Tag: linux

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Linux Laptop Hardware Compatibility List

If you are a serious Linux user, probably the first thing that come across your mind when shopping for a laptop is how compatible it is with GNU/Linux operating system.

Fortunately sites like The Linux Laptop Wiki, Ubuntu Linux Hardware Support and Mandriva Hardware Database provides a good starting point to find out about your laptop hardware compatibility with Linux.

As for my personal experience, I find out most hardware incompatibility ranges from unsupported 56k softmodem driver to unsupported hard-disk controller which i consider as the worse case scenario.

So please bear this in mind that not all laptop are 100% compatible with Linux. Do ask around, and check for its compatibility status before you finally made a decision to purchase a new laptop.

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Ubuntu Mobile on Asus EeePC

Found this on youtube, thought might share with all of you..

Ubuntu Mobile is a specialized Ubuntu distribution which intended to run on UMPC powered by Intel Atom processor. From what I read, current release of Ubuntu Mobile still does not have wifi support for Asus EeePC, a netbook which for me I think nice to have.

You can find more about it at the Ubuntu Mobile Official Website or download the image at http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogra/mobile/

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Firefox 3.0 too slow for my desktop pc or is it just me?

This is the first day that I have the mood to blog since Eidul Fitr (Hari Raya).

What really caught my attention since the last few days I was away-from-keyboard is the startup time of Mozilla Firefox 3.0 browser on my 7 years old pc (Pentium 4 1.8 GHz) running Ubuntu 7.10, it was noticeably slow, giving me the impression it’s bloated. Was it only me? or does anybody else notice it too?

Currently I use Epiphany to write this post…

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Grab Dreamhost Promo Codes and Crazy Offerings!

Usually I don’t post things such as promo codes and offerings on my blog, but I’ll make an exception for this case.

Dreamhost has made available 5 promo codes that gives you special offer on their already generous hosting plans, which includes :

  • Disk Storage up to 500GB
  • Monthly Bandwidth at 5TB
  • Secured Shell access (SSH)
  • Unlimited Domain host
  • PHP5, Python, Perl, Ruby On Rail support
  • Custom DNS configuration
  • CVS, SVN Repository and WebDav support
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  • and other exciting features…!

Oh they have a Dreamhost Wiki page too
The Promo codes gives you :

  • Four (4) times the normal disk and bandwidth!
  • If you choose their five-year plan, you’ll get $150 off!
  • If you choose their ten-year plan, you’ll get $200 off!

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All promo codes except “KIROSTUDIO” expires on 15 October 2008, so hurry up!