I don’t need to remind regular visitors of this blog that not-so recently I bought a laptop. Let me first tell you a bit about my PC. Its 9 years old and doesn’t have an Ethernet card. I really haven’t made any changes to it ever since I got it. All I could use to • Read More »
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Dell Studio Screen Brightness Control Problem in Ubuntu
July 23, 2009 | By Naman Bagga | 6 Comments | Filed in: Linux, Tech Talk.When I installed Ubuntu on my Dell Studio 1555, I faced more than one problem. I forgot to mention about this issue in my last post. In Ubuntu, the brightness control buttons of my laptop refused to work. They worked for the first 30 seconds or so after startup and after that the brightness and • Read More »
ShopWiki Desktop Computer Buying Guide
July 23, 2009 | By Naman Bagga | No Comments | Filed in: Reviews, Tech Talk.Shopwiki is a guide for shopping online. It is like a shopping search engine. It crawls different online stores just like search engines like Google do. Conventionally, shopping sites show only those stores that pay for placement but ShopWiki is the ultimate shopper’s guide. ShopWiki not only provides stores but also has an extensive Wiki. • Read More »
Ubuntu Sound Problems on Dell Studio
July 22, 2009 | By Naman Bagga | 12 Comments | Filed in: Linux, Tech Talk.I started installing Linux on my Dell Studio 1555 as soon as I got it and checked that everything was alright. I installed OpenSUSE 11.1 initially. I had issues with installing drivers for my ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570. The OpenSUSE wiki said that its drivers had no Linux version. I tried different methods but the • Read More »