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brool \brool\ (n.) : a low roar; a deep murmur or humming

Mysteriously Hanging Ubuntu

Friday, January 2nd, 2009
My Asus EEE 1000h had this really irritating but intermittent bug — it would hang occasionally when I was using it. The keyboard was dead, but a) mouse clicks would still work, and b) I could Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart X or Ctrl-Alt-Fn to go to a terminal. So, it wasn’t an absolute showstopper, but it [...]

Fedora 9 On EEE (and: Ubuntu Is Not Always The Answer)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
I used to use Red Hat back when I had to compile special modules for my CD-ROM player, and I flirted with Gentoo for a while until I managed to irretrievably kill my installation with an emerge, but Ubuntu really seems to hit the sweet spot with regards to ease of use and functionality. However, [...]