It was fun doing this last year. So I thought I would have another go at it and see what I come up with. Computers: 1. Netbooks/sub-12″ laptops will be even bigger than before because they will finally be useful. Atom/ULV processors, Ion/Tegra graphics, and touch enabled devices will make having a 17″ laptop a …
January 1, 2010 – 12:47
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By Rothgar
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Posted in Apple, Automotive, Microsoft, Thoughts, Video Games
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Tagged 2010, Apple, Linux, Microsoft, predictions, Video Games
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I thought I would follow up on my predictions for last year and see how I did. Computers: 1. Multitouch – While this didn’t make as big of a push as I hoped, hardware development is very slow in a recession, there have been announcements of hardware coming out in 2010 that defiantly take advantage …
January 1, 2010 – 11:36
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By Rothgar
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Posted in Apple, Linux, Microsoft, Thoughts, Video Games, Zune
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Tagged 2009, Apple, Linux, Microsoft, predictions, Video Games
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This is a continuation of Part 1 and in this video I just walk you through a Mythbuntu installation and what options you want to use. The next parts will be about configuring the software past the initial installation. Sorry for the sound quality. I had to use my digital camera for video (which is …
I have been working on my MythTV box for some time now and finally got around to editing the first part of the how to I recorded when setting it up. The first part is just about setting up the hardware (not much new), but the second part (and probably third and forth) is going …
Just like my other two posts here is how you can modify your default user settings in Linux. This is similar to OSX but instead of “/System/Library/User\ Templates/English.lproj” being our template directory. It is “/etc/skel”. The skel directory stands for skeleton and it is where the default files and settings come from when you create …
I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my main laptop (HP Compaq 8510p) and I wanted to post what my first impressions: My first issue was with the installation. I am not sure if this feature was taken out or if there was just some other reason I couldn’t do it, but what happened to the ability …
April 23, 2009 – 09:00
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By Rothgar
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Posted in Linux, Linux Mint, Review, Software, Thoughts, Ubuntu
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Tagged 9.04, Linux, linux mint, Review, Ubuntu
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I kept getting this error with Linux Mint and my NAS. When I shutdown I got an error saying: CIFS VFS server not responding and the system would hang before shutting down and sometimes not shutdown at all. Of course with so many people using Linux the problem was only a Google search away. I …
I have never done this before but I thought I would take a swing and making some predictions at what I think is going to happen this year with technology. Computers: 1. Smaller, faster, better. Duh. That is obvious but I think there will be some big improvements in “alternate” input for computers. Apple is …
January 1, 2009 – 12:46
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By Rothgar
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Posted in 7, Apple, Linux, Microsoft, PDA, Thoughts, Ubuntu, Video Games
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Tagged 2009, Apple, Linux, Microsoft, predictions, Video Games
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I recently traded in my Mac Mini for a AOpen mp945-dr to see if it would work any better with MythTV and Boxee. I started off with Ubuntu 8.10 installed but found some random problems with video not displaying every time the computer would start so I went back to 8.04. On problem I had …
December 26, 2008 – 11:03
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By Rothgar
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Posted in How-to, Linux, MythTV, Projects, Ubuntu
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Tagged boxee, howto, Linux, lirc, MythTV, remote, Ubuntu
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I ran across a couple of tips in Linux to open a file as root without having to use a terminal. The first is a shortcut on your desktop. To make this one just right click on your desktop and then select “Create Launcher…”. When the dialog box pops up you can put in whatever …