So, you have been a geek your entire short life. At this rate your chances of getting hitch and having a lived in house mate is practically nil. An engineer likes nothing better than to hide behind his workbench all day tinkering on his stuffs. There is hardly time for [...]
My Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex desktop on eeePC 900 currently looks like this.
Eh? That is nothing but the wallpaper? Well. it should actually look like this.
But of course, the panels are hidden!
By default, the gnome-panels took up 24px each. With two panels, you are out of 48px. The eeepc 900 small screen [...]
Previously, I wrote about installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta in my eeePC 900 here.
In the “Processor scaling” section of that post, I mentioned about setting the CPU governor to “ondemand” upon boot up. A better solution would be to set the cpu governor to “performance” if booting with AC power, and “ondemand” if booting [...]
This is one of the most remote place in Singapore. Believe it or not, there are such places in this tiny island, though it didn’t take too long to get there. Sarimbun Beach is located on the northwest corner of the island.
… and how to fix it
Previously, I wrote about installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta in my eeePC 900 here. In that post, I mentioned the WIFI was detected and worked out-of-the-box. It was able to connect to my home’s WPA2 network. I have also subsequently used it in public/open WIFI networks without [...]
Around the world, Ubuntu LoCo teams and enthusiasts are waiting eagerly for Intrepid release on 30th October. Many are organising or planning release parties.
Team Ubuntu Singapore (TUSG) is joining in the celebration. We will be having a small get-together barbeque on Saturday 1st November, at 6:30pm. Find out about the event here.
If [...]
Midnight.
The frogs were croaking.
I have been using the new Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta on my eeePC 900 for a few days, and it has been great. Overall, the new version of Ubuntu was easier than ever to install. Most of the eeePC 900 hardware now worked out-of-the-box. There was no more custom compile needed, and [...]
After a week of running Intrepid Ibex beta on a desktop PC, I completed transferring my data. With the PC up and running, it was time to install Intrepid on my eeePC 900. For one week, I became desk bound as I tested and fix the eeePC to full operations under Intrepid. [...]
Here were more photos from Clarke Quay, Singapore. These two photos were taken on 13th October 2008.
