I appear to have broken my netbook. Well, ‘broken’ might be a bit steep – it no longer responds to a lid close event with the nice, neat standby mode it once treated me to.  Instead, it triggers the standby script and gets itself into a half-on, half-off state. In this state, the power light [...]

Since my PC blew up – and took Windows with it – I’ve been gradually making the switch to using Linux as my everyday desktop operating system.  Although I’ve been using it on my laptops and netbooks for years, I’ve usually kept Windows on the desktop for one simple reason: TVersity. TVersity is an excellent [...]

It seems that Microsoft is scoring a bit win in the netbook sector, with claims doing the rounds that Windows XP has gone from a mere 10% of the market in February last year to 96% now. As someone who uses – and likes – Ubuntu on most of his hardware, this is a surprise.  [...]

My laptop is now officially Powered by Ubuntu, thanks to System 76 and the Linux Emporium. To snag yourself some free Ubuntu stickers, simply pop a self addressed envelope across to: The Linux Emporium Bridge House 17a Maybrook Road Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B76 1AL UK They’ll drop a pack of four by return of post.  [...]

Being a huge fan of Ubuntu, I’ve been using the OS on most of my hardware for quite some time – including my first release spec Eee PC 701. Originally running Ubuntu 7.04 and then upgraded to 7.10, it’s always been a bit ‘finicky’ – mainly as a result of the non-standard hacks I’ve had [...]