Category Archives: Computer

What’s in an OS

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Brian

The imminent release of Ubuntu 9.10 and the release last week of Windows 7 has prompted me to consider what I actually want from an Operating System. Rory Cellan-Jones (BBC technology Correspondent) produced a storm of response to his off … Continue reading →

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WordPress Maintenance

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Brian

Recently I upgraded my Worpress installation to the latest release from Fantastico within cPanel on my hosting service. Upgrade worked fine but there was an error when posting new posts because of one of my plugins Role-Scoper. Tried to upgrade … Continue reading →

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Three Mobile Faster Than Home Broadband

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Brian

Sad really, the download speed I can get from my Three mobile is faster than I get on my fixed line broadband. Ho Hum.

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Ubuntu updates and apt-move

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Brian

As mentioned elsewhere I have been playing with Ubuntu Server 8.10 and this has resulted in numerous installation attempts as I tried to get a repeatable build. The first couple of times I installed the server from scratch, I downloaded … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 and vboxdrv kernel compilation problems

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Brian

It is a long story but I have been trying to get a stable and repeatable way of building an Ubuntu Intrepid server for home use.  To cut a long story short (I will fill in the gaps later), I … Continue reading →

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