Category Archives: Linux

Raspberry Pi day 2: I try to install an application

Posted on May 6, 2012 by blogmywiki

Yesterday I said I didn’t think there was an easy way of installing new software in the Raspberry Pi version of Debian Squeeze. Well, yes and no. There is a way, but it ain’t easy. Installing software in Linux is … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi est arrivée!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by blogmywiki

I had joked that the Raspberry Pi was indeed taking me back to the glory days of 1980s computing – mainly by making me wait so long; it reminded me of the interminable delays waiting for Sinclair to ship my … Continue reading →

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OSX on a Lenovo Ideapad S10-2 – again

Posted on January 22, 2010 by blogmywiki

(behold my – working! – boot-up options, using the old-skool classic GRUB bootloader) I’ve given up trying to get the audio to work on OS X on my IdeaPad’s msiWindOSX install. Could not get Audieee to work. A 10.5.5 update … Continue reading →

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Triple-boot OS X, WindowsXP and Linux on a Lenovo Ideapad S10-2

Posted on January 5, 2010 by blogmywiki

The aim: to get my Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 netbook to allow me to boot into Mac OS X, Windows XP or Ubuntu Netbook Remix as and when I need each OS – and to get a nice clean Windows install … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a Lenovo S10-2 IdeaPad

Posted on November 12, 2009 by blogmywiki

Having played with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) OS on a USB stick, I was keen to get it installed on my Lenovo IdeaPad to give myself a break from WindowsXP. However, I was very keen to keep Windows as … Continue reading →

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