Category Archives: operating systems

WiFi Linux on a shoestring

Posted on May 9, 2007 by blogmywiki

CAUTION: this is a geeky Linuxy post that’s really just here because I’ll forget how I did this in about a week and I might want to do this again some time… Ages ago I put Xubuntu – a cut-down … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, hardware, Linux, operating systems, thrift, Ubuntu, WiFi, XFCE, Xubuntu | 1 Comment

Innocence lost

Posted on February 26, 2007 by blogmywiki

With a slightly heavy heart I’ve had to install parental controls on the computer in the back room – which meant upgrading the G3 Tower of Power from MacOS 10.3 to 10.4 (Tiger). The boys had been looking at some … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, children, computers, family life, lowendmac, MacOS X, thrift | 2 Comments

Dreams come true

Posted on February 25, 2007 by blogmywiki

I kept dreaming of a new kind of laptop. I kept drawing it and doodling it. It would be about the size of an A4 sheet of paper, have Wifi, run some kind of Linux and – crucially – have … Continue reading →

Posted in children, computers, hardware, internet, Linux, thrift | 1 Comment

Humax PVR meets Mac

Posted on December 28, 2006 by blogmywiki

They’re stupidly named – nowt personal about a box that sits in the living room and which we fight over control of… but I finally gave in and bought a ‘Personal Video Recorder’. Torn between the Topfield and the Humax, … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, MacOS X, TV | 1 Comment

G4 Tower of Power!

Posted on December 4, 2006 by blogmywiki

Someone was chucking this out – a G4 PowerMac with OS 8.6, a 10GB hard drive and 64MB RAM. I spent £30 on 256MB more RAM, and stuck in it the 20GB hard drive I used to have in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, computers, hardware, lowendmac, MacOS X | 2 Comments