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Fix the Tick Sound in Ubuntu 9.10

Some power settings were changed in Ubuntu / Kubuntu 9.10 that makes the speaker amp turn off when not in use–it then turns on before playing a sound, creating a (rather annoying) ‘tick’ sound.

Posted 04 December 2009 † brett § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Downgrade Grub 2 to Grub Legacy (Ubuntu 9.10)

I have experienced a load of problems with GRUB 2 (betas that are included in Ubuntu 9.10–why did they include a beta, anyway?) so I sought a method to downgrade, or revert to GRUB legacy (ver 0.97).

Posted 23 November 2009 † brett § ‡ Comments (34) ° Tagged: , , ,

Fix Ubuntu / Kubuntu 9.10 Screen Brightness Problem

I recently purchased a Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 Laptop, but the screen brightness was not being adjusted when I used the proper key combination (FN+UP/DOWN).

Posted 21 November 2009 † brett § ‡ Comments (24) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

AssaultCube Server

I recently found an awesome free, open source first person shooter, AssaultCube — that has builds available for multiple operating systems including linux.

Posted 10 August 2009 † brett § completed § news § projects ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Making the Switch: Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

Towards the middle of May, i’ll be finally making the switch from Vista to Linux, specifically Ubuntu 9.04 which was officially released today.

Posted 23 April 2009 † brett § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,
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