This site gets quite a lot of traffic from certain keyphrases. As a result of this I am constantly having to cull marketing junk from the comments. And no these aren't the usual spam ones. The last one I culled was from a sales rep based in a small Irish town. So if you to abuse my comments I will let you. In return for a fee. How big is the fee? That depends on me. It's a lot … [Read more...] about Don’t Try To Pimp Your Services In Comments
Archives for March 2007
Firestats 1.17 Released
Firestats 1.17 has been released. It's a bug fix, so no need to get worried :) … [Read more...] about Firestats 1.17 Released
Dell Linux Survey
I only spotted this today, but it's still open for another few days, so get on there! Dell Linux Survey It would be great if Dell offered people the option of choosing a linux distro preinstalled on desktops and laptops. I'm getting rather tired of having to reformat them and others are wasting a lot of time trying to get refunds for an OS they have no intention of using. … [Read more...] about Dell Linux Survey
Configuring Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS on Ubuntu Edgy using Envy
As I mentioned yesterday, I was having some "interesting" issues getting Ubuntu to play nice with my new graphics card (GeForce 7900GS). You can get a full spec of the card on the Nvidia site. It's a pretty powerful card: Graphics Bus Technology PCI Express Memory 256MB Memory Interface 256-bit Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 42.2 Fill Rate (Billion pixels/sec) 9 Vertices/Second … [Read more...] about Configuring Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS on Ubuntu Edgy using Envy
Installing Xp – Catch 22
I have a nice legal copy of Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately it predates any of the service packs, so when I went to install my new PC I ran into an interesting issue. The intel motherboard I'm using is from Intel® 946 Express Chipset Family. Of course it comes with all the drivers required on CD. Unfortunately Intel work on the basis that whoever is installing XP will be using a … [Read more...] about Installing Xp – Catch 22