Exploring What's Outside The Box
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Mattias Ahlvin
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I’ve had my XPS 1530 for a little less than a week now and I had Ubuntu installed just days after I got it so I have had a few days to tweak a few things so that they work as I would like them to. First of all, as far as installation I simply […]
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Yesterday, my much anticipated Dell XPS 1530 arrived at my local FedEx office. I was fortunate enough to be able to pick it up just before they closed down for the day and being a Friday night, I now have a whole weekend to get things rolling on this thing. First of all, the XPS […]
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I think the PS3 community has been waiting since the PS3 came out for Homebrew to be available and possible on the PS3. That dream finally came true not too long ago and it seems like development of Homebrew PS3 titles really are picking up. The best of all, the Homebrew titles are super-easy to […]
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The popularity of the iPhone touch interface can’t be overstated and as evident by all the clones out there, the ability to “touch” instead of clicking is a sure way to attract interest and a lot of users. One of the interfaces that looks very similar to the iPhone interface is iFonz. Having followed and […]
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Considering that I’m heading out for a trip to Israel tonight, I figured I should look into some way to call back to the USA cheaply. My thoughts immediately went to my old friend Skype. So, I headed over to the Skype website and downloaded the latest version of the Windows Mobile client. Big mistake. […]
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After a few hairy moments when neither Ubuntu nor Windows would actually boot, my re-install of Ubuntu has worked out ok. What did I do different? Well, first of all I created a partition specifically for my /home/ directory. This is supposed to make upgrades easier since I won’t have to redo all my settings […]
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I have been using Ubuntu Linux for a little over a month now with a little bit of a mixed experience. I found that installing Ubunut was a piece of cake and using various pieces of software like Openoffice, Firefox, Evolution and so on was painfree and very easy. However, I found that getting various […]
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My current project is this: to get a CDU-650 EVDO USB wireless modem to work on Ubuntu. So far, I’ve progress quite nicely I think. I have manage to get it to actually connect and to be properly recognized by the system and that’s always a first step. I just have to get the rest […]
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So, for the last couple of weeks, I have been running into this very annoying glitch on my Ubuntu installation. Every time I shut down the system, I get this error. CIFS: VFS server not respondingCIFS: No response for cmd 114 mid 3 It hasn’t really bugged me until now but after one reboot too […]
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We all know that the Grand Theft Auto series has always been very popular. From the now simplistic looking GTA and GTA 2 to the latest GTA IV with fantastic graphics, massive cities, a deep story line and a huge dose of questionable and immoral activities, its pure success might be hard to understand for […]
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