It’s been a while since I’ve updated you about my laptop. After partitioning my drive, I popped in the ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy) disk and started it up. Following the same directions to get past the black screen at startup, the setup was very similar to the debian startup. Since ubuntu is based off of debian, […]

Before I decided to install linux on my new laptop, I decided to check out how the Ubuntu live CD worked. After getting a black screen during boot, I found this thread about what to do to get it running. I followed the instructions and it was running smoothly.
Moving forward with installing linux in a […]

So, I bit the bullet and purchased a new laptop. For a couple of weeks I’ve been agonizing over whether I should go for the sweet, albeit expensive, PowerBook G4 17″ or the cheaper, yet similarly stocked, Dell Inspiron 9300. They both have 17″ screens, but the Mac seemed to have a slightly better quality […]