Broke Kubuntu a little — wanted to enable window manager effects. Turned them on — laggy. Decided to install drivers. The native Catalyst refused to install — it didn’t like the OS version. Installed what was in the repos — Kwin started crashing. …
KKK
November 29, 2009So, brief conclusions after installing Kubuntu Karmic Koala: - During the installation, the disk partitioning step took a very long time to open, and after changing each option it would lag again - After selecting all the parameters and hitting the …
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about Music
November 21, 2009Lately I’ve mostly been listening to the radio. The pleasant St. Petersburg Rocks Radio, and the wide selection of SKY.FM stations. However, the best audio backdrop for work or study was Last.fm for me, and it’s quite sad that it went behind a …
Has it begun?
November 20, 2009Due to an internet crimes investigation, the largest portal in Dnipropetrovsk has been shut down Today, November 19, the largest internet portal in Dnipropetrovsk, Gorod.dp.ua, posted a message stating that the site’s operation had been halted by …
Briefly
November 18, 2009Bought a router, set it up. Very easy and intuitive to configure, it has a Wi-Fi power level control (turned it down to 25% right away and it’s fine — the room is small, it reaches just fine). Mint immediately detected the network and connected — by …
student day and totalitarianism.
November 17, 2009today, on International Students’ Day, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine finally passed law 404 — the one that obliges internet providers to monitor users: where we go and what we look at. I hadn’t paid much attention to this law, because I …
WiFi router for home
November 15, 2009After thinking it over, I decided against the modem. Now I’m choosing between D-link DIR-300 and TP-LINK TL-WR340GD. The D-Link goes for 395 UAH, the TP-Link for 283 UAH respectively. The latter doesn’t support VPN tunnels (which, given the …
mint & PPPoE
November 12, 2009An unexpected problem hit me with Mint. I never would have thought that a system which found drivers for a whole bunch of devices on its own would be unable to set up a simple PPPoE connection.
Here’s what happened: I connected to a local network …
ADSL+wifi router & PPPoE
November 7, 2009An interesting question: We have a D-Link modem, which doubles as a router with built-in Wi-Fi. Specifically, the model 2600 (glamorous, white, belongs to a friend of mine). Well, we don’t have it yet, but there’s an intention to buy one. This …