Saturday, 14. November 2009, 02:47:33
9.10, sylvania, linux, laptop
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As I mentioned previously (
here and
here), my sturdy desktop computer seems determined to have a catastrophic hardware failure. I don't have time to troubleshoot it anymore until next week, so I have pressed the little netbook I have into service as the main machine for awhile. It looks a little funny with so much stuff jacked into it. Connecting it to a regular monitor and a USB keyboard makes things a lot more comfortable. It's hard to believe this tiny little thing with an Atom processor runs so well.
All images are clickable for greater detail on flickr.
Image #1: Ubuntu Netbook Remix is designed to make the most of a tiny screen of a netbook. It looks a little funny running at 1280 x 1024 on a regular monitor.
Image 2: I'm lucky this little babe has a place to hook up an external monitor.
Image 3: Stuff all hooked up.
Image 4: She workin' like a big girl now.
Tuesday, 3. November 2009, 20:11:49
dunkin donuts, netbook, latte, hotel
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Livin' the high life:
- a 99 cent latte which was actually quite good.
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- the netbook.
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- a 24-hour wifi access card from this lovely hotel.
Thursday, 8. October 2009, 21:39:46
humor, screen, xubuntu, xfce
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Reedplayernc has discovered that his
Xubuntu laptop has a serious bug!
You can't see it in this image, but there is an ant crawling around inside the screen. It's driving him crazy. We're hoping it will eventually crawl away.
I wonder which tech forum this bug should be reported in?
Tuesday, 28. July 2009, 04:45:29
room, laptop, work, netbook
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I'm way up in the
Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina for work. I checked into the hotel and found this delightful computer desk complete with choice of wired or wireless Internet and flat screen TV. Very comfy! I brought the tomatoes from home. I can't wait to see the cute mountain critters at work tomorrow.
Monday, 25. May 2009, 02:18:21
hard drive, xfce, m55-s155, xubuntu
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Yesterday I
posted about helping a friend with his laptop and having the hard drive die right as I was giving him a computer/net lesson. He ended up giving me the laptop.
The hard drive that had Windows XP on it gave out with some terrible noises. The XP restore CD was not to be had, not that I even use Windows anyway. A new hard drive and
Xubuntu brought this Toshiba Satellite M55-S135 back to life with a vengeance in almost no time. This model was probably produced in 2005.
All images are clickable for greater detail. Select "all sizes" after landing on the flickr page.
Image #1: Here's the Satellite laptop. Pretty little thing, but her hard drive is dead.
Image #2: For once, a laptop with a hatch for hard drive access. No delicate case opening manoeuvers on this one!
Image #3: "klackety-klack" said this hard drive as it up and died, taking Windows XP with it.
Is that mean?
Image 4: I downloaded Xubuntu while I went to the computer store for a new hard drive. This is the old dead drive beside the Xubuntu CD that is getting ready to breathe life back into the Toshiba Satellite M55-S135.
Image #5: Xubuntu boots from the CD. I love the running mouse logo. I'm considering leaving KDE for its fast Xfce desktop.
Image #6: Have a beer or something while Xubuntu does its stuff.
Image #7: Voilà! 1.5 beers later and it's installed and running,
Image #8: Yet another satisfied customer.
Image #9: Screenshot of the Spartan, but fast, Xfce desktop. Pretty!
Saturday, 23. May 2009, 18:38:52
xubuntu, linux, fix, laptop
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A friend of mine had me work on this laptop last year because his niece hosed the Windows XP on it (porn? virus?). I rescued it using Puppy Linux, restored the Windows, and gave it back to him to give to her because I thought they were needy and she really needed the laptop for school. I worked hard on that thing to save the Windows and all her files, then she goes out and buys a nice new one, and my friend tried to sell the one I fixed, which kind of pissed me off a little because I felt I should have gotten first dibs on it, and a good price to boot for doing all that work for free.
Anyway, he shows up again today with the same laptop so I can give him a Windows/Internet lesson as he knows nothing about computers. About a minute after XP boots up, the hard drive goes "bam-klackety-klak" and the thing dies. I felt a little bad that it died while *my* hands were on the keyboard, but he kind of understood it wasn't my fault even though it's all foreign to him.
As he was leaving, he mentioned trying to sell it again, which brought back that old wound of mine about being used as a fixer just so he could sell something. I told him he might could get $20 for a several-year-old non-booting laptop if he was lucky (I just happened to have a 20 in my wallet, lol). At that moment, he said what I'd hoped for, "you worked so hard on it, just keep it and I'm going to buy a new one." Heck yeah! Hehehe.
I told him he could buy a new hard drive for it (about $70), and I'd put Linux on there for him, but he wants a new Windows one, so I felt I'd been honest and offered him all the options before saying "thanks" and making it mine!
It's a pretty little Toshiba Satellite M55-S135, and I'm sure Linux is going to run on it like a dream. I'm heading out to the store in a few minutes to get a hard drive for it, and already have a Linux iso coming in on the bittorrent. I selected Xubuntu for it as it's a little shy on the RAM and has a ghetto Celeron processor in it, so I want something that will run light. I thought about Debian, but Xubuntu will be more pre-configged.
I'll do another post later after I get the little bitch running again.
I new "used" laptop for me! woohoooo!
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