I tend to cross blog a bit with Clair at New Linux User, and it is because I think she has a very good blog for new, and even experienced, Linux users, with a fresh take on many things that have been visited before. Plus she is fun:)
So, Hal the wonderputer was running far too hot, cpufan fan on far too often. (K/Xubuntu) Gutsy and Hardy. Hmm, I remember a fix from Feisty.
And with some minor variations, outlined below, it has worked a treat! Much cooler and happier baby, and I do not need to put something on my lap now before using him. Given his small size, he was packing too much of a punch for my liking;) Now that he has his memory upgrade (1Gb beasty now, thanks to my early birthday present from the man), he is sweeeeet:)
Follow the link to the howto to find what is right for your cpu(s).
For example, Hal is a 1.4GHz Centrino single CPU, so using the command cat /proc/cpuinfo, I get model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz.
I therefore use (according to the howto) : sudo modprobe speedstep-centrino.
Thus for me, the only change in Hardy that I had to do was with this step: Step 9: Configure cpufrequtils to automatically set this governor on boot Edit the file /etc/default/cpufrequtils. Change the line: ENABLE=”false” to ENABLE=”true”
Nope, no such file. Instead, I edited /etc/init.d/cpufrequtils, and changed GOVERNOR=”ondemand” to GOVERNOR=”powersave”
So, here are the top 20 Geek movies of all time (in no particular order except number 1). What is your perfect order? And where is the fifth element???
scientology - not actually so much a religion as it is the worst extreme of religion - the cult. money and power, control and domination, secrecy and litigation. scary scary stuff.
Dying is a fact of life, as is the disposal of a body after the fact. You know all about burial and cremation, but here are the other ways people, past and present, have dealt with the departed.
Enjoyed watching Tom Cruise and the Scientology video making the rounds? Well, I hate to break it to you, but that was serious. Seriously. Seriously serious. But, I can has cheezburger has obtained the followup video, and it is even more - serious. Even more seriously.
Mexico’s Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world’s largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet (11 meters). Want to go there!
The history of computing spans thousands of years - from the primitive notched bones found in Africa, to the rise of the popularity of Personal Computers (PCs) in the 1970s. Mostly it´s marked by devices that bear little or no resemblance to present tech
This article has some gorgeous pictures that show how some people have managed to organize cables into something close to art. Umm, not here, i must emphasise;)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the 700-MHz Auction but Were Afraid to Ask: Expert Op-Ed gives an interesting and concise analysis of a ocnfusing situation, full of speculation.
Do you ever get the urge to just start your own country, with your own damned rules?
Well, some people actually do it. All it takes is a small, uninhabited piece of land you can claim (though it helps to also be completely insane….
…and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.
Ahh, the hysterical wit and wisdom* of a TSC legend, and gaming (mad) genius, the one and only Coyote. I particularly commend to you the sad and hysterical saga of Hermann.
Today Microsoft got in on the rush to proclaim love for openness and allowing consumers to control their data, joining up with the DataPortability workgroup.
After speculation earlier in the week, Last.fm has just announced that they will be offering “the biggest legal collection of music available to play online for free.”
The Internet-based group “Anonymous” has released statements outlining what they call a “War on Scientology”. Church of Scientology related websites have been removed due to a suspected distributed denial-of-service-attack by a group called “Anonymous”.
The open-source KDE desktop environment is making the jump across platforms with broad support for Windows and Mac OS X. The core KDE desktop programs, the KOffice suite, and the Amarok music player are actively being ported.
A loose confederation have declared war on the Church of Scientology by flooding its servers with fake data requests, describing it as punishment for the Church’s alleged abuse of copyright laws and alleged brainwashing of its members.
The developers at Fluendo have been working on an open-source, cross-platform media center application called Elisa. Version 0.3.3, which was released last week, includes a complete user interface overhaul that dramatically improves usability.
Here’s how some women’s mags from the 1950s proved that careers in science could be downright girly. Cakes and chemistry. Kill me.Damn, i hope we have moved beyond this - but not always. Trust me, some of the geek guys really still dont get women geeks:(
controversial new study indicates that there are traces of vast cosmic strings left over in radiation from the early universe. If real, these cosmic strings would offer an unprecedented window into the extreme physics of origins of the universe.
This tutorial explains how to turn an old PC with additional hard disks into a simple home file server. The file server is intended for home use. The home file server is accessible by Windows and Linux computers in the home network.
This guy has noted the trend for everyone to work towards home cinemas - but tehre needs ot be something more than that to make his list. something special. so, as he says, in no particular order, here are 10 of the best themed home cinemas on earth…
Oh man, i cannot wait for this. Picasa and webmail(gmail for me) integration! now, once they are running on firefox3 rather than 2, and intermittent mem usage issues are gone, this is indeed the perfect browser. i do all my blogging from it, i love it!
