October 9, 2007
by Neil T
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I’m running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, which I’ve previously installed Pidgin 2.0.2 on. Today, I wanted to upgrade it to 2.2.1, the latest version, using the package from Gutsy Gibbon, the next version of Ubuntu. This is a mistake.
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October 2, 2007
by Neil T
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I mentioned back in June that Hari and I inherited a spare computer, which until now has been sat in our house serving no purpose. However, I now have a reason to use it – I need to run Ventrilo 2.1, and I can’t for the life of me get it to work properly on my Mac using Crossover.
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January 9, 2007
by Neil T
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I mentioned that when I tried Ubuntu 6.10 in Parallels, it didn’t seem to support the maximum resolution offered by my MacBook’s screen. Instead of getting a resolution of 1280×800, I was getting 1024×768, which meant that everything was fixed in a square in the middle of the screen.
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December 27, 2006
by Neil T
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Over the Christmas period I installed Ubuntu 5.10 (Edgy Eft) on my MacBook under Parallels, and I have to say that it’s the most likeable Linux distribution I’ve tried so far. It’s not the first time I’ve used Ubuntu, but … Continue reading
August 14, 2006
by Neil T
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How hard is it to play an MP3? Well, if you’re using Linux, harder than it should be, as far as my experience goes.
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August 10, 2006
by Neil T
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There’s a few reasons why I haven’t blogged lately.
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August 8, 2006
by Neil T
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Today I did my first hill start!
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August 2, 2006
by Neil T
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I think I may have found out the key to getting the hard drive in my laptop to work – keeping it warm.
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May 2, 2006
by Neil T
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I can’t say that I’ve ever tried to get Bluetooth working under Linux, but I was using Mandriva One today and noticed a Bluetooth icon in the panel. So I plugged in my Belkin USB Bluetooth dongle, and – lo and behold – it actually worked.
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June 1, 2005
by Neil T
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It’s possible to run an operating system from within another using programs like VMWare or VirtualPC, but if you can’t afford either then you may find Damn Small Linux interesting.
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