Posts by hbien

Right now my desktop is pretty plain, just an application toolbar at the bottom and a nice Chocobo wallpaper. Just wanted to spice it up a bit, maybe another application toolbar like OS X or stuff from gDesklets. Any suggestions?

That's an AWESOME setup. I've been wanting to get an LCD (2005fpw) for my 700m.

I used to use ifconfig iwconfig dhcpcd http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~hbien/briefca...connect.tar.gz I figured a nice way to learn python was to write a script so I wouldn't have to type all those commands all the time. probably won't...

Hey guys, I'm running an Inspiron 700m on Gentoo with extended 8-cell battery. I'm getting about 3 hours and 30 minutes of battery life. My cpu is running at 600mhz on battery and 1.8ghz with adapter (I forget which governors I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade But yes different distros CAN run Gnome or KDE better in theory, see Gentoo Seablade I <3 Gentoo. The USE variable makes it easier for you to customize...

I've been thinking about getting an external LCD (Dell 2005FPW) for my laptop, but I'm still a little new to Linux and have no idea how to set up a good xorg.conf file. Does anyone have any links to guides on how to set up an external...

I recently purchased this for my gf as a xmas present, before I read the reviews =[. I was so happy about getting it for her, till I found out about the repeating key bug where if it comes out of sleep mode it repeats the first key...

Quote: Originally Posted by abf here is a little advice on this shiznit: 1) get a 1gb of ram, 512 will be enough, but the gb will give you the overhead you might need. 2) change up some software. IE - firefox 1.5...

Only use a few: alias gnome-terminal="gnome-terinal --geometry 75x18" alias mycpu='watch grep \"cpu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo' alias emerge="sudo emerge" Besides that I use aliases for connection to a...

Quote: Originally Posted by chevyrulz099 i personally like the black keyboards better...i think that 710 is an ugly machine. I'm not a fan of the white keyboard either, but I do like the dark silver trim better...