I’ve started a new Linux specific blog over at MadBuntu.com. I’m going to be posting linux related posts over there so I can focus on making this a more personal blog.
Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
Installing A Brother MFC 7420 Laser Printer / Scanner in Ubuntu
May 9th, 2008
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This post moved to MadBuntu.com. Go to it here.
A Couple Linux Tips
May 5th, 2008
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This week I went ahead and installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop and am generally pretty happy with it. As usual the install was painless quick from the upgrade button on the Update manager. I have been holding off on installing on my desktop because I want to make sure everything is running [...]
Learning to Love Rockbox
April 2nd, 2008
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I’ve never been a big fan of ITunes. When I first permanently switched over to Linux about a year ago, I had a bit of a quandary. Itunes wasn’t supported (although I believe it is now via Wine)and the IPod utilities that I was aware of just really weren’t appealing to me. GTKPod was [...]
Installing a Dell 720 Printer In Ubuntu Linux – Updated!
March 24th, 2008
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A while ago, I wrote up a piece on how to install a Dell 720 Printer in Ubuntu. Last weekend, after a reinstall of Linux, I found my printer didn’t work. “No problem”, I thought, “I’ll just follow my own tutorial”. To my absolute horror, when I tried to do it, it [...]
Tips for ReInstalling Ubuntu Linux
March 18th, 2008
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Last weekend, I reinstalled my Ubuntu desktop. It had been running well for almost a year, but I had made so many changes that i though it was time to clear out some of the cruft. i used to religiously reinstall Windows every 6 months for the same reason.
Now I know that most of [...]
Custom Kernels and Restricted Driver Manager in Ubuntu
March 3rd, 2008
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This is an older post I had written, but as far as I can tell it is still the case in Ubuntu 7.10.
A couple weeks while ago i decided to upgrade my kernel to the most current stable version (2.6.21.5). Previously I had been using the kernel that comes with Feisty by default (2.6.20 I [...]
Fix Gnome Session Saving Problems
February 21st, 2008
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While I was setting up Timevault, I noticed something really weird. When I added a application to start on login (System->Preferences->Sessions), it showed up as added, but was gone after I logged out and logged back in.
Installing a Dell 720 USB printer in Ubuntu
February 15th, 2008
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* I’ve updated this with a better, more simple setup. Click here to go to it.*
I’ve finally installed my printer under linux. There didn’t seem to be any specific tutorials for this printer (probably because it is a rebranded Lexmark). I did find a tutorial that got me most of the way there, so [...]
Run IrfanView Under Linux
February 8th, 2008
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One of the few windows programs that I really miss since I switched over to Ubuntu is IrfanView. I’ve yet to find anything that works as well as a general purpose image viewer and lightweight editor. Usually wine would take care of that, but it didn’t seem to install.
Once I sat down and looked at [...]
