I had the joy of recovering data from a busted-ass Windows XP installation. You know, the one where it blue screens no matter what boot process you try with an error about “kernl32.dll” being screwed? Yeah, one of those. So, I fired up an Ubuntu live CD to test the hardware and figure out if [...]
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Happy Ubuntu Day (9.04 Released!)
April 23rd, 2009
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Today, like clockwork, is the day in which Ubuntu issues another release. Get your copy via the always legal BitTorrent here. Happy Ubuntu Day!
Ubuntu 8.10 (Alpha 6) on my Mac Book Pro
September 30th, 2008
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I installed Ubuntu 8.10, Alpha 6 on my Mac Book Pro (2nd generation) last night to give it a whirl. I didn’t do anything with bootcamp, just a straight install. The installer was fine, it went it’s normal route. When I rebooted it took a while – I guess this is expected when booting an [...]
Eclipse and Ubuntu 8.04
April 7th, 2008
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I was having some trouble running Eclipse 3.3 Europa on Hardy Heron. It was unstable, crashing a lot, and hogging way more ram than it normally hogs. Then I realized what I’d forgotten to do on this fresh install. I forgot to simply ‘sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun’ and voila, it works like a charm. Eclipse [...]
