Archive for June, 2006

June 27th, 2006

HOWTO: Wireless BCM4318 AirForce Card

Comments Off, Linux, by jay.

I found this post at the Ubuntu forums and it worked for me:
Ok, so there are other tutorials out there for the other 43xx cards, but from my experience, none of them have worked with the specific 4318 card. This way i will explain below is the only way i have gotten my 4318 card [...]

June 26th, 2006

HOWTO: Install new themes in xfce

Comments Off, Linux, by jay.

Extract the theme to /usr/share/themes for a system-wide install or to /home/USERNAME/.themes for a single-user install. The path should read something like /usr/share/themes/THEMENAME/xfwm4/ or /home/USERNAME/.themes/THEMENAME/xfwm4/, where THEMENAME is the name of the theme.

June 26th, 2006

Linux Wireless Resources

Comments Off, Linux, by jay.

Linux and Wireless is currently a pain in the arse. Some wireless vendors are hip to Linux and others could care less. To get around the this issue Linux hackers and some vendors have created dirvers or hacks to get Linux and wifi in the sama bed.
This page is my resource and [...]

June 16th, 2006

Fedora Core 5 on a Gateway MX6440 Laptop

Comments Off, Linux, by jay.

Installing
Installing Fedora Core 5 on this rig was pretty easy. The only iffy area is the monitor. I first tried Generic LCD but it rendered everything skewed in 1024. I went into setup -> xconfig -> hardware and select Gateway and then ???????. I did this a few time until I [...]

June 13th, 2006

TIP: Access Windows and Mac OS X from Linux

Comments Off, Tips, by jay.

From LinuxDevCenter.com

Although you don’t need to go far to hear someone extolling the benefits of Linux and free software, many people still need to use other operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. Aside from personal choice, other reasons to use non-Linux operating systems include running applications that are available only [...]

June 11th, 2006

Linux Rant #42: Distro Round-Up

Comments Off, Linux, by jay.

I have spent the past month evaluating every distro I could find. From HD Installes to Live CD/DVD’s and each one of them had a quirk that drove me nuts. I have 2 machines that are mine to ruin; (I have a 3rd comp but every time I wipe the drive my wife flips [...]

June 8th, 2006

TIP: Opening Windows: _new or _blank?

Comments Off, Tips, by jay.

I recently had an issue come up about a link on our intranet that I shrugged off as a user error. In the end it was a user error but it was not an end user error it was a developer user error instead.
The intranet was set up by someone else and [...]