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Archive for April, 2008

KUbuntu Hardy Kde remixed on my old Vaio.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Today i’ve installed the last KUbuntu 8.04 KDE4 remixed version.
I’m really happy to have a entire KDE4 desktop.
Install the last KUbuntu give me always the same annoying troubles.. I’ve a too old Video Card (NVIDIA Geforce 420go) and my wireless usb adapter (Linksys WUSB54G v. 4.0) doesn’t have a stable driver! :(
However in a couple of hours i’ve installed kubuntu and now i’ve a working system.

  • My Linksys Wireless adapter in hardy uses the last rt2500usb module, It works but it’s too slow and it not usable! So i’ve removed network-manager (apt-get remove network-manager), and i’ve downloaded the legacy rt2570-CVS, i’ve compiled it and i’ve added rt2500usb and rt2×00usb to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, so my kubuntu will use rausb0 instead wlan0 interface by default.
  • I’m able to run any OpenGL application with the Proprietary Nvidia driver. In Gutsy i was able to compile the driver version 9631. Now in hardy we have a new kernel and this installer (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9631-pkg1.run) doesn’t work. Fortunatelly in K/Ubuntu 8.04 the nvidia-glx-legacy driver works fine with my Nvidia GeForce 420Go.

So that’s all… Kde4 is a great… but it’s not for a production machine yet!

SMplayer for maemo is available.

Monday, April 28th, 2008

SMplayer, a powerfull GUI for MPlayer, is now available for Maemo.

More info are available at qt4 garage homepage.

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My first numpty physics level

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Some days ago i’ve sended my numpty physics level to its author.

Now it’s available at Numpty Physics Home Page.