These are links to some howtos and instructions for things I’ve put on this site. Since this blog was originally intended as a way of reminding myself of things I had done in the past, a lot of the howtos and tutorials are buried in the archives. This page should make it easier to find them, and to remember what’s available.
This isn’t really a best-of album — it’s more of an index for my own convenience, and for anyone else who wants it. If you think something is missing from here, tack on a comment and I’ll move it in. But if the list seems rather random … well, that’s because these are mostly things I always seem to be looking for.
I’ve categorized the list now, because the other day I was looking for an Openbox page, and found it in different section where I expected it. This should make them easier to find, if they don’t refer to any specific distro.
General
Things to do with an old computer
Ten things you can do to keep an old computer useful
Linux
Still better font smoothing
Derail the Linux juggernaut
Blacklist your PC speaker
Some cpufreq and speedstep lessons
Font smoothing on minimal setups
Note to self: Don’t forget CursorShadow
Toward a better C64 terminal
Sugar and the XO laptop
Default the XO’s GMail Activity to Basic HTML
Install cplay for the XO
Arch
Still compiling, and still learning
Once more, for old time’s sake
Build a functional Lowarch system
Arch modules (and applications) for an Inspiron 8000
The coolness that is Arch Linux
Mkinitcpio without ide-legacy setup
Kernel ideX=noprobe flags
Clipping udevsettle
Mounting in parallel
Note to self: Wireless configuration
A phony-baloney Gnome desktop
Booting even faster with mkinitcpio
Fewer modules, but no speed gain
A guilty hack: ‘Wait’ to ‘once’ in inittab
Since I mentioned it: Autologin in Arch
Avoiding autoloading
Ubuntu
Set up Hardy for speed
Accelerate Ubuntu upgrades with an ISO
File a bug report on Launchpad
Ask for (and get) help on the forums
Set up Gutsy for speed
Leave Ubuntu
Download packages and dependencies for offline installation
Troubleshoot Nvidia drivers with the Ubuntu 7.04 desktop CD
Stash your cache
Set up Feisty for speed
Taking out the trash with debfoster
Compile the 8776 Nvidia driver on Feisty 2.6.20-xx
Compile MaCoPiX 1.4.1 under Edgy
Mounting without sudo
Ubuntu Lite on Feisty
Yes Virginia, you can run Beryl alone
Install FVWM-Crystal 3.0.4 on Edgy
PyPanel fix for Edgy
Ralink RT61, Edgy and Nvidia … again
Edgy package search
Set up Edgy for speed
Edgy sans inittab
Install IceWeasel 1.5.0.4 in Ubuntu
Getting 6.06.1 on 120Mhz Pentium 1.5Gb 48Mb
Speed week, the finale
Openbox
Shut down Linux from the Openbox right-click menu
Tile windows in Openbox
Browse and set your wallpaper in Openbox with feh
Feisty Openbox on 1Ghz Pentium III, start to finish
gPerfection, gPerfection2 and oPerfection
xcompmgr, transset-df and 3ddesktop
Binding transparency to the mouse wheel in Openbox
Transparencies with xcompmgr in Openbox
JWM
Joe does Tango
Compile JWM 2.01 on Ubuntu 7.10
Kazehakase
More fun with Kazehakase
Kazehakase on steroids
Cleaning up after Kazehakase
Firefox
More Firefox subtleties
Beat Firefox’s UI fonts into submission
Console programs
More terminal programs you should be using like a pro
Use Oleo like … a pro?
Use elinks like a pro
Use rtorrent like a pro
Use cplay like a pro
Inkscape
Vectorize images in Inkscape
GAG
Install GAG on a default Ubuntu box
Install GAG on a dual boot Windows-Ubuntu box
Conky
Float your conky
Xscreensaver
Going blank: Life without xscreensaver
A clearlooks popsquares desktop
xscreensaver as wallpaper
Hi,
I need one help. How can I edit winxp registry using some liveCd? (I dont have admin rights)
And is there anyway I can delete all my user account traces (network access log, firewall log and file access log if any) from win xp using a linux liveCD?
Please help.
TIA
jamu
What about mutt?
sorry, I missed “More terminal programs…”
question… how are you with wireless cards???
i am trying to get wpa_supplicant to work on a broadcom based card under Kubuntu Gutsy… any thoughts? google is turning up a bunch of nothing… i get pages like… in Ubuntu you do this, but Kubuntu user, this won’t work for you…
grrrrrrr…..
Matty
That’s strange. I wonder why Kubuntu wouldn’t work over Ubuntu? Have you tried any of the howtos on the forums?