Monthly Archives: November 2008

Ubuntu on the Eeee battery life

Posted on November 12, 2008 by tig

Well the battery monitor app either needs housetraining or something as it bounces up and down more than I do 10 mins ago it told me I had 6 mins remaining and now it has crept back up again Currently … Continue reading →

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Lastminute copyrighting a colour?

Posted on November 12, 2008 by tig

I am not a lawyer but I would have thought that you could only trademark something in reference to a particular aspect of your business. The lastminute website though currently reads : lastminute.com”, “lastminute” and the colour (block of magenta) … Continue reading →

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Silly Ibex wont start X

Posted on November 9, 2008 by tig

Meh my Eeee had just decided that it did not want to start X due to an internal error. A most odd occurrence and after a bit of digging I found the culprit, a read only file system. It seems … Continue reading →

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Intrepid Ibex on the Eee701

Posted on November 3, 2008 by tig

Despite being quite happy with the default install of Xandros on my Eee701 that I have been using for nearly a year now I have taken the plunge and installed Ubuntu on it, partly to standardise (all my other desktop … Continue reading →

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