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Fedora 7 – So far behind Ubuntu it’s being lapped
I run xfce4 on Fedora 7. Where as xubuntu provides a complete "I can do anything GNOME|KDE can do" environment. Fedora 7's install appears to be a nod to marketing i.e. "Oh yes we have xfce4 aswell" Well it bites.... Although I love the redhat config tool structure...
Ubuntu 7.10 – C compiler cannot create executables – putty compile
Fresh installation of Ubunut 7.10 from disk. No updates. download and compile putty-0.60.tar.gz command ./configure error: C compiler cannot create executables fix: apt-get install libgtk1.2-dev apt-get install gcc apt-get install build-essential ./configure make -f...
Fedora Kernel Upgrade Causes Desktop Clock to Stick
Lastnight did an update to my computer to kernel 2.6.22.1-33.fc7 and rebooted. Following the reboot my desktop clock in both GNOME and XFCE4 seemed to get stuck and not proceed forward. If I issued the date command from a terminal the time seemed correct. The...
Can’t change Wine Sound Driver from OSS to ALSA using winecfg
I just had an issue where I couldn't use the winecfg app to change my default audio driver. It seemed to be locked onto OSS and my system is ALSA. My setup is wine-0.9.41 and Wine Doors version 0.1 on Fedora 7. I tried using vi to change ~/.wine/user.reg...
Howards Storage World
Recently went to Tuggerah Westfields because they have a massive Borders book shop that has titles one would actually read. They also have a "Howards Storage World" shop (House hold clutter busters) which I forgot to go into to have a look but just went to their...
Getting Telstra Turbo 3G Card aka Sierra Wireless AC875 Going in Linux (Ubuntu 6.06)
Update: On Ubuntu 7.04 simply plug the card in and it is automatically detected. Use the normal network manager application to create a 'dialup' connection using /dev/ttyUSB0 as the device. The only weird thing is that you don't need a username and password for the...