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• xkcd - ubuntu, python comics

  If you don't currently read xkcd.com , you should be. It has some mushy lovey dovey junk in it sometimes, but the python references and open source references are hilarious. Today's comic: (mouse over for the Ubuntu reference) One of my other... Posted Apr 28 2008, 12:34 PM by Jason Meridth with | with no comments Filed under: Linux, Ubuntu, funny, xkcd

• Ubuntu 8.04, VirtualBox, and USB support

  UPDATE : Make sure your user account is a member of the vboxusers account. VirtualBox will not start and the error will tell you this, but just want to be explicit. You will have to logout and log back in. I recently upgraded my Ubuntu to the latest version... Posted Apr 27 2008, 11:42 AM by Jason Meridth with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: Tools, Linux, Ubuntu, Virtual Machine

• Ubutnu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) after upgrade - I have complete sound!!

  UPDATE : Do not upgrade your virtual box install. Stay with the Gutsy version if you already have it. If you are just installing Hardy Heron from scratch, I will have a post in a little bit and link to it here about how to ensure you get the correct version... Posted Apr 26 2008, 12:46 PM by Jason Meridth with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Linux, Ubuntu

• Ubuntu 8.04 came out today (Hardy Heron)

  Download here . Feature List and a little more detail here I'm currently on Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), the previous version. I'm upgrading after I post this. I'll update this post afterwards. Also, for all you hesitant Linux users out there, on... Posted Apr 24 2008, 10:48 PM by Jason Meridth with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Tools, Linux, Ubuntu, Virtual Machine

• How to install Twhirl on Ubuntu (7.10 Gutsy Gibbon)

  Update : I jumped the gun and I thought I'd never have to say this about Linux, but you may have to reboot after the install. I lost all title bars on all windows after the install. After reboot, they came back. Glad I didn't have to go down that... Posted Apr 16 2008, 11:24 PM by Jason Meridth with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Linux, twitter

• Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) release today!

  If you are a Linux fan (or you already know of Ubuntu), the downloads for 7.10 became available today. Check out my previous post on the new features. Posted Oct 18 2007, 08:17 AM by Jason Meridth with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Linux, Ubuntu

• 2.6.23 Kernel, "Finally. Yeah, it got delayed"

  Finally. Yeah, it got delayed, not because of any huge issues, but because of various bugfixes trickling in and causing me to reset my 'release clock' all the time. But it's out there now, and hopefully better for the wait, " Linus Torvalds... Posted Oct 10 2007, 09:15 PM by Jason Meridth with | with no comments Filed under: Linux, Kernel

• Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) BETA released yesterday - final release in October

  Ubuntu 7.10 released yesterday. Go here to download and help Canonical with beta testing. I am downloading it at home and will load one of my "mutt" PCs tonight and start using it. Instructions on how to insert bugs into the tracking system... Posted Sep 28 2007, 09:54 AM by Jason Meridth with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Linux, Ubuntu

• I didn't think websites still required a certain platform...

  <rant> Precursor: I'm not as much anti-Microsoft as I used to be, but this re-ignited the flame. Not against Microsoft, but websites that don't want to hit all demographics. I personally use Ubuntu at home on 2 of my computers (I also have... Posted Sep 02 2007, 11:43 PM by Jason Meridth with | with no comments Filed under: Misc, Linux

• Ubuntu Feisty Fawn and the Broadcom wireless card on a Compaq Presario C500 Laptop

  You'd start to think that I'm no longer a developer, and more of a architecture IT person now with all of the latest Linux installation posts I've had lately. These are do to the new tricks/fixes I'm having to learn to get Ubuntu Feisty... Posted May 29 2007, 05:06 PM by Jason Meridth with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Linux, Ubuntu

• Knoppix ntfsfix fixes Windows XP corrupted NTFS

  Interested information from another Linux board: "Anyways, a couple of days ago I had a major hard drive crash that corrupted all my NTFS volumes. XP refused to boot, no safe mode, the recovery console wouldn't start, nothing. I was able to boot... Posted May 29 2007, 04:33 PM by Jason Meridth with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Linux

• Don't poke the penguin

  Microsoft must really be hurting.....they just made the claim that Linux violates 235 of it's patents. SCO tried this recently and got it's butt humiliated. The linux community didn't have to do anything. Some of he claims according to this article: ... Posted May 13 2007, 03:49 PM by Jason Meridth with | with no comments Filed under: Linux

• Getting sound working on my Toshiba laptop with Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

  The post here on the forums helped me solve my problems. How to do it: open a terminal and type: sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base Go to the bottom of the file and paste in the following line: options snd-hda-intel model=auto or options snd-hda-intel... Posted May 12 2007, 07:53 PM by Jason Meridth with | with 17 comment(s) Filed under: Linux, Ubuntu

• Installing Subversion on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Server

  This article covers installing subversion with the apache module so that it can be easily accessed from other systems on a public network. The next post will show how to set this up with svn+ssh, which is considered more secure. To install subversion... Posted May 01 2007, 07:53 PM by Jason Meridth with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Linux, Subversion

• Ubuntu Linux offers Windows migration tool.

  The newest version of Ubuntu 7.04 BETA is offering a new Windows migration tool. According to the website , it will recognize and migrate "Internet Explorer favorites, Firefox favorites, desktop wallpaper, AOL IM contacts, and Yahoo IM contacts" during... Posted Mar 29 2007, 05:32 PM by Jason Meridth with | with no comments Filed under: Linux