Posts Tagged ‘Ubuntu’

October 29th, 2009

Reasons to upgrade your Ubuntu

9 Comments, Linux, by Donncha.

ubuntu.com is down unfortunately. The release of Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, is obviously driving…

If you’re using the latest version of Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, or version 9.04 and you use a laptop with an…

August 20th, 2009

Upgraded my Dell D630 to 4GB RAM

8 Comments, Linux, by Donncha.

That was quick:

Order placed with Crucial yesterday afternoon around 1.30pm for 2 sticks of 2GB RAM.
UPS guy called…

Modern computers use CPUs with multiple cores for performance reasons. Software can take advantage of that and use both cores…

I don’t know when this happened but my external USB drives were running really slow. Reading RAW images off them…

I just installed Synergy on my Ubuntu and Mac OS X laptops and now I can control both from one…

December 8th, 2008

Fixing Ubuntu 8.10

17 Comments, Linux, by Donncha.

I suppose you could say I’m a long time Debian/Ubuntu Linux user, but the recent upgrade to 8.10 completely messed…

May 1st, 2008

How to upgrade Ubuntu

8 Comments, Linux, by Donncha.

I hit the Upgrade button and I presume it’s doing it’s thing. The Ubuntu 8.04 ‘Hardy Heron’ Release Notes have…

The Dell Latitude D630 comes with a number of different video cards but if you use the Intel chipset you…

February 13th, 2008

How to umount when the device is busy

54 Comments, Linux, by Donncha.

It happens all the time doesn’t it? You need to unmount a CD or you want to pack away the…


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