Recently, I have been seeing a few more web articles and blog posts on the great user friendliness debate. This debate is all about which OS is the most user friendly, and it usually started from when someone claimed a particular OS is not user friendly. Rather than adding more hot air to the endless [...]
While the Linux OS in general, and Ubuntu in particular, has progressed so much in the user’s desktop (and in my opinion, to the point superior to other competing OSes), there is still room for improvement. I occasionally encountered situations where Ubuntu seemed to be lacking in some fundamental use cases. Just the other day, [...]
Previously, I wrote about installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta in my eeePC 900 here. In the “Fn keys” section, I mentioned that the audio control keys were working well after fixing the keycodes. However, recently I noticed the mute key (Fn+F7) is no longer functioning. I am not sure when it stopped working. I did [...]
Yesterday, I bought a new printer. As anyone who use Ubuntu/Linux knows, buying computer equipment can be a tough job. Many computer companies are our worst enemies. Despite the best effort of the open source communities and despite continuous improvement, hardware drivers remained one the main issue in Linux. Thus, when I began thinking about [...]
A few weeks ago, I was asked to set-up a small adhoc network with a bunch of PC, running Ubuntu Hardy Heron and Windows. Personally, I have always avoided using samba file sharing in my own network, and use NFS instead. I could get away with this because I don’t have any PC running Windows. [...]
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 is [...]
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 [...]
… 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 any issue. [...]
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 you [...]
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 less configurations to [...]
