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Category Archives: Linux
Fedora 13
I’ve had a problem on Ubuntu for a while, or at least I thought it was Ubuntu-specific. The problem is with suspend-to-ram (aka, what you get when you click suspend; the computer goes into a low-power state, and comes back … Continue reading
Ubuntu: The Hanging Purple Splash Screen of Doom
A couple weeks ago I upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx. (It’d previously been running Karmic.) The upgrade went well. Since this machine was not very critical to me for school, I had opted to do this one … Continue reading
Posted in Hacks, Fixes, and Solutions, Linux
Tagged gdm, hangs, plymouth, screen, splash, ubuntu
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Quick Ubuntu Tip: Not Enough Space Left to Update
So just today I went to run updates on my Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) machine, only to get an error message stating that there was not enough space left. Now, I saw this once before, and luckily the fix is pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Hacks, Fixes, and Solutions, Linux
Tagged /boot, kernel, no space left on device, ubuntu, update
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RMS at RIT
So last week Richard Stallman came to RIT to speak. I went, and got some pics: (Edit: Click the thumbnails for full, non-horrendously cropped versions of the pics.) It was an interesting experience, I even got to shake his hand. … Continue reading
A Little Scripting
I just completed the 5th gig night in a row with Jack Swift. If you haven’t, go check out the blog. I haven’t posted there in a while, but the other guys have and there are pics. Recordings too. In … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Linux, Technology/Internet
Tagged function, Jack Swift, perl, scripting, sleep
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Battery Life and Other Nonsense
As I mentioned before, I have switched my laptop to Gentoo again after getting a new battery for it. When I first finished my Gentoo install there was this beautiful feeling of euphoria… It was just a raw Linux system, … Continue reading
Back to Gentoo
When I first started on Linux, my distribution was RedHat 8.0 on our old HP Vectra. After installing it I found that I couldn’t get X to start, and so I had to navigate the system from the command line, … Continue reading
New Ubuntu
Ubuntu Intrepd Ibex (8.10) is out. If you want to upgrade, I say wait a day or two before upgrading anything. Also, choose a mirror close to you for a normal upgrade, or go get a torrent if you’re doing … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Technology/Internet
Tagged 8.10, ibex, intrepid, Linux, new, release, ubuntu
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Keeping Flash Stable in Firefox
There is a bug in the current flash player for Linux which, in Ubuntu, will cause FireFox to crash during YouTube videos. Now, a quick solution to this is to simply remove the package libflashsupport, but this keeps you from … Continue reading
Posted in Hacks, Fixes, and Solutions, Linux
Tagged crash, firefox, flash, libflashsupport, Linux, pulseaudio, ubuntu, youtube
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Getting Help With Linux
Typical open source *nix distributions open up quite an array of possibilities. Using one you can easily set up a Web, Email, Database or whatever server. You can do it with anything from an old PC you have laying around … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Linux, Rants, Technology/Internet
Tagged arrogant, asshole, Linux, newbie, open source, prick, question
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