Category: Ubuntu

  • Multithreading in Bibble 5

    If ever you want to know how to write a program that really, really does multithreading well, talk to the developers of Bibble. It’s really quite good at it.

  • Big smackdown in Ironforge

    I used to play WoW far too much, but really haven’t had time to do much other than stick my head in occassionally to say hello to friends lately. I am enjoying the pre-Cataclysm expansion events though. The final phase before the in-game world gets changed irrevocably kicked off today and I caught an early…

  • Ubuntu 10.10 beta

    I’ve been running Ubuntu on most of my PCs for about three years now, and have been far happier with their performance than I ever was under Windows. The only real problem I’ve had is that as part of my job reviewing and evaluating hardware, I tend to use quite a lot of high end…

  • Remember the Milk/Thunderbird 3

    I know this is of niche interest, but the Remember the Milk provider does actually work with version 3.0.3 of Thunderbird. All you do is change the version as described here (the rest of the hack isn’t needed with the latest version of the RTM app). Unless you actually use both apps regularly, you can’t…

  • 25 tips for Linux newbies

    I’m really enjoying writing the occasional list feature for TechRadar lately, giving me reason to jot down thoughts which I should by rights probably have published here long ago and just got too busy. The latest is a quick introduction to Linux which I hope covers most of the pain points for anyone thinking of…

  • Boot problem finally fixed

    For months now I’ve had an annoying problem with Ubuntu. It boots to Gnome login in less than 30 seconds, but then pauses for a long time before showing the desktop. Through tweaking and fixing I’ve got this down to something reasonable – another 30-40 seconds, but it’s still too long. I’d narrowed the problem…

  • Also worth mentioning

    Update on the Eee 901. I reinstalled Jaunty completely, as the ACPI scripts I’d been using stopped working, and the boot time slowed after an update to the beta package. Now I’ve installed the 2.6.29 kernel on it (which gives you Bluetooth on/off), AWN’s dock and the same ACPI scripts by Elmurato. Everything is working…

  • Jaunty is go…

    Finally plucked up the courage to upgrade my main machine to Jaunty and it was an absolutely painless process. Even VMWare is working fine after the kernel upgrade, and that’s the first time that’s ever happened. I still get a 20-30 pause between the gnome login screen and the desktop appearing though. Something that’s been…

  • Server first

    Apparently one guild has already downed Yagg-Saron in WoW. Impressive.

  • Demigod interview

    Just finished off an interview with Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games on the subject of Demigod. I don’t do a huge amount of games writing these days, but this was a favour for James over at Gamerzines. It went Gold on Monday and is looking like a lot of fun – although a bit…