Are your graphics dead in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)? This hack might help
My three-part series on how my Intel-graphics-equipped laptop lost X in the upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 is a bit long. If you just want to fix your computer, and by chance you are having the same problem as...
View ArticleLots of updates today in Ubuntu 9.10
I’m not all that upset about the way Ubuntu 9.10 has been notifying users about upgrades to the system with the Update Manager popping up on the screen whenever it seemingly feels like (as opposed to...
View ArticleTech-no-media blogger asks, ‘Is Ubuntu broken?’
This is the kind of thing I’d normally just tweet about, but the problem with Twitter is that if it’s not doing anything for you, i.e. bringing you (or me) traffic, you’re just giving away your time....
View ArticleWorksWithU: The 10 Days of Karmic
On the first day of Karmic, my true love gave to me … LET’S STOP THIS RIGHT NOW … I’ll just present the link: Christopher Tozzi of WorksWithU describes his first 10 days running Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic...
View ArticleGreat post-installation guide on Ubuntu 9.10 from Johannes Eva
Johannes Eva offers a very extensive post-installation guide on what to do after you install/upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 on your computer. While I didn’t want to personally do most of what was in this guide, I...
View ArticleBid for sanity: I bring back ctrl-alt-backspace X killer in Ubuntu Karmic
I can’t take it anymore. I’ve been too lazy until now to restore the ability to kill the X server in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) with the trusty ctrl-alt-backspace key combination. I really don’t know why...
View ArticleWhy I’m running boring ol’ Debian Lenny, Part 2: You can feel the extra speed...
I’ve been running Debian Lenny exclusively for more than a week now, and I can tell you that in an apples-to-apples comparison with Ubuntus 8.04 through 9.10, my immediate impression is that you do get...
View ArticleMy open-source destiny: less hobbyist, more regular user, with stability the...
I’ve been approaching the point over the past year where I’m becoming much less a free, open-source software-using hobbyist, trying out the various Linux distributions and BSD projects to see how they...
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