Archive for September 29th, 2007
Wifi weirdness
I’ve tried running Linux on the 9400 a few times before and gave up when I couldn’t get the Intel 3945 wifi controller working. When I installed Ubuntu 7.04 everything worked great.
Kind of.
I had to go into network admin (System, Administration, Network) and turn off roaming mode. I manually picked my SSID and everything came [...]
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Ubuntu gtkpod hosed my iPod
The first really sucky experience I’ve had since moving toward Ubuntu as my primary workplace is that the iPod handling is pretty badly broken. I installed gtkpod in the hope that I could manage the podcasts on my iPod without having to boot into Windows. Everything looked ok, but when I got into the car [...]
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Introductions
I’ve been a Linux user since the good old days of Slackware 0.91. That’s a while ago now. Sadly, my day job pays me to use Microsoft products, so for a long time Linux has been something of an occasional escape. I’ve got a slight change of landscape coming up though, so it’s time to [...]
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