Ubuntu Intrepid on Dell XPS M1530

Dec. 29, 2008, 6:24 p.m.

By default my Dell xps M1530 came with preinstalled windows vista, Media direct and all those fancy stuff, naturally it all had to go away. For some time I used it with dual boot, and installed Dell Media direct. Naturally I used anything else then Ubuntu so rarely it didn ...

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Ajax problem in Firefox 3 on Ubuntu

Nov. 24, 2008, 6:21 p.m.

Surely you have experienced slow browser, and slow load times, but the fact is on some pages Firefox is extremely slow and unresponsive. It can get even to some system lockups, music stalling and similar issues. This system lockups and stalls lead me to believe there is something more than ...

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64-bit Adobe flash player for Linux

Nov. 21, 2008, 6:19 p.m.

After very big noise from Linux community, Adobe recently issued alpha version of its 64-bit flash player for  Linux architecture. Surprisingly even if it's alpha it works perfectly.

To install it you will have to remove any existing flash player on your system. Running two flash players will only ...

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Gnome global hotkeys

Oct. 29, 2008, 6:14 p.m.

Gnome global hotkeys

This ain’t really rocket science procedure, but I find it to be very useful in my daily work. I’ve familiarized myself with standard gnome hot keys and keyboard shortcuts, but there is always something missing. I found myself extensively using gnome-terminal but they ain’t ...

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Vodafone mobile and Ubuntu

March 10, 2008, 12:58 p.m.

A while a go, I've tried a Vodafone's Mobile connect pciexpress card on my laptop running Ubuntu, it worked perfectly! I've installed the Betavine's vodafone linux driver and managed to get online without a sweat. While in testing I managed to physically hurt my pciexpress slot ...

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