I noticed a couple of months ago my keyboard’s keypad stopped working. I assumed it was just something that was broken in a patch and the next patch would probably fix it. After dealing with the top number keys for the last couple of months (including doing my taxes), I decided to just Google it. [...]
After the USB startup disk was a success, I decided to try installing Ubuntu directly on the USB thumb drive, like any other HDD. It works! All you have to do to have your own portable version of Ubuntu is click ‘Advanced’ on step 7 of 7 (of the installation) and choose the USB thumb [...]
It took a while, but I finally have Ubuntu 9.10 installed. I had been considering swapping to Fedora, when 12 comes out, but now I’m not so sure. Ubuntu keeps getting better and better. I could dual boot Fedora and Ubuntu, I guess, but it would have to be temporary. I’m still trying some new [...]
It takes so long! I miss cable Internet… Too bad the cable doesn’t work very well in my area. Anyway, I’m upgrading to the newest Ubuntu. I’ve been planning on swapping to Fedora, but I decided to give 9.10 a try first and wait for Fedora 12 to be released. I’ve been running Linux for [...]
Although I haven’t had a lot of computer time lately, I’ve really been enjoying the new Ubuntu. It seems to run better than the version I had to drop and I haven’t missed Windows at all this time. Wine is finally working for me this time around and I’m currently installing Eve Online. We’ll see [...]
I’ve been needing to test the Clay Framework on Linux, and didn’t want to put it on my host’s server, so I decided to give Ubuntu another try. I’m really impressed so far, although I’ve only been running it for 15 minutes. I had to revert back to Vista, which I later reverted back to [...]