So I've installed eeeXubuntu on my eee 701. EeeXubuntu, as far as I can tell, is Xubuntu with a few eee pc tweaks---Tuxradar recently named it the best distribution to run on an eee 701.

Good luck getting a hold of it though---it seems to have been abandoned in favor of eeebuntu. But as much as eeebuntu appealed to me, recent versions ship ( Read more... )

I've been looking into LaTeX for legal documents. I already use LaTeX for personal things, such as generating study outlines:


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I've been spending the last part of my vacation time sorting out various family IT projects. My dad's old laptop, a Sharp Actius MM20. The MM20 (and its predecessor, the MM10) was a couple of years ahead of the curve on what has since become the netbook trend-. It's thinner than a MacBook Air, has very humble hardware, and is meant to be a ( Read more... )

N.B.: Regular readers will know/remember that I'm an Ubuntu user. In the spirit of Linux install reports, I'm offering this post, trying to compare and contrast my experiences installing Ubuntu and Windows Vista Home BasicI am pleased to report that "Project Wintendo"--my Windows Vista Home Basic installation--was a success. A few impresions, ( Read more... )

I'm waiting for rsync to cook through another backup of my /home directory, then I'll power down and install Vista Home Basic.

Not gonna lie: I am filled with a great sense of foreboding.

I never thought I would be writing this.

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OpenOffice 2.3 takes somewhere near forever to load for me. A bit of google-fu uncovered this guide to speeding up OpenOffice load times in Ubuntu.

I can say that this certainly did it. OpenOffice Writer starts almost instantly now. YAY.

I have seen the end of 32-bit addressing, my friends, and let me tell you, it's not pretty.

My default e-mail client, Evolution, is great, but it keeps my incoming mail in a single mbox file. (for you *nix nerds, by default this is at ~/.evolution/mail/local/Over the years, as I've migrated from computer to computer, I have brought my archived e- ( Read more... )

My iRiver H340 battery has been dying for a while now. So, as a birthday present, I went ahead and bought a replacement battery.

Fortunately, licketysplitauctions on ebay carries batteries for the H340. I ordered a 2200 mAh battery for the princely sum of $15.99, plus $4.49 shipping. The battery arrived quickly, but I only got around to ( Read more... )