Tag Archives: linux

Linux Weaktops

Posted on November 17, 2008 by phh

I love the Register‘s often irreverent and contrarian perspectives on the world of IT. In his article, “Linux weaktops poised for death by smart phone“, Ted Dziuba questions the future of the Netbook and coins some new terms I haven’t … Continue reading →

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First Look at the Dell Mini 9

Posted on November 15, 2008 by phh

I have been working with the Dell Mini 9 (Inspiron 910) for a few days now. I like it. As others have said it seems solid and well built. It is a bit narrower than the Acer Aspire One (AAO). … Continue reading →

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PXE Boot With Tomato

Posted on September 7, 2008 by phh

In an effort to consolidate some of the machines at home I have switched from using a 386 based pc with IPCop as the main router to using Tomato Firmware on the Linksys WRT54G(L) wireless router. The Tomato firmware is … Continue reading →

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Shop with gNewSense 2.0 LiveCD

Posted on June 3, 2008 by phh

No matter what operating system you use, some hardware & drivers work better than others. Having the luxury of buying hardware that is more compatible with the operating system of your choice can save a great deal of frustration later. … Continue reading →

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Gutsy Beta Wireless Working Well

Posted on October 11, 2007 by phh

We are about a week away from the release of Ubuntu “Gutsy Gibbon” 7.10 and the release candidate should come out today. I am very happy to report that my rt2500 wireless pci cards and usb Airlink 101 (ZyDAS zd1211b) … Continue reading →

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Feisty vs Averatec 3700

Posted on May 1, 2007 by phh

I have been working with Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” for a while now and love it. I ran into a bit of a snag upgrading the Averatec 3700 notebook, though. You could probably do a distribution upgrade of a properly … Continue reading →

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Your Pictures in XScreensaver

Posted on March 27, 2007 by phh

It isn’t obvious how to get XScreensaver to use the image directory of your choice in many distributions. Distort, Flipscreen3d, GLSlideshow, MirrorBlob, Slidescreen and perhaps others can be controlled by using your favourite editor and creating a file in your … Continue reading →

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VMware Player or Server for Trixbox?

Posted on January 7, 2007 by phh

I have been running Trixbox (formerly asterisk@home) for a while now. When my tdm400 card died I decided to switch to running it virtual and keep the analog phone line for fax/backup. For the record, it is not recommended to … Continue reading →

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Wireless is finally working on my Averatec 3700!

Posted on January 3, 2007 by phh

Huzaa, it works! I spent alot of time trying to get Ubuntu (both dapper and edgy) to work with the wireless adapter in my Averatec 3700 laptop/notebook. The rt2500 802.11b/g chipset is well supported in more recent linux distributions so … Continue reading →

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