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Tag Archives: Arch Linux

Huawei E1550 on Ubuntu

I picked up a Huawei E1550 pre-pay mobile broadband dongle, £39.99 with 3 Mobile including 3Gb usage (note it’s not the device they’re picturing).
I’m on a course next month so that’ll do fine, I have no reception at home and am not away enough to warrant a contract.
It appears to identify itself as USB storage, [...]

Installing Arch on the Aspire One

I reinstalled Arch from scratch on an Aspire One today, something I haven’t done for a while.  I’ve updated my wiki page to reflect the changes since the end of last year.
http://wiki.lynxworks.eu/aspireone/arch

Watch TV with VLC and a Freecom DVB-T Stick

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 success under Linux.  It’s small, sensitive and selective.
I was surprised, especially on Ubuntu, how easy [...]

Replacing Firefox

I am a heavy web user.  Everything from webmail to banking, if I can do it on-line I will.
So when I’m away from home (which is common) I like to have connectivity.  With WiFi access and mobile broadband what to connect to is straightforward.  As I like to travel light, I prefer to use a [...]

Install Arch Linux on an Aspire One

I recently decided to reinstall a perfectly good install of Arch on my Aspire One because someone said they couldn’t get it to work. I don’t know why this install was more troublesome than the last but it was. I’m not taking any credit here – this information is available on the Arch Wiki, its [...]