April 2008 – Tall Tech Tales

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Windows Drives Mounted!

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on April 28, 2008November 3, 2016

Another chapter in my Ubuntu adventure can be closed. This morning I finally successfully managed to mount one of my shared drives on my media machine, where all my music, videos and photos are kept. A victory! Here’s some links I used to get this accomplished: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountWindowsSharesPermanently#head-fb089c2083e67c8d4de440e5c598792c4cf7c642 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280473 Now, I’ve got Rhythmbox up and running, […]

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Ubuntu Installation Successful

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on April 27, 2008November 9, 2016

I shut down the Live CD and waited for the reboot. The Windows logo appears. What? What happened to Ubuntu? I quickly realize that the drive I installed Ubuntu on is a slave drive. A quick trip into the BIOS to change the priority of the drives fixes this. Reset and reboot. Bingo. I get […]

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Joining the Linux Revolution

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on April 27, 2008November 9, 2016

My first introduction to Linux wasn’t a very successful one. In early 2007, I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu, hoping to try it out and see what it was like. I didn’t get very far. I couldn’t get the thing to boot and I left the disc to gather dust. A few months ago, my […]

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2Tall Tales Introduction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on April 27, 2008November 3, 2016

Technology is all around us. It’s in our homes, on our bodies, in our cars, at work. It’s part of all aspects of our lives in one way or another, from the alarm that goes off to the stock purchase and the work we do at work. For me, technology has always been an important […]