Gedit document words autocompletion plugin

I followed a submission to reddit the other day highlighting a few choice plugins for gedit, as I am fond of using the default GNOME text editor. One plugin in particular caught my eye, the document words autocompletion plugin, written by Perriman. Retyping my inventive variable names (not to mention the oft flowery default php [...]

Posted on February 1, 2009 at 12:22 am by mcmlxxii · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Synaptics touchpad, SHMConfig, xorg.conf and Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10

EDIT – Please note that this post only refers to the 64 bit version of Ubuntu. Some significant changes have been happening to the X server over the past couple of releases of Ubuntu. One of the most noticeable alterations has been the removal of the xorg.conf file from the default Ubuntu install (edit – [...]

Posted on November 7, 2008 at 8:55 am by mcmlxxii · Permalink · 8 Comments
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RT73 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

If you’ve used the Ralink RT73 chipset under Ubuntu for any length of time, you’ll know that the default drivers aren’t yet perfect (some supporting evidence). Some may have had more success, but in my experience they drop out regularly and transfer rates are pretty mediocre. The modules used are the rt2x00usb and rt73usb. These [...]

Posted on October 22, 2008 at 10:41 pm by mcmlxxii · Permalink · 15 Comments
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