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Archive for January 2008

January 31st, 2008

Can’t live without Emacs

Every time I install Linux I make sure that I install Emacs. Actually even on Windows, I install Emacs :P It’s a text editor which people say is hard to learn. They have a point but you see, Emacs is one fascinating text editor. It has a lot of features and […]

By Clair -- 11 comments

January 31st, 2008

Linux advocacy doodles

Sometimes you can’t help but doodle on your notebook while you’re waiting for someone or maybe you doodle on an index card which you use as a bookmark. Why not doodle something that would advocate Linux? :D
I was doodling on one of index cards and it was a penguin so I noted something to […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

January 31st, 2008

Link love: Sources on Compiling a Linux Kernel

I previously wrote about when you’re probably going to compile a Linux kernel. I admit that I am not an expert on this topic but I’d like to point out some things that would eventually prove to be useful or at least give you an idea as to how you could do this.
HowToForge.com has […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

January 31st, 2008

Gimmie this and that and all my favorites

My friend showed me his desktop yesterday and I found it oh so funky! He’s using Gimmie to find his favorites: be it apps or people that chats with on IM. It’s basically his panel now and I found it cute and useful, especially if you’d like to immediately see the people you’ve […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

January 29th, 2008

When do you compile a custom kernel?

For someone new to Linux, hearing tales of people compiling apps is scary. “WHOA! Command line. Text-only interface. Ack! Ack! Ack!” There were only two instances thus far that made me compile a custom kernel. One time I had to compile a custom kernel so that sleep will work on my laptop. […]

By Clair -- 3 comments

January 26th, 2008

Linux on the DS Lite anyone?

Zak mentioned to me one time about running DSLinux. He’s probably the only person I know with an M3 card and probably the only one who could run DSLinux if he wanted too. I tried looking around the shops for an M3 card but I had no such luck :( Oh well.
Anyone […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

January 25th, 2008

No Vista in UK schools; make your own file server; play media with Elisa

Here’s proof that governments could get a clue! It’s official UK schools told to avoid Vista. The news article says that a government agency is opposed to upgrading to Vista because of the costs of technology involved. Aside from that, they recommend looking at open format files instead of the proprietary formats associated […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

January 24th, 2008

MacBook Air or Asus EEE?

Asked by Juned of A Feed is Born, I replied that the Asus EEE suits my needs for going mobile. The MacBook Air is just waaaaay too expensive, if you ask me. The Asus EEE might not really be enough for certain aspects of my job but at least I could keep communicating with […]

By Clair -- 4 comments

January 22nd, 2008

Screen resolution got all funky? Try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Have you experienced booting up your laptop and your screen resolution sucks? It has happened to me several times over. Not just my laptop but the desktop machines in the office as well. There are times when it’s easy to fix via the admin menu on the panel but it’s not the […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

January 22nd, 2008

Would I buy an Asus EEE?

Jayvee asked me just a while ago if I would buy an Asus EEE. My simple reply is “No, I won’t buy one now. I don’t want to be limited to 800×600.” When I think about it, I wouldn’t mind carrying the Asus EEE and a small portable hard drive in a bag. […]

By Clair -- 3 comments

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