Considering how hackable the Nexus One is already, we can only imagine a whole new host of interesting things thanks to Ubuntu running on the device. [Max Lee] set his heart out on getting not just Ubuntu on the Nexus One, but also Debian, and he wrote a perfect install guide to help out those wanting to give it a shot. He cheated a little bit by having Ubuntu run in the background while the … [Read more...]
Ubuntu on the ClarionMIND MID
May 21, 2010 By 15 Comments
[DeadHP1] has been rolling and optimizing his own Ubuntu distributions for the ClarionMIND. He calls his work Mindbuntu and he's squeezing out quite a bit of performance from the mobile Internet device. The video is running at 800x400, as well as wireless, sound, Google Earth with GPS support, and even compiz. Install the image using unetbootin to place it on a thumb drive and you'll have Ubuntu … [Read more...]
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
October 29, 2009 By 108 Comments
Today is the official release of the latest version of Ubuntu, the most popular Linux-based operating system. Someone mentioned that there had been a new release of the Windows OS recently and if you're thinking of going with that one, we feel you should a least give Ubuntu a try. Now in its 11th official release and codenamed Karmic Koala, this version of Ubuntu continues the traditional six … [Read more...]
Ubuntu 9.10 beta now available
October 3, 2009 By 40 Comments
The latest version of the world's most popular Linux distribution is now available. Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala continues the six-month development cycle of this free OS. We've used Ubuntu since 2005 and, after a short adjustment period, never looked back at those other operating systems. Never used Linux? This distribution is for you but we recommend waiting until the release makes it out of beta … [Read more...]
Toilet and Figlet
September 21, 2009 By 18 Comments
We thought [Kristofer's] Tech Tip about using figlet with scripts was kind of fun. It's a throwback to the days of logging onto a BBS and being greeted by a vertically scrolling ASCII art image that had been meticulously hand crafted (although a lot of the coolest stuff was actually ANSI art). No hand crafting here, just feed (or pipe) your text to figlet and it outputs the message in ASCII style … [Read more...]
Jolicloud OS seeks to move past browsers
September 19, 2009 By 12 Comments
Jolicloud is a new Linux based operating system aimed at netbooks. The developers were nice enough to let us get our hands on their closed development version of the new OS. This distribution is built off of Ubuntu Netbook Remix(9.04 Jaunty Jackalope). At first glance it looks like nothing more than Ubuntu with a new skin, but the difference is deeper. Jolicloud added an App Store type program … [Read more...]
How to write udev rules
September 18, 2009 By 32 Comments
Since the adoption of Kernel 2.6, Linux has used the udev system to handle devices such as USB connected peripherals. If you want to change the behavior when you plug something into a USB port, this section is for you. As an example, we will use a USB thumb drive but these methods should translate to any device handled by udev. As a goal for this exercise we decided to create a symlink and execute … [Read more...]
Subscribe for weekly videos
Recent comments