Technology
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Radeon Mobility Blacklist in Hardy Beta
Not being a man of patience, I figured with the final release of Gnome 2.22 included in the latest Hardy Beta, now would be a good time to jump on the Hardy band-wagon. Everything seems to be working solid. They’ve even included the previously missing Keyspan module. Woo hoo! Unfortunately I did run into one
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Upgrades
Like every other Maxtor I’ve deployed in the last several years, the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (6Y120L0) 120 GB drive in this server was throwing multiple read errors and threatening to fail at any moment. As opposed to waiting for its imminent death, I decided it was time to do some upgrades. Not wanting to
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Keyspan USA-19HS on Gutsy Gibbon
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was released yesterday. Overall the improvements are huge. Amongst other things driver support for my aging four year old laptop is nearing perfection. The only thing that did not work out of the box is my trusty Keyspan USA-19HS USB to DB9 serial adapter. Primarily my laptop is used as a
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Leopard Screen Sharing
The only thing to date that I’ve missed from the dark ages of using Windows XP Pro is the built in Remote Desktop capability. RDP is one of the very few things I’ve seen come out of Redmond that actually worked beyond a satisfactory level. Nearly three years ago my work machine was replaced with
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Premature Review of OS X Leopard (9A527)
Being a technology enthusiast I had a very hard time waiting until October to give Leopard a test run on my Mac Mini. I decided to give the beta build (9A527) a test run to see what I have to look forward to when the family pack I’ve been eye-balling finally hits store shelves. Unfortunately,
