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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. [...]
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 [...]
Another Windows vs. Linux Decision
08.Oct.06 | 9 Comments
Had to do some serious thinking this weekend. My in-laws are here for a few days (we’re a way-station between their summer and winter homes). Part of their stop here involves the twice-a-year checkup I do on their laptop. The laptop has been running Windows 98 for years. And, as of [...]
Pondering Linux
08.Sep.06 | 7 Comments
Rich is pondering a switch to Linux. I was participating in comments there, but got too wordy and decided to fall-back to here and lob over a trackback for the next salvo.
I’ve done the full-time Linux thing a few times over the years with varying levels of success. [You'd see some thoughts and [...]
Damn Small Linux
19.Aug.06 | Leave a Comment
Earlier today I was wondering aloud if there’s a simple little utility that I could use to easily save/recover data without worrying about viruses and cooties and such. Perhaps I have my answer: Damn Small Linux(aka DSL). I just got done playing with this little “micro” distribution and am quite blown away. [...]
