Monthly Archives: February 2009

lenny on ubuntu hardy 8.04 with xen paravirtualised

Posted on February 26, 2009 by admin

While i find out how it can be done paravirtualised, i will be intalling it HVM, then i will keep you posted on how i will convert it to a paravirtualised system as soon as i do, Here i will … Continue reading →

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S.M.A.R.T (SMART) data of hard drives under linux

Posted on February 26, 2009 by admin

The results of the commands on this post are Here On windows, You can use speedfan, under linux you can read the smart data as follows Use the smartctl command 1- Checking for smart support, (All recent hard drives have … Continue reading →

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Debian 5 lenny is out and i can’t find Synaptics !

Posted on February 22, 2009 by admin

So, ALT+F2 then gksudo synaptics… sometimes i get the message you can run synaptics without a password, but synaptics does not show up, aptitude is there, but where is synaptics ? Anyway, i am glad lenny is out, i have … Continue reading →

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asterisk 1.6 install and deploy.

Posted on February 19, 2009 by admin

Asterisk with chan mobile. So, my lovely TUSI-M does not work, it has legacy USB ports, I want USB 2.0. Got an old celeron PC I had somewhere, found out it had 1GB of DDR1 ram, a 2.53GHz processor, a … Continue reading →

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asus tusi-m bios update

Posted on February 19, 2009 by admin

efore finding out that the motherboard only supports usb 1.1, i was getting the TUSI-M motherboard ready for prime time, i made it fanless (Fanless Air cooling), i put it in a nice little box to fit some furniture that … Continue reading →

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X100P FXO card fax modem

Posted on February 18, 2009 by admin

Got my asterisk X100P but yet to test it. The minute i got it i opened the package to see what is inside, and the main motorola chip had it’s details hidden with a sticker that reads “Warantee void if … Continue reading →

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Pro C# 2008 and the .NET platform

Posted on February 12, 2009 by admin

So, i went and got this book, everyone has such positive reviews about it. To begin with, this is by no means a bad book, It can also take you there if you know any sort of Object oriented programming, … Continue reading →

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C Sharp

Posted on February 10, 2009 by admin

So, i am not really happy about this C# thing, although i have to learn it i don’t get the idea behind this .NET framework, i discovered all about salamander and all the decompilers out there. I don’t even understand … Continue reading →

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Windows 7

Posted on February 7, 2009 by admin

Not so impressed with Windows 7, i must admit some features like the native VHD support are nice, but it will all depend on the pricing to me, most of the changes are very welcome if they dont cost a … Continue reading →

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Data CD and DVD are not for me

Posted on February 7, 2009 by admin

It may be true that CDs and DVDs are cheap, I think they are very cheap, especially DVDs, but they are not the way for me, they become bulky, and finding them is not easy, you have to physically go … Continue reading →

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