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Gutsy Gibbon + Radeon Mobility X1400

( Advanced and How To and Linux )

Compiz Fusion on a Radeon Mobility X1400 graphics card? Hell yeah!
Oh, driver hell. Proprietary drivers are the bane of Linux’s existence, as any Linux user with a current ATI graphics card can tell you. I have a Lenovo Z61m on which I’d like to install Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, but good luck — [...]

How To: Install Wikipedia For Offline Access

( Advanced and How To and Windows )

In the old days (say, around 1990) a must-have application when buying a computer was an encyclopedia on a CD-ROM. Hello, Grolier’s and Encarta! No more would you need a shelf full of books to look up interesting facts! When I bought an iBook, it came with a copy of World Book, [...]