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2 monitors on Karmic Koala 64
In December I bought this brand new laptop and had the perfect excuse to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10. Like I mentioned in this post, the video drivers were the only issue I had. Nvidia released new drivers for Linux 64 (v. 190.53) so I took the chance to update and plug an old 19” monitor to [...]
Ubuntu support for 2 monitors
I’m an Ubuntu fan. These guys at Canonical know how to get things done. They release 2 Ubuntu versions per year full of improvements. It should be a case of study on how fast Ubuntu gets better. This week I decided to add a second monitor to my notebook. I first thought I was going [...]
Ubuntu 9.04 Intel Graphics
Seems that the Intel Graphics will have to be updated to work with version 2.6.28 of the Kernel running on Ubuntu 9.04. Performance is not good. I followed the instructions to use UXA instead of EXA and it improved the perfomance on how graphics are rendered in my notebook. It is still not fast as [...]
Ubuntu wireless nightmare is gone
I installed Ubuntu 9.04 this morning and for my delight I had proper wireless connection with just a few clicks. The nightmare is gone. Another great improvement in this release is performance. It only takes a few seconds to boot. A new OS release running faster on the same machine? Great. The only drawback for [...]
Ubuntu Wireless Nightmare
I’m in love with Emacs. Can’t go back to products like Eclipse or Komodo anymore. Right now my problem with Emacs resides in the spaces and tabs territory. It would be a piece of cake to solve it if it was not for my completely ignorance (yet!) with Emacs Lisp. All I have is a [...]