Category Archives: Ubuntu

Bash bash

Posted on 16/10/2006 by Ian

I was quite impressed with myself the other day that I’d actually managed to write a bash script within ubuntu which served a purpose. I wanted to be able to monitor the size of files within a particular directory, and … Continue reading →

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XGL, Compiz on Dapper 64 – Too much to ask?

Posted on 6/9/2006 by Ian

I spent a large amount of time last week, after realising that I could very easy install compiz and XGL on my machine at uni, trying to install it upon my home machine. As its 64 bit, and owing to … Continue reading →

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Slug’s Talking Nicely

Posted on 19/8/2006 by Ian

I’ve had a couple of problems getting my slug working nice under ubuntu. Firstly, although it is recognised by default and I can connect and browse via samba, when I actually came to playing my media, everything got screwed up, … Continue reading →

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More Ubuntu? – ATI 9600 and SBLive

Posted on 12/8/2006 by Ian

Another post about ubuntu? Where will it end?I was fairly excited from thursday evenings antics of getting things working on my machine at home, I thought I’d give it a try with my dev machine at uni. My graphics card, … Continue reading →

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Did I speak too soon?

Posted on 10/8/2006 by Ian

It seems I may have spoken too soon about my linux joys with ubuntu. After performing a dist-upgrade on my previous beta version of Dapper, I discovered I’d have to go through the same problems of downloading kernel source and … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Working

Posted on 7/8/2006 by Ian

FInally, after a grand total of 10 months, I have a 64bit version of Ubuntu Linux working upon my home machine.This is great news, not only does it mean that I have a wonderful OS to try out for size, … Continue reading →

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