Viewing Articles with the tag: Ubuntu
What are my options?
20.Dec.06 | 12 Comments
I want a simple OS or application that I can install on an old PC (former server) and run it as file and print server. Nothing fancy, nothing great: Just share files and a printer.
Currently I have a home network and a Windows 2003 Active Directory server. It was a great learning [...]
My Xubuntu Laptop Has Sound!
21.Oct.06 | 1 Comment
Back in August, I wrote a post titled “The Quest for Noise” in which I described my trials and tribulations with getting the combination of my old Thinkpad 600E and Xubuntu to make noise without manually running a script after each reboot.
Warren dropped by earlier today and dropped a comment on that post with two [...]
Firefox Not Really Free?
03.Oct.06 | Leave a Comment
Firefox Not Really Free? Discuss.
The Quest for Noise
14.Aug.06 | 2 Comments
Want a good way to blow a lot of hours? Try to get sound working on an old Thinkpad 600e laptop. After a long afternoon, I’m very close. Not perfect yet… but close enough for now.
As a refresher, I’m running xubuntu.
I started my quest with this article at the ubuntu forums. [...]
Smooth Fonts for Ubuntu
09.Jun.06 | 1 Comment
Drop the file from this article into your home directory saved as .fonts.conf. Smoothed things out on the old laptop quite nicely.
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Updated April 25, 2007
To save the forum registration, here's contents of my .fonts.conf:
PLAIN TEXT
XML:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<match target="font">
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
