Category Archives: Ubuntu

Fedora from an Ubuntu point of view

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Dougie

In the interests of not becoming blinkered to one distribution, I thought I might give Fedora 11 a whirl.  Not having used Fedora since FC4, I was surprised to see the adoption of a live CD installation and relieved to … Continue reading →

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Huawei E1550 on Ubuntu

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Dougie

Update: I’ve rewritten this article for 10.04.1, please post comments there and not here! Update: You no longer need to install udev-extras in Ubuntu 10.04. I picked up a Huawei E1550 pre-pay mobile broadband dongle, £39.99 with 3 Mobile including … Continue reading →

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Watch TV with VLC and a Freecom DVB-T Stick

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Dougie

One of the things I need my Aspire One to do is watch TV.  When you’re away, it’s nice to be able to watch a little TV.  I bought a Freecom DVB-T USB stick years ago and have always had … Continue reading →

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Replacing Firefox

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Dougie

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