Comments on: Set up Ubuntu for speed

By: HowTo: Live Life in a Text-Based World

HowTo: Live Life in a Text-Based World — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:12:55 +0000

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By: fbterm: Birth of the cool for the console « Motho ke motho ka botho

fbterm: Birth of the cool for the console « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:52:01 +0000

[...] the proper dimensions are set when you boot the machine. For a refresher on that, take a look at this chart, or better yet, look over Ali Gunduz’s short tutorial on finding unusual framebuffer codes. [...]

By: Ubuntu 10.04 filesystems and boot times « Motho ke motho ka botho

Ubuntu 10.04 filesystems and boot times « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:22:21 +0000

[...] I also gave each installation the benefit of the doubt, allowing it to boot twice or even three times before claiming a bootchart, in case there were first-run tasks to be written. Each system was fully updated, but there were no tweaks added — not even the classic noatime adjustment. [...]

By: Its beauty is in its potential « Motho ke motho ka botho

Its beauty is in its potential « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:50:08 +0000

[...] the old days I probably would have gone on a quest to trim back all the things that make it slow and unwieldy, but these days I have a different [...]

By: A near-death experience « Motho ke motho ka botho

A near-death experience « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:56:10 +0000

[...] For the past few months I’ve had a small problem with partition sizes on my central machine — the one I rely on to be rock-steady. Originally when I built it, I allocated only 2Gb to the root partition, and ordinarily that would be enough considering the /boot and /home folders are separated out to other partitions. I have no real rationale for those things; I started doing that a long time ago and have stayed with it even up until now. (Actually, I do have a few rationales.) [...]

By: GFDL 1.3 adopted « Motho ke motho ka botho

GFDL 1.3 adopted « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:25:47 +0000

[...] to include the text of the license and references. Some of the downloadable items — like the Ubuntu setup pages, or the older versions — will still be listed as version 1.2, but only because I don’t [...]

By: The height of arrogance « Motho ke motho ka botho

The height of arrogance « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:54:54 +0000

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By: Stupid mistake, drastic solution « Motho ke motho ka botho

Stupid mistake, drastic solution « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:37:25 +0000

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