Every now and then I decide to wander off the Ubuntu reservation and look at other distros. Christmas is my favorite time to do this. I decided to give Linux [...]
So a few days ago, Phoronix published a performance comparison between XMir and X.org. Not surprisingly, XMir was slower in most of the tests. I say not [...]
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I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my new laptop and ran into an issue with VirtualBox. Apparently there is a bug with NAT. If your guest OS is not resolving [...]
These days, I just don't dabble in hardware the way I use to. Once, there was a time I would spend my evenings researching the latest hardware trends and [...]
I've been using the Unity interface for some time now, and I have to say I like it. But it's not without its quirks. One of the snags I have run into is [...]
I decided to move from Pandora FMS to Zabbix. Thanks to the Ubuntu Package maintainers, this is a snap. Since I could not find a simple how-to, I thought I [...]
I've been using Linux on my Sony VAIO Laptop for some time now and loving it, but there has been this lingering little problem that I've been putting off [...]
I've often thought that the architecture for X11 was, by design, inefficient. I mean, great for networked desktops, but for the 90% who don't need that, [...]
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Today I had the misfortune of trying to remotely format and setup a backup to a WD USB My Book drive. Everything appeared to go fine until I actually tried to [...]
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This last week I had to rebuild my home desktop. It's a long story, but after combining parts from various desktops around my house and replacing a bad power [...]