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Tuesday Misc.
20.Mar.07 | Leave a Comment
Did you catch the new Firefox 2.0.0.3 release today? Based on the release notes, it seems the primary focus was on security. I’ll have to track down the other changes — it seems to be running much better on my work machine since the upgrade (by better, I mean fewer CPU spikes that [...]
DSL to Zenwalk and back to Xubuntu
15.Mar.07 | 2 Comments
I had been running Damn Small Linux on my old Thinkpad for the last few months. It generally worked well, but I’ve had a few stumbling points with my somewhat goofy hard drive install of it. I never did manage to get sound going and I hadn’t really stumbled over a way to [...]
Another Run at Damn Small Linux
20.Jan.07 | Leave a Comment
Just yesterday morning I had an article up that mentioned my latest xubuntu laptop. And just like the one that had preceded it by a few days, this machine is also gone. Not to a family member this time. Oh no, this time I killed it.
I had sent the heatsink/fan assembly to [...]
(X)ubuntu and Slow DNS
19.Jan.07 | 5 Comments
It was just a week or so ago that I cobbled together another laptop running Xubuntu. Alas, I didn't have that one for more than a few days before I decided my oldest son could use a computer more than I needed a secondary machine. So, it became an XP Pro laptop...
However, I've [...]
Another Laptop to Toy with Xubuntu
10.Jan.07 | 2 Comments
I acquired enough pieces to merge a few Dell laptops together last night. Now I have a P3 750 (384MB) to play with and can retire the P2 366 that I've been using to experiment with Xubuntu. [earlier Xubuntu articles]
I'm pleased (and oddly excited) by how much faster things run on this machine. [...]
