We run ubuntu servers and all our computer labs run ubuntu. We do this not because the school management liked free as speech, but because its free as air. I am the IT guy and part of my job is to migrate of school computers to Ubuntu (including staffs computers given to them by the school). All our staffs run vista on their work laptops. I tried telling them about Linux but all i got was the middle finger (well more or less) . I could have forced them but that would make me a bad guy. So i waited knowing windows vista would do the dirty job for me eventually. (more…)
Linux is taking over – in my work place
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Speed up Amarok with Postgres
Sunday, August 24th, 2008Amarok is argueably the best music player in the world. (ok that is my Opinion) But its really that good and i have yet to come across any music player that comes close .with Wikipedia lookup and lyrics download Magnatune integration, allowing no-cost full listening of all the music in their catalog, and DRM-free purchasing. sync with any music player like your ipod or iphone . You can read more about amarok here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarok_(audio)
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Ubuntu on Sony Vaio Fz21e
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Sony Vaio make the most beautiful non apple notebooks (in my opinion) unfortunately its laptops are also very linux unfriendly. Last year while shoping for a new laptop i wanted something stylish and at the same time built with open hardware and works with Linux, hence i avoided anything that had broadcom or atheros wireless drivers, and ATI Graphic Drivers since they are notorious for their freedom hating attitude towards Linux (they don’t usually work out of the box ). so when i saw a sony vaio that has an intel wireless card, ( intel wireless cards are very well supported in LInux),NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT (Nvidia graphic cards although closed sourced are generally well supported in Linux ). Nothing felt better than a shinny new laptop to run Linux and make my window friends drool at the stability and beauty it brings to my desktop experience . So i shelled out 145,000 Naira ( about $1,200) to get my shinny new laptop so that we could leave happily ever after .. right ? … Wrong. Turns out that i would have to do some extra stuffs to get my brand new Sony Vaio to play well with Linux .
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