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Why is my Ubuntu 10.04 emacs so messed up?

Posted on May 24, 2010 by slacy

This is what it looks like, if I install any of the emacs*-gtk packages:  (i.e. the ones that support TTF/Antialiased fonts)

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Ubuntu 9.10′s Solr package is over 2 years old.

Posted on November 19, 2009 by slacy

Despite what I had said previously, I’m now not recommending installing solr & tomcat from ubuntu packages. The version of solr that is provided by Ubuntu 9.10 is solr 1.2, which is over 2 years old.  Installing directly from the … Continue reading →

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Another thing that annoys me about apt

Posted on November 9, 2009 by slacy

Compare the output of : $ apt-cache search syntax | grep python with $ apt-cache search python | grep syntax I guess I need to get into the habit of typing “$ apt-cache search python syntax” but I’m not even … Continue reading →

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Throttling pipes in ubuntu linux using cstream

Posted on August 24, 2009 by slacy

When I stream music from my home to my work, I want to make sure that I throttle my music such that it doesn’t saturate my outgoing network connection and make the rest of my internet slow. All I wanted … Continue reading →

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Running amazonmp3 downloader on Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 (Jaunty) via a chroot

Posted on August 13, 2009 by slacy

The one biggest (and most annoying) missing package for Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 is the amazon mp3 downloader package.  This is critical being able to download special cheap albums from amazon, and is only available as a 32-bit package for Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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I’ve given up on web-based music services.

Posted on August 13, 2009 by slacy

It was a long and tumultuous affair, but now I’ve officially given up on web-based streaming of my personal music collection. I started out with netjuke, which died and got absorbed into the horrible jinzora project.   So then I switched … Continue reading →

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RRDTool bindings for php5 in Ubuntu

Posted on August 11, 2009 by slacy

As far as I can tell, there are no RRDTool bindings for php5 for Ubuntu 9.04.  It appears as though it existed in prior distributions that included php4, but Ubuntu 9.04 no longer includes php4. Several others are talking about … Continue reading →

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Notes on transitioning from Fedora Core to Ubuntu

Posted on August 11, 2009 by slacy

Just some quick notes before I forget them. I’ve recently switched my primary desktop machine from Fedora Core 8 (very old, I know) x86_64 to Ubuntu 9.04 (latest and greatest) x86_64.  In general, things went well, but there were a … Continue reading →

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Vertical scrolling fix for Lenovo S10 (Ubuntu)

Posted on December 13, 2008 by slacy

So, the Lenovo S10 works great with Linux, particularly Ubuntu 8.10, but the one thing thats a bit wonky is the way the trackpad works.  The trackpad is non-square, but reports square coodinates, so the vertical motion is exaggerated. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Lenovo S10 first impressions

Posted on December 8, 2008 by slacy

Okay, I’ve had my Lenovo S10 since Friday.  I briefly played around with the default Windows XP install, upgraded the BIOS, and then installed Ubuntu 8.10 as my primary disk, and wiped the OKR (One Key Recovery) partition, since I … Continue reading →

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