Oct
16
After installing the 10.5.5 update for my Macbook, I noticed both wireless and wired internet access seemed slower. My wife’s Macbook, running 10.4, didn’t have the same problems.
Archive for the ‘How-To’ Category
May
16
After upgrading to 8.04, I found a strange bug: my sound worked normally from the internal speakers, but when I plugged in a set of headphones, no sound came out. I scratched my head for a while trying to work this out till I found the workaround recommended here. Basically all you need to do [...]
May
14
Bit the bullet today and upgraded to the latest Ubuntu distribution: 8.04. I decided to try the automatic updater built into the Update Manager (after backing up all my data). Everything went well until it asked me what to do with the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Since my system is dual-boot Ubuntu/Windows, I’ve customized by boot menu [...]
Jan
22
I use SoundJuicer to rip my music CDs into Ogg files, and play them in Rhythmbox. Both programs work great, with the exception of stripping special characters–like ‘,’ ‘<’ or ‘#’–from filenames. SoundJuicer has an option marked “Strip Special Characters,” but it doesn’t always work. Some special characters–anything with an accent mark above it, for [...]
Jan
2
I got my hands on a Mac Pro at work over the holiday, and the first thing I did was install Ubuntu Linux on it. Everything went smoothly using the new 7.10 version of Ubuntu, so I wanted to post how I did it: [Note: I'm assuming below that you're running OS 10.5 and have [...]
