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GuruPlug Server Plus, a $129 Linux server based on ARM

February 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments

Over the years, Intel and its microprocessors have become a household name, recognized by millions of PC users. However, far more people own computers based on ARM processors without ever having heard of that CPU – it’s their mobile phones. More than a billion mobile phones are sold worldwide every year, each one more [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · electronics · software

The most robust router I ever used – WHR-HP-G54 (DD-WRT)

December 9th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s been 15 months since I set up a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 with open source Linux-based DD-WRT firmware as my main broadband router (see “DD-WRT on Buffalo WHR-HP-G54″, 2008-09-06). I’m happy to report that this US$70 router it is the most robust router I have ever used. It’s performance has been solid as a rock.
I’ve owned [...]

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Tags: Linux · electronics · software

Fix Windows as default boot on Ubuntu with Grub2 loader

November 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments

If you install Ubuntu on a machine that came with Windows pre-installed you have the choice of preserving Windows and chose each time you boot which operating system to run. By default, the boot menu will list the current Linux kernel, followed by any older Linux kernel versions, followed by a memory test and finally [...]

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Tags: Linux · Windows Vista · Windows XP · software

Marvell MC85 with NdisWrapper on Ubuntu 9.10

November 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Last week I updated my Gateway M-6750 from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10 (“Karmic Koala”) and managed to get myself into a right mess, as I lost access to both my wired and wireless internet connections. I then burnt an Ubuntu 9.10 live CD from an ISO image dowloaded with uTorrent and reinstalled from [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · Windows XP · electronics · software

Backing up / migrating your hard disk data with a Ubuntu live CD

November 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Recently two hard disks died in my household, both of which were Windows boot disks, just as if I needed a reminder how quickly one can lose important data. This and some troubles while upgrading my Gateway M-6750 notebook from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10 (“Karmic Koala”) prompted me to get some spare hard disks [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · Windows Vista · software

Acer Revo R3600 and other dual core Atom 330 NVidia Ion nettops

October 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The new Acer AspireRevo R3600 (Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9012) that combines a dual core Atom 330 processor with the Nvidia Ion platform was introduced at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin in September. It is just one of several interesting new nettops coming out now that will offer significantly more processing power, especially for video [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · Windows 7 · Windows Vista · Windows XP · software

Memory upgrades for Lenovo S10e, Aspire M5201, eMachines T6212

October 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Last month my Gateway GT4014j suddenly died and I replaced it with an Acer Aspire M5201, which came with 2 GB of memory installed. That was less than the 3 GB I had in the Gateway and it affected some very memory hungry apps I use. So three weeks later I did a memory upgrade [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · Windows 7 · Windows Vista · Windows XP · electronics

IPv6 with DD-WRT router and Hurricane Electric

May 25th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Last weekend I got IPv6 working on my US$60 router, allowing all my machines here to talk IPv6 to the outside world. That includes an Ubuntu Linux server, 4 PCs and one Mac.
The biggest incentive for upgrading to IPv6 is the fact that at the current pace we’ll run out of (IPv4) IP addresses in [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · Windows 7 · Windows Vista · Windows XP · electronics · software

Windows 7 versus Linux on netbooks

January 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments

“Does Linux stand a chance now that Windows 7 will run on netbooks?”, Shane O’Neill asks in an article in ComputerWorld on 15 January 2009 that overall sounds fairly optimistic on Microsoft’s prospects. However it largely avoids one crucial subject that matters for Microsoft in the struggle over market share in the booming nettop market: [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · Windows 7 · Windows Vista · Windows XP · software

Linux Eee Box now available, MS giving away XP?

November 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Two months ago I commented on the non-availability of either of the two Linux versions of the Asus Eee Box 202 that had been announced months ago along with its XP-equipped sibling, which has been shipping for two months already.
It appears you can now also get Linux versions of this tiny energy saving desktop machine, [...]

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Tags: Computers · Linux · Windows Vista · Windows XP · software