I have a ThinkPad T61 (646562U – with Intel GM965 integrated graphics) and I run Ubuntu 7.10 as my main operating system. When I wake from a suspend, my screen is too dark to use. I figured my laptop, which is relatively new, isn’t supported properly yet and just refrained […]
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I’ve been setting up a few old ThinkPads (a 240 and an iSeries model from the same era) with Fluxbuntu to give them new life and replace the ever aging and useless Windows 98 they were running. I looked into Damn Small Linux and other such distributions optimized for minimal […]
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently released software which it urged some of America’s largest universities to employ in order to monitor their networks for unauthorized file sharing. Not only do the universities not owe the MPAA anything, but the toolkit was found by security specialists to raise […]
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Having moved from Windows XP to GNU/Linux, the trail of Thumbs.db files left behind in my home directory is really annoying. It reminds me of Windows and the files aren’t hidden on a unix filesystem. Here is a command I used to rid myself of this reminder (posted here mostly […]
I’ve begun the process of upgrading the many Ubuntu installations I manage to the recently released Gutsy Gibbon. The first upgrade was flawless, though it took a long time as the servers were pretty busy. The second installation was going fine until there was a freaking power outage in my […]
A GNU/Linux patent lawsuit has been filed against Red Hat/Novell, marking the first patent suit against the operating system. If you dig through the slashdot link, you’ll see that there was a lawsuit filed against Apple a few months ago on the same patent, that the patent is a bit […]
Update: Somewhere in between 10.04 LTS and 11.04, there was a regression which was preventing both GNOME or Unity from appearing when logging in under 11.04, unless I selected ‘no effects’ options. This helped me to at least get the Ubuntu Classic option working: sudo apt-get install fglrx sudo /etc/init.d/gdm […]
Here’s a great website I stumbled across for people interested in learning more about the GNU/Linux operating system. They’re pretty honest too, including sections like “What’s Better in Windows” in their articles. This website is run by a non-profit organization, GNU/Linux Matters, to promote GNU/Linux amongst everyday users. We believe […]