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Ubuntu on HP Pavilion dv6575 series laptop

November 12th, 2007 at 10:57 pm » Comments (0)

A friend ame to visit this evening and brought her HP Pavillion laptop/notebook and a very fine piece of machinery it is too.
So of course I looked it up vis-a-vis Ubuntu and found several posts complaining of difficulites. It seems it’s something to do with Sata hard drives.
So in case you have a [...]



The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

October 22nd, 2007 at 10:07 am » Comments (2)

A handy reference for setting up Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).
As the author suggests, there are many ways to do it, and you may want different packages, of course, but this is a nice overall guide.
This document describes how to set up an Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” desktop. The result is a fast, secure and [...]



Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10) has arrived!

October 18th, 2007 at 7:52 am » Comments (0)

Unfortunately it will be a while before I can upgrade, but if you have no such difficulties,
go right ahead! ;>)
As this blog is based in Ireland, perhaps it’s appropriate to give the Irish mirror downloand link.
Irish Mirror site.
Enjoy