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Successful install of new Sabrent wireless card

Posted on September 10, 2011 by arcster

The Ubuntu Linux (Lucid Lynx 10.04 on a Compaq Presario 6000 with 900 MB RAM) box in the basement needed new wireless card. Picked up Sabrent Wireless-G 802.11G PCI from Amazon. Powered up the computer and I was online. No … Continue reading →

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more on my ubuntu configuration

Posted on March 6, 2011 by arcster

The output of iwconfig: ~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:”cordelia” Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:40:F4:FD:AD:48 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=60/70 … Continue reading →

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ifconfig settings

Posted on March 1, 2011 by arcster

The output of ifconfig on my linux box: ~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:ca:49:e2:08 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 … Continue reading →

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Linux accomplishments: Samba, X11 forwarding, new NIC

Posted on October 11, 2010 by arcster

The addition of a strictly Linux box in the basement with plenty of RAM created a conundrum: how to play with it without spending all my time in the basement? SSH seemed to be the solution, but connecting via Putty … Continue reading →

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A pleasant Linux install

Posted on September 28, 2010 by arcster

Those of you old enough to remember my previous frustrations with Linux, take heart: I’m truly finding peace with the OS. I just installed Lucid Lynx on a Compaq Presario 6000 that just wasn’t getting it done with Windows XP. … Continue reading →

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Shun Virtual PC 2007 if you want Ubuntu

Posted on March 12, 2010 by arcster

I wish I had read the Ubuntu forum posting about Microsoft Virtual PC before wasting an hour+ of my life trying to get Ubuntu 9.10 to work on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. Everything installed fine, but I could get the … Continue reading →

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Quick Linux/regexp tips

Posted on February 24, 2010 by arcster

To get info on your environment: env to do a case-insensitive searc for .pm files in /usr and subfolders: find /usr -iname ‘*.pm’ To get a terminal type xfce4-terminal in the Alt+F2 box To find a string of alpha characters … Continue reading →

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Making progress with Linux

Posted on June 30, 2009 by arcster

Ok. I’ve calmed down a bit since my previous rant. Apparently there’s an issue running aptitude or synaptic (using Xubuntu Gutsy) on a secured wireless network. It just doesn’t seem to work. I’m sure there’s a fix for it and … Continue reading →

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Really starting to hate Linux

Posted on June 22, 2009 by arcster

Ubuntu is alot like Windows 3.1, except Windows 3.1 pretty much did what you wanted it to when it wasn’t crashing. Ubuntu doesn’t crash, but it doesn’t do anything. I admit I’m using really old hardware, but I’ve spent a … Continue reading →

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I’m a Linux user now

Posted on October 30, 2008 by arcster

It took a few tries, but I finally got the old Dell Latitude CPx with 128 MB RAM to accept the Xubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” alternate install. Considering the age of the computer and the available memory, the install – … Continue reading →

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