Tag Archives: linux

Abulafia Meets the Sound Blaster

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Tyler

This is rapidly turning into a computers and Ubuntu blog, but that’s fine. Monday evening, I toasted Abulafia’s onboard sound card, the one built into the motherboard. I think it was due to plugging into a recorder to the output … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Jones and the Return of the Gnome

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Tyler

I’m back, baby. Back to a desktop configuration that doesn’t actively hide things from, anyway. Last night I performed a fresh installation of Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS, also known as Lucid Lynx. LTS means “long term support,” in that Canonical releases … Continue reading →

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GnuCash

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Tyler

Ever in pursuit of becoming a stultifying adult, I started messing with money-tracking software yesterday. It started with a program HomeBank, but I decided pretty quickly it wasn’t granular enough for me. After that, the second best rating in Ubuntu’s … Continue reading →

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Ziggy's Got Stripes

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Tyler

As mentioned previously, I’ve been playing with Ubuntu off and on for a couple years now. Ziggy is a Dell Inspiron laptop I picked up refurbished when I thought I was moving to New York City and would find a … Continue reading →

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