Tag Archives: ubuntu

Oct
11
2010

My partition table

So over the weekend I geeked it out and upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 and Ubuntu 10.10. All in all, a smooth procedure, some driver issues aside (I hate you, Optimus). Finally ditched Firefox completely and switched to Chrome, among other improvements… But before all that, I had to decide on which partition scheme [...]

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Dec
02
2009

Arch on coLinux

I’ve recently gotten tired of working in Cygwin‘s slow environment and was looking for something faster and more faithful to a true Unix system. I knew virtualization was an option, but didn’t want to sacrifice the accessibility and speed of working with a native application (yes, even in seamless mode). Enter coLinux: essentially a port [...]

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Nov
01
2009

Eight reboots later…

…And I have upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Final and Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala”. Things I’d like to see/do more of: Keep my data separate from the operating system. I keep separate partitions for all my documents and files. On Ubuntu this is simply a matter of having a /home partition and using it [...]

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May
14
2009

Firefox performance in Ubuntu…

…is laughable. Actually, there are many system-wide performance issues in their latest 9.04 release. From noticeable lagging in Metacity’s window switching to a major problem with the official Flash player which renders Firefox completely unusable to watch videos or for anything else that runs on Flash. Merely visiting a site containing Flash makes the CPU [...]

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