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OS X on Dell D420

After running Ubuntu Karmic Koala for about a month on the my Dell D420, I have decided to give OS X a try. I started here. Ended up here. 10.5 was a bust. 10.6 works great! The process I used was: 1. Get 10.6 disc or disc image. 2. Make an external hard drive version [...]

[ More ] December 16th, 2009 | 12 Comments | Posted in apple, gnu/linux, hardware, software, ubuntu |

VMWare Server 2 – Windows 7 – Ext2IFS

I have been using Ext2IFS driver on different windows version starting in XP, then Vista, now Windows 7. I installed the latest VMWare Server 2 and tried to open up my old VM. Got an error like VMware Workstation cannot open one of the virtual disks needed by this VM because it is larger than [...]

[ More ] June 3rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in gnu/linux, software, ubuntu |

jAOLT – FOSS ebay listing software

This software was great! But partly because it is the only one out there. Looking around for something, anything but the web interface on GNU/Linux, I found this. jAOLT works. In my usage of it so far, I haven’t had a problem. I used it to create about 20 listings in a pretty short amount [...]

[ More ] April 5th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in gentoo, gnu/linux, software, ubuntu |

Out with eee, In with the mini

Pulled the trigger on a refurb Dell Mini 9. Now my precious eeePC must go. It shall soon be set adrift upon the bay of E’s. Looking at the prices of what is out there though, I think I will do ok. Plus mine has sweet decals on it, those cost extra. Also ordered the [...]

[ More ] April 3rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in apple, gentoo, gnu/linux, hardware, software, ubuntu |

ViewSonic Proview 780 with Ubuntu Gnu/Linux

Just a quick post to let everyone out there that still owns this monitor that you can use it nicely under Gnu/Linux, you just have to set the sync and refresh rates in your xorg.conf. My Ubuntu install didn’t do it auto-magically, so I had to go look. Looks like someone was still using theirs [...]

[ More ] March 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in gnu/linux, hardware, ubuntu |