Ubuntu in Marvel comics

By Mike Basinger

In the Mighty Avengers #4 the last page shows the Ubuntu grub screen on a computer in the panels. Kernel 2.6.10-5, they should really upgrade from Breezy.

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Fixing keyboard in VMware for Linux

By Mike

One problem I have with VMware Workstation is if I’m running a Linux virtual machine in VMware that sometime the your keyboard will repeat keystrokes.
To fix this problem, you need to edit the VMware Virtual machine vmx file, and add the following:
keyboard.typematicMinDelay = “2000000″
This fix should work with VMware Workstation for Linux […]

vi: Teaching an old tech new tricks

By Mike

My first computer job 18 years ago me access to my first Unix system. The people knew with Unix accounts and the CS classes I took all used Emacs as their prefered text editor. Due to that, I developed a strong preference for the emacs editor over vi. To this day I only know […]

Ubuntu Forum Council Meeting

By Mike

The next Ubuntu Forums Council meeting will be held on July 16, 2007 at 22:00 UTC. Hope to see you there.
Mike

Will it Blend: iPhone

By Mike

The iPhone. Will it Blend?
Doesn’t the black dust look like “evil” from the movie Time Bandits.