How long should it take to set up a laptop?

By tim, on February 24th, 2008 Follow tim on Twitter

So you need a new laptop. Ignoring those irritating voices that say you should go Apple, you select a value-for-money offering from one of the big names like Toshiba or HP, hit the buy button at Ebuyer or the like, and a day or so later a van is at the door and you

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February 24th, 2008 | Category: apple, linux, microsoft, software, ubuntu, vista, windows | 4 comments

Gutsy Ubuntu and Precipice Computing

By tim, on October 20th, 2007 Follow tim on Twitter

The good news: I’ve successfully upgraded two machines from Ubuntu 7.4 (Feisty Fawn) to the new 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). I followed the instructions here. The bad news: neither upgrade was without incident.

I’ll start with the server. I use this for SlimServer and for experimenting with interesting Linux-based software; it has no GUI

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October 20th, 2007 | Category: linux, open source, ubuntu | One comment
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