Category: Technology
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Royal Aspirations
Royal Enfield Bullet Electra Well, I must confess that I have always had royal aspirations, do not get me wrong I have no problem with what everyone else is into but for me there are times when I just want that little bit more and in this case I find myself very excited by the…
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Advent 4211 SD Card…Solved!
SD Card proudly displayed on screen If you read my previous post on setting up the Advent 4211 you would note that the only little problem left to fix was the issue with the SD Card reader not mounting the the media when inserted, well with a bit of tinkering I have finally put this…
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Announced – 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
This has just jumped out at me from the RSS feeds, Mark Shuttelworth has just announced that the next version of Ubuntu, following the not yet officially released 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, will be called the “Jaunty Jackalope”. To read what Mr Shuttleworth has to say about this just Click Here. What I understand of Intrepid…
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Advent & Ubuntu, A Perfect Partnership?
Screenshot of Ubuntu on the Advent 4211 No. Sadly not perfect, but it is a close call. I recently purchased an Advent 4211 from PC World, this had not been my original intention as the MSI Wind was what first turned me onto the world of UMPC/Netbooks. The Asus ‘effect’ never got my attention, it…
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Can You Hear Me Now?
So with the Annual Across Ireland run being this coming weekend and following the lessons of our recent road-trip around Ireland I was under orders to procure and install an intercom system for our long periods on the road. So were to begin? Well, I started by crawling through pages of reviews/comments/opinions of various kit.…
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Hello Hardy Heron
How appropriate this is, approximately one year after making the leap to Ubuntu I find myself finally upgrading to the latest release, 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron. This has been much applauded by many as being the best and essentially simplest version of Ubuntu to use and install. Many of the features within it will be…
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Heron Soars
Ubuntu have released the first updated release to Hardy Heron LTS, this being 8.04.1. As with the last LTS (Long Term Support) version of Ubuntu there were releases along its life to include all relevant security updates and upgrades. Basically so that once you were finished installing your brand new OS you then do not…
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