Just updated to Edgy and installed Beryl following these instructions.

Added these to my sources:

deb http://www.beerorkid.com/compiz edgy main-edgy
deb http://media.blutkind.org/xgl/ edgy main-edgy
deb http://compiz-mirror.lupine.me.uk/ edgy main-edgy
deb http://ubuntu.compiz.net/ edgy main-edgy

Then:

sudo apt-get update …

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Just wanted to share this quick story: recently I had to install Oki C5700 drivers on an Ubuntu machine. A quick look at the web panel revealed that it was not supporting ipp (Cups). So you have to set it up as a Unix Printer (LPR).

After that it seems …

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Recently we got a new HP Scanner. It’s a good, nice, and generally works without any complaints.

The scanner I used before was a crappy scanner with a no-name brand nobody knows, picked up for almost nothing at some cheapskate-store (since I very rarely need to scan something). The …

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Today I finally decided to spend some time and try to install Neverwinter Nights on my laptop, since I absolutely still love that game. Of course: you could follow this howto, but since I don’t have NWN Platinum or Diamond, I had to follow other instructions. I didn’t …

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I’ve been checking out some games for my Linux machine recently (that almost sounds like an oxymoron). I’m not going to go all whiny on you with a “Linux does have games!”-post, but will just review a few of them (the most popular ones).

• Planet Penguin Racer …

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Latest Ubuntu xorg-core update breaks X, oh boy…

If you are already in trouble just want some general info: head over to this thread. The package itself has been fixed (already). Be sure to download the point 4 and not the point 3 release.

So what’s this all about …

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Here it is, as promised…

Yesterday I decided to “quickly give AIGLX/Compiz a go”. I use AIGLX because I do this on my Thinkpad and it has an Intel card. AIGLX gives better performance with these cards.

There are already nice how-to’s at this and this location, but …

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Story number 5 already.

Here is the background talk: now that I finally have bluetooth support (I never had an USB dongle) I could finally copy my pictures over from my Nokia phone (since I don’t want to invest in an expensive non-standard USB cable).

I followed some advice …

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If you’re a Digg‘er, you’ll probably know the Digg Labs: the site where you can track how users are digging stories. In realtime.

Most of you will know that Digg is programmed in PHP. The two Flash applications provided in Digg labs have to get their data …

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After quickly setting up Windows XP and removing all the unnecessary software (who wants Symantec for God’s sake?) it was time to think about booting the Ubuntu installer.

This would be a non-trivial task for me, because my CD/DVD-burner/reader has not arrived yet and I could …

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