Archive for April, 2007
Every operating system has good parts and bad parts. One of the claims I hear frequently is how unfriendly Linux is, particularly the error messages. I do not necessarily disagree—in many cases the error messages are cryptic—I just think that Windows has the same problem. Unfortunately, people just get used to Windows [...]
Getting The Radeon Mobile X1400 To Work In Ubuntu
0 Comments Published April 4th, 2007 in Linux, Software, Tech-RamblingUnfortunately, ATI does not appear to be very “Linux-friendly.” Their Linux drivers are scarcely supported in many cases, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when I installed Ubuntu and couldn’t set the resolution I wanted on my Acer Aspire 5672 laptop. My only options were 1024×768, 800×600, and 640×480, but the screen is [...]
Update (070410): Looks like the wireless settings in Ubuntu have been updated again. Now you can use WPA 1 or 2 (enterprise or personal) as well as the previous options. That’s good, because Windows could not successfully transfer data with my router set to use WEP (which is not all that secure) and [...]
