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Ubuntu 9.10 on a Thinkpad T400

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Michael Schurter

I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 on my Lenovo Thinkpad T400 about a week ago, and thought I’d write down some of my impressions. Good news ATI graphics card with proprietary binary driver – just works (much better than … Continue reading →

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New Laptop: Acer Extensa 4630Z

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Schurter

I bought a laptop recently because being a web consultant and tied to a desktop is not only embarrassing, but is a quick way to lose (or at least frustrate) clients who’d love to see my hairy hacker face on-site. … Continue reading →

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Fedora’s Crypto Consolidation

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Michael Schurter

I just found out Fedora is attempting to consolidate on Mozilla’s NSS for system-wide cryptography. I love the idea and hope it succeeds as it will make using crypto so much easier for system administrators and users. Since humans are … Continue reading →

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