Comments for Roo http://dulles.me This Blog Guaranteed Out of Date Sun, 20 May 2012 20:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Installing Linux on a Compaq Presario 2100 (2104US) Laptop by John Frere http://dulles.me/2005/01/04/installing-linux-on-a-compaq-presario-2100-2104us-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-18 John Frere Mon, 10 May 2010 19:29:40 +0000 http://dulles.me/?p=5#comment-18 On the same basic Compaq system as above I installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS after downloading the ISO file. The basic h/w configuration consists of 512 MB memory, 160GB hard drive, ps2 mouse and USB for 8GB memory stick. The configuration is a dual-boot W_XP configuration. Everything worked perfectly as-is except for my need of a wireless network card. I insisted on an 802.11n card and finally found an Airlink 101 pcmcia card with a Windows driver that works very well through ndiswrapper and utilities, with no special modifications or setups (I was totally Linux/Ubuntu novice at the time). Everything works fine without any special actions. I have upgraded progressively through 9.10 through Package Management, successfully. I am having a problem with Ubuntu 10.04 installation as a third OS (retained the U9.10 system and WinXP); there is a GRUB problem which I will be documenting elsewhere as I proceed to understand this and hopefully resolve it (something totally new to me). On the same basic Compaq system as above I installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS after downloading the ISO file. The basic h/w configuration consists of 512 MB memory, 160GB hard drive, ps2 mouse and USB for 8GB memory stick. The configuration is a dual-boot W_XP configuration. Everything worked perfectly as-is except for my need of a wireless network card. I insisted on an 802.11n card and finally found an Airlink 101 pcmcia card with a Windows driver that works very well through ndiswrapper and utilities, with no special modifications or setups (I was totally Linux/Ubuntu novice at the time). Everything works fine without any special actions. I have upgraded progressively through 9.10 through Package Management, successfully.
I am having a problem with Ubuntu 10.04 installation as a third OS (retained the U9.10 system and WinXP); there is a GRUB problem which I will be documenting elsewhere as I proceed to understand this and hopefully resolve it (something totally new to me).

]]> Comment on AppleScripts for the Keyboard Lover by Chris Leary http://dulles.me/2009/04/05/applescripts-for-the-keyboard-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Chris Leary Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:59:30 +0000 http://dulles.me/?p=24#comment-2 Butler + AppleScript looks like a powerful method of doing things -- I've been told to look into AppleScript before. Supposedly it has great Python bindings. :-) Nitpick: I think hardcore Mac users get all frowny-face when you say 'maximize': it's supposed to be something like 'zoom' and 'unzoom,' which is different in that a window only fills the maximum amount of space that it considers useful. *shrug* Butler + AppleScript looks like a powerful method of doing things — I’ve been told to look into AppleScript before. Supposedly it has great Python bindings. :-)

Nitpick: I think hardcore Mac users get all frowny-face when you say ‘maximize’: it’s supposed to be something like ‘zoom’ and ‘unzoom,’ which is different in that a window only fills the maximum amount of space that it considers useful. *shrug*

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