HOWTO: ThinkVantage Button in Ubuntu 8.10
I’m pretty sure this is the same fix I used in Gutsy and Hardy, but I had to do it again to get my ThinkVantage button working on my ThinkPad T61 in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid. I just added the following...
View ArticleHOWTO: Compile Unison (and OCaml) under Unslung 6.10 on a Linksys NSLU2
This is a pretty obscure and incomplete howto, but I was left to figure all this out without much help so I figure I might as well post what I learned in case it is of assistance to anyone else. At the...
View ArticleGetting Started with the Openmoko FreeRunner: Installing Om 2008.12 in Ubuntu
Heather, my girlfriend fiancée, was kind enough to buy me an OpenMoko Freerunner in January. I went out to get a new SIM card (since there were known issues with my current one) and I experimented with...
View ArticleSolution: Amarok Won’t Play Anything After An Upgrade To Ubuntu 9.04
I was happy to discover earlier today that Ubuntu 9.04 includes Amarok 2. But once I figured out how to queue up some music (which took a little time), I realized that nothing would play. This was the...
View ArticleHOWTO: Installing Android on the Freerunner + Rogers APN
I’ve been using the Openmoko Neo Freerunner as my mobile phone for over two months now. The phone can run a variety of software distributions. I started off with the Om 2008.12 Update, but spent the...
View ArticleSOLUTION: Extract .exe archive with 7z in Ubunu 9.04, fix “Unsupported...
Just posting a quick fix to a problem I had with using 7z to extract an archive. I could list the contents of the archive, but any attempts to extract gave an “Unsupported Method” error. Dan Jacobson...
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It’s Not A Phone, It’s A Mobile Computer
Credit: mackarus [CC BY] People keep asking me about my new “cell phone,” but the Nokia N900 isn’t a phone. It’s a handheld, mobile computer. Calling it a phone is like calling a house a bed—sleeping...
View ArticleSOLUTION: Firefox Fails When Upgrading After Using Mozilla PPA
This is a quick fix for a problem I had when upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04, after having used the Mozilla PPA. The Firefox upgrade failed during the distribution upgrade process (from 9.10 to 10.04). I was...
View ArticleHOWTO: Sync Notes Between Tomboy and Conboy with Snowy [UPDATED]
Updated: I’ve updated this guide to detail a proper sync with Snowy, rather than the old Unison hack (below), since Conboy now supports more than just Ubuntu One, and an experimental version Snowy is...
View ArticleOn Revoking Ubuntu’s Root Privileges
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu GNU/Linux. While they’ve made great contributions to free software, they’ve also been very inconsistent in their commitment to...
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