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Upgrading my Eee PC to Ubuntu 12.10

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Matthias

I did it again. Upgrade Ubuntu right after a release despite all the problems I had in the past. But this time, after almost four weeks of working with Ubuntu 12.10 on my Asus Eee PC 1000HE, I’m confident that … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Precision M65

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Matthias

After upgrading my Eee PC to Ubuntu 12.04 “Precise Pangolin”, I also upgraded my Dell Precision M65 notebook. Like with my Eee PC, in previous versions little worked: Unreliable suspend, no hibernate, no WiFi, and frequent X freezes. This time … Continue reading →

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Upgrading my Eee PC to Ubuntu 12.04

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Matthias

Last weekend I did the most stupid thing you can do when a new version of Ubuntu is released: upgrade. At least until things have calmed down a bit. Anyway, I didn’t have much to lose, as things have been … Continue reading →

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Changing the Number of Workspaces in Unity

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Matthias

In Ubuntu’s Unity, you get four workspaces per screen, arranged in two rows with two columns each. Fortunately, there’s a way to get more desktop space, but in Ubuntu 11.10 it takes a bit of searching.

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Gnome Terminal: Stop Cursor From Blinking

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Matthias

I’m currently setting up my new Laptop with Ubuntu Natty. Apart from all the things I hate in Unity (the list is long), there’s one recurring annoyance: the blinking cursor in Gnome Terminal. There’s no menu setting to disable it, … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Natty vs. nVidia

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Matthias

Despite all the problems I had with Ubuntu updates over the last couple of years, I decided to update my work machine to Ubuntu 11.04 (“Natty Narwhal”). I expected problems and I wasn’t disappointed, after the upgrade I was left … Continue reading →

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Switching Displays via Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Matthias

When I’m at my desk I use an external LCD monitor with my netbook. I’m glad that switching displays finally works on Linux, but even on Ubuntu it takes a lot of clicks in the Monitors menu. Fortunately, I found … Continue reading →

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Eee PC Wireless Troubles

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Matthias

Half a year ago, I bought an Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook. The first thing I did was wiping Windows XP off the disk and installing Ubuntu Jaunty Netbook Remix. When I bought the netbook, I knew support for the … Continue reading →

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