As I've mentioned previously, my graphics card is a little bit problematic. I had pretty much forgotten about the issues since I discovered "envy", which did a wonderful job of sorting out the correct Nvidia driver for me.Unfortunately when I upgraded my desktop to Ubuntu Gutsy yesterday I ran into issues. While the upgrade itself went fine (as far as I can see!) envy simply … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Envy
Open Source
Open Ads 2.4 Released
Open Ads 2.4 was released a few days ago.Open Ads, which was previously called PhpAdsNew, is probably the most popular open source adserver available. I've been using it for years, though I've probably only used a fraction of its features.I've decided to start using it to serve ads on some of the blogs I run (I'm already using it to run ads on other sites).Why?Ease of use … [Read more...] about Open Ads 2.4 Released
HP To Offer Linux on Desktops
The spread of Linux is obviously gathering momentum and with the backing of big players the future could get very interesting indeed.I mentioned previously that Dell was offering Ubuntu Linux on some of its desktop modelsNow they have been joined by HP, which is to offer RedHat on some desktop models in the Australian market.Unfortunately it looks like we'll have to wait a … [Read more...] about HP To Offer Linux on Desktops
Graphics Editor For OSX?
I've been playing with my new mac over the last day or so and I will be posting a few thoughts once I've had a chance to try out more of the functions. I'm still in the "what does that do?" and "how do I do that?" stage, so I'm not going to make any comments as yet. One of the things that I am looking for is a reasonable graphics editor. I've no interest in forking out for … [Read more...] about Graphics Editor For OSX?
Moving to the Darkside – I Just Bought A Mac
A couple of months ago I was asking people about Mac laptops, as I was rather confused by the various options. I've also been reading the rather excellent (sorry Ted!) MacBlogger site for the last couple of months and found it helpful. A couple of threads on CI and queries also got me asking why on earth Mac users seem to be incapable of getting their heads around basic … [Read more...] about Moving to the Darkside – I Just Bought A Mac