If you’re like me — a fanatic Linux tester using Windows part time — you’ve probably experienced a few installation failures. When that happens, sometimes the Linux installation breaks the grub boot loader, leaving you with a computer that won’t do anything besides displaying a discouraging black grub console. Well, here’s how to actually boot [...]
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Fedora Core 6 vs Ubuntu 6.10
I’ve been using Fedora Core 6 pre-release for a couple of days now, and I’m ready to write about my experience so far. Overall, there are both good and bad things about Fedora. Here are some things that I like about it:
The default desktop background is stunning. I like the DNA inspired theme and the [...]
Fedora Core 6 – False Marketing?
(Headline intentionally spiced up slightly…) After reading the release notes from the Fedora Core 6 Pre-Release, I just had to download and install it:
The Compiz window manager provides better visual feedback and a variety of desktop effects by using the AIGLX framework. More information is available from the Fedora Rendering Project.
Unlike OpenSuSE 10.2 Alpha [...]
The Name “Firefox” Not Allowed In Ubuntu?
There are lots of ongoing discussions in the Ubuntu Forums about the fact that Mozilla has asked Debian to either comply with the trademarks/copyrights and use both the Firefox logo and name, and let all their patches run through Mozilla, or to neither use the logo nor the name. A typical forum post, written by [...]
My thoughts on F-Spot
Recently, I’ve been trying out the F-Spot photo management application for Gnome. Having used Picasa for almost a year now, I’m spoiled with quick editing and management of my photos. With just a simple click, the quality of an image can be improved in Picasa. Since F-Spot was included in Gnome/Ubuntu, however, I decided to [...]
Laptop Screen Resolutions
I might be getting a new laptop at work and was wondering if anyone had any experience with Dell Latitude D620. Are they any good? Linux compatibility is generally very good with Dell, right? The graphics card is a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M 256MB.
Is 1280×800 too small for a 14.1″ widescreen? Currently, I have a [...]
OpenSUSE 10.2 Alpha4: What a waste of time
What an extreme waste of time that was, trying to install the latest alpha of OpenSUSE 10.2. I first spent over an hour trying to figure out how the network install works, because I really don’t want to waste 6 CDs just for an alpha build of an OS. No matter what I tried, I [...]
Google Toolbar for Firefox
That Google Toolbar sure looks usable, with the enhanced search box, safe browsing and spell checking. Unfortunately for me, my computer doesn’t meet the system requirements:
• Windows XP/2000 SP3+, Mac OS X 10.2+, or Red Hat Linux 8.0+
• Firefox 1.5+ (Internet Explorer version available here)
I’m using Ubuntu 6.06. What a shame.
On an unrelated notice, I’m [...]
Rosegarden progress
Despite the early frustrations with Rosegarden, I’ve actually made some significant progress. By reading the great but simple tutorial on UbuntuStudio on how to set up things like JACK in Ubuntu, I am now able to use Rosegarden with the included synth plugins to actually play .wav samples and sequence it to resemble something that [...]
Create music with Rosegarden in Linux? Impossible.
I’m annoyed. I’ve spent the whole evening tinkering with Rosegarden and after four hours I still haven’t managed to connect a MIDI note to a sound! Has anyone used this before? As a nerd, I feel insulted when I can’t master an application after so many hours of googling, configuring, and tweaking. I just want [...]
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