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Debian Squeeze minior tweaks

tw — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:49:35 +0000

Yes, I upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze because I need ibus to replace scim as my default Chinese input program. So far the experience with ibus is good but the same was half-true with Squeeze. I spent quite some time to make Squeeze more comfortable to use. » » »

Enabling Webcam for HP DV2000T laptop under Lenny

tw — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:07:58 +0000

Owning a slightly dated rig actually has one great benefit — the software for it is mature enough that not too much hacking or hair-tearing is needed. This is exactly the case for my two-year-old HP Pavilion DV2000t laptop. When staring installing Debian on it, I found the hardware is well supported. » » »

Fine-tuning Debian Lenny Desktop

tw — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:14:08 +0000

Linux is never perfect. One has to tweak it hither and tither to make it comfortable for daily use, to make it YOUR OS. In this post are kept the tweaks, hacks and fooling around recorded on my Debian journey. » » »

How to mount Samba share under Linux

tw — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:40:37 +0000

I have a West Digital MyBook box serving as a file server for my home LAN. I can locate and use its samba share under Nautilus sometimes, but for some unknown reason, the share doesn’t show up occasionally. I decided to mount it via /etc/fstab and put it into /media, so that I can directly access it on Gnome desktop. » » »

Install Debian Lenny on HP DV2000t

tw — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:01:53 +0000

I experienced a slump over the past two days, and it appears nothing could better /dev/zero my grudge than tinkering with Lenny on my HP laptop. Here are the notes I summarize for the installation and tweaking. » » »