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May 1st, 2008

WPA without ndiswrapper on Xandros (for Asus EEE)

Timelady gave me a lovely link for all you Asus EEE users out there. It’s a guide on configuring WPA on Xandros.
What does it involve?

Removing the WPA supplicant installed by default.
Installing WPA supplicant from the Debian repositories.
Installing MadWifi drivers.
Creating wpa_supplicant.conf_MINE
Creating a new network configuration.
Making sure that you fix the network monitor icon.

The […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

April 19th, 2008

Must have torrent downloads of Dreamlinux

I have been itching to try out Dreamlinux. However, I think that it’s not meant to be because I keep having problems downloading it from their site.
Aiya~ That or I have to ask someone to burn me a copy and send it to my office or home. :(
Dreamlinux looks like it will be easier […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

April 3rd, 2008

It’s Wal-mart’s loss

After almost a month, there are 47 votes on the poll and survey says…

It sucks and could make Linux look really bad.

It’s not a big problem. It’s Wal-Mart’s loss.

I expected that. Linux isn’t ready for mainstream yet.

I don’t care.

They’re still selling the PCs online.

F*ck the Wal-Mart. Go buy elsewhere!

Add an Answer

Looks like some […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

March 28th, 2008

Macbook down; Vista and Linux will still fight it out

At the PWN 2 OWN hacking contest, the MacBook Air has been hacked already. However, the Linux and Vista machines have yet to be hacked.
Sounds interesting.

Contest rules state that Miller could only take advantage of software that was pre-installed on the Mac, so the flaw he exploited must have been accessible, or possibly inside, […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

February 28th, 2008

Get good command line habits

I must confess. I have bad command line habits! I make directories and subdirectories, one directory at a time… Meaning, I make a directory then cd to that then make a subdirectory from it. However, I learned today that I don’t have to do that. Thanks to the article: Learn 10 good UNIX […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

February 28th, 2008

Windows Vista vs. Linux

There’s this long conversation going on in blog.indigio.com about the goodness of Vista and Ubuntu. Actually there are also some comments about the Mac. He also wrote about something that is actually quite debatable on both sides.
I have to admit, I haven’t had any more issues with drivers since November. I guess once […]

By Clair -- 2 comments

February 12th, 2008

Slow posting days on Dvorak

Been seciously typing using that layout and it has been tough. I wish I could type faster but can’t because of the getting used to it part. I still switch to QWERTY sometimes but I know I must wean myself away from it so I could give my wrists the rest that it needs.
One […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

February 7th, 2008

And we’re back!!!

For a while there, we had some server problems and you might have been having a hard time accessing this blog or some of the blog entries you wanted to read. But thanks to b5’s team of sys ads, we’re back~! Did you miss us? Well, I sure missed reading the comments you […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

January 19th, 2008

Sharing my Linux bookmarks

I have an account on del.icio.us and I do keep bookmarks on interesting articles I read or apps which I find useful. My username on the service is eclair. Please feel free to add me to your network. :) I’d definitely love to also see what you have been tagging as relevant to you who […]

By Clair -- 2 comments

January 1st, 2008

Let’s welcome 2008!

It’s the new year!
Will it be a fresh install of Linux? Heh. Just kidding. Though I suppose some of you really thought about it or actually do it.
What’s for the coming year?
I don’t really know, to be honest. More reviews? If I could actually get some hardware like the Asus EEE and mobile […]

By Clair -- 2 comments

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