Category Archives: Notebooks

Linux Mint 9 Isadora on HP Mini Note 2133

Posted on 31 May 2010 by johannes

I have jumped the bandwagon with the updates this time and downloaded and installed Linux Mint 9 (Isadora) on my old HP Mini Note 2133 which has been a testing bed for all sorts of OS and software. Upon completion, … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint on HP2133

Posted on 30 March 2010 by johannes

I have not used my HP 2133 for a few months now. I used to use it a lot for writing documents and stuff on the bus or train during commutes, but that was only after I got a larger … Continue reading →

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Aptana under Ubuntu 9.04

Posted on 24 June 2009 by johannes

Everybody has a favourite HTML editor on a platform, but does anyone have a favourite on ALL platforms? Well at least on the personal computing platform, that is. Well, I must tell you that my favourite HTML editor has been … Continue reading →

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Jaunty Jackalope on the HP Mini-note 2133 part 2

Posted on 23 June 2009 by johannes

I have found that using Jackalope on the HP 2133 Mini-note to be quite a good experience so far. Compared to installing Intrepid (8.10), the installation process was a complete breeze. There was no need to install using weird methods … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu desktop 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) on HP Mini-note 2133

Posted on 20 June 2009 by johannes

Having worked on the Ubuntu 8.10 for a few months, when Jaunty Jackalope was released publicly it was a definite temptation to upgrade. Considering it was a real pain to install 8.10 last time around on my HP mini-note 2133 … Continue reading →

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Deep Sleep gives Macbook some much-needed sleep

Posted on 05 February 2009 by johannes

I have been somewhat troubled by the inability of my MacBook running 10.4.11 version of OS X to hibernate properly (suspend to disk). It all started when I upgraded the RAM from the standard 1GB to the 4GB it is … Continue reading →

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Service with a happy ending

Posted on 04 February 2009 by johannes

On one hot January night while I was trying to write a statement about some art project that I was working on, I just fell asleep on the lounge. I was trying to type this statement up on my trusty … Continue reading →

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Installing Via beta driver on Ubuntu 8.10 running on HP mini-note 2133

Posted on 02 January 2009 by johannes

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Macbook crashing on waking up

Posted on 07 October 2008 by johannes

For about 3 months I have been having a problem with my Macbook running OS X Tiger with 3GB of RAM. The problem seems to only occur when I run a resource intensive application such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Final … Continue reading →

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A month with Nokia E71 on the Three network Australia

Posted on 06 October 2008 by johannes

After two years of using the I-mate Jamin smartphone, I finally decided that it was time to upgrade to something with better feature set and a more open connectivity options. This time around, data was becoming more of a priority, … Continue reading →

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