05

Jun/07

Linux Comrade

Found out Frank also uses Linux! From what I hear, I think I went to the wrong university. Apparently everyone uses it there. If only it was true for Brighton.

05

Jun/07

Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.10

I install the new release of Ubuntu on my Linux box and have been running it for just over three days now. I have not really been using it a whole lot but have been fairly pleased with the release … Continue reading

05

Jun/07

Feisty Fawn

I had a little play about with the up and coming Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” edition. There was a lot more emphasis on desktop enhancements such as the eye candy built in, which enabled users to turn on wobbly windows … Continue reading

31

May/07

fstab UUIDs

After having a discussion with Toby about UUID entries in the fstab and also seeing a warning for my Serializable classes in java because it didn’t have SerializableUIDs, I decided to actually find out what these mean. I found a … Continue reading

31

May/07

KWin

Another fancy windows manager fo linux but this time for and from the KDE group. Like the description on the site says it looks less fancy than other windows managers like Beryl but it does look more practicle. You can … Continue reading

01

May/07

Fedora -> Ubuntu

I am contemplating whether to change Linux distrobution from Fedora to Ubuntu. I have been using Ubuntu as my Linux desktop and I am finding it extremely easier to use especially dealing with package. This will probably happen over the … Continue reading

11

Mar/07

Dual NIC

Never tried using two network cards before but it’s amazing to see what Ubuntu did when I re-install Linux on my computer. Here’s what gDesklet is telling me: The wireless is receiving data whilst the wired connection is sending. Have … Continue reading

14

Jan/07

IBM T60 + Ubuntu = Winner

I have just tried out a live CD of Ubuntu 6.10. Everything was detected and worked. Only thing was it picked up the built the WLAN and called it eth1 rather than the usual wlan0. No biggie but something that … Continue reading