Posts Tagged “How-To”

New Appliances

Well, I recently purchased a new Maytag Neptune washer and dryer. I had used Neptune front-loading washers when I was in school, and I thought they were pretty nice. Now that I have my own house, and I am a bit energy conscious (I have to keep all my computers running while still keeping the utility bill low), I thought that a nice washer and dryer that I could stuff clothes into, and use less water at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »

This question gets asked a lot, especially since people are having non-functioning keyboards in Linux Bootloaders (Windows too). If you make room on your Intel Mac to boot Windows and Linux, most distros will now detect windows and add an entry to grub and/or lilo, and install the bootloader to the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your disk. This is ok on most PCs, as there is not normally any other way to choose which OS you want when booting up. However, most Mactel multibooters are using rEFIt to select the OS, and there is no need to use grub for anything but Linux (and hopefully, a EFI native bootloader will be available someday to replace that).

The way to get around this annoyance is to install your Linux bootloader to the root partition (or your /boot partition if you have one), and leave the normal Windows bootloader in the MBR. I use Ubuntu and Grub, and will focus there, but these general instructions should work for any system.

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Ok, since ATI’s new drivers have a lot of weird things preventing install on Gutsy in 64 bit, I am posting this here as help for those that want to try it out.

P.S. Compiz works without XGL!

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I know this is kinda trendy, but I had an old Clamshell iBook that ended up just sitting around for a very long time, so I decided to use it to make my own digital picture frame. Read the rest of this entry »