By epb on October 27, 2010
The CherryPad America is a tablet running Android I plan to write up a review for later, however a quick note for anyone who might be searching: Yes, if you do a factory restore, the default language will be Chinese. You can change it to English by pressing the change-language button in the lower-right hand [...]
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By epb on June 23, 2010
I have a sizable collection of music, so sizable in fact that I can’t store the full collection on any portal media. Since I only use Windows to play video games, I use Rhythmbox to manage my music and found myself in need of a way to sync to a USB thumbdrive. Now, the issue [...]
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By epb on January 17, 2010
Let’s say you have a VHD file you’d like to access while in Linux without attaching it to a Virtual Machine. There are many reasons you might like to do this, but it’s not immediately obvious how to do so with Linux. There are two ways I know of: You can use vmware-mount provided by [...]
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By epb on May 28, 2009
It seems most appropriate to post my screenshots of Ubuntu Linux 9.04 with Compiz-Fusion right now right after replacing Windows 7 Beta 7000 with it. I went through and turned on quite a few custom effects, including my windows burning up when they are minimized or restored. I suspect that it’s having all these animations [...]
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