed from Gmail to find out if there are any unread messages in my inbox. LCDproc is a project that produces server … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Manual Project

Posted on April 29, 2010 by phh

Kudos to the Ubuntu Manual Project team. Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 is a great introduction (refresher) to the newest version of Ubuntu. It has been translated to many languages and has been released with a creative commons license so … Continue reading →

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Lucid No Video Quirk on Biostar TF7050-M2

Posted on April 28, 2010 by phh

The Nvidia 7050PV video IGP on my Biostar TF7050-M2 motherboard has normally been cranky on install of previous versions of Ubuntu so it was not unexpected when it gave me trouble with Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx”. On starting my flash … Continue reading →

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The (not so) Subtle Subversion of the Netbook

Posted on January 5, 2010 by phh

I have been thinking over the past year about how the ideal of the perfect netbook has been subverted. When the Eee PC 700 series were first announced the idea of the netbook for me was simple. A small, ultra … Continue reading →

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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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Ubuntu 9.10 Available Now

Posted on October 30, 2009 by phh

Ubuntu 9.10 is out! Please use the torrents to spread the load. Go to http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors for more info. Continue reading →

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