Tag Archives: intrepid

Gedit document words autocompletion plugin

Posted on 01/02/2009 by mcmlxxii

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 … Continue reading →

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Nvidia 180 on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

Posted on 26/12/2008 by mcmlxxii

EDIT: It seems the packages needed are in Intrepid updates now, so as long as they are enabled in System > Applications > Software Sources they should be installed with a simple sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-180 … Continue reading →

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Synaptics touchpad, SHMConfig, xorg.conf and Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10

Posted on 07/11/2008 by mcmlxxii

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 … Continue reading →

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RT73 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

Posted on 22/10/2008 by mcmlxxii

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 … Continue reading →

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