Category Archives: Linux

Removing Linux from the PlayStation 3

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by Peter

Apparently tomorrow’s PS3 firmware update is going to remove the OtherOS feature from original-model consoles. I’m not sure why. Sony mentioned security concerns, presumably due to George Hotz, but from what I understand of that it’s a pretty tricky hardware … Continue reading →

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Installing Arch Linux on the EEE 701

Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by Peter

Before I went travelling I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my EEE because I wanted something relatively stable and that I was familiar with. Now that I’m back, I want to hack around with it a bit so, so yesterday I … Continue reading →

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Converting .lit files to PDF for Linux

Posted on Saturday, January 24, 2009 by Peter

Rather than carry a load of “dead tree” books with me on my travels, I have a collection of Microsoft Reader (.lit) ebooks on my laptop. The only problem is that there doesn’t seem to be any Linux software available … Continue reading →

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Free Online Poker for Linux

Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2008 by Peter

I really like poker. Partly as an interesting artificial intelligence problem, but mostly as a fun way to spend time with a group of friends. Now that I’ve finished travelling the problem is finding people to play with! There are … Continue reading →

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Enabling Eee 701 WiFi hotkeys in Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by Peter

I picked up an Asus Eee 701 a couple of weeks ago to take with me when I’m travelling. After a few days I started to get a bit frustrated with the some of the more simplistic aspects of the … Continue reading →

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