Category Archives: ubuntu

Windows Default from Grub

Posted on May 12, 2011 by phh

Normally, GRUB 2 uses the first entry on the boot menu to start by default. This is fine since most of the time Ubuntu adds the latest version of the kernel to the top of the list. This choice is … Continue reading →

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Use Wikipedia Offline

Posted on April 1, 2011 by phh

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is huge. The English version alone is currently at almost 3.6 million articles. One of the advantages of it being online is that no matter how big it is you can view the newest version of … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Wifi Radio

Posted on March 30, 2011 by phh

I find MightyOhm’s WiFi radio project really inspirational. It uses an Asus WL-520gu router, Arduino and a usb audio adapter to create a very low power consumption WiFi radio. It also makes use of small, yet powerful, open source software … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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