Saturday 20 June 2009

dell mini bios upgrade

I've just upgraded the bios on my dell mini-9.

Followed this howto.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7336044&postcount=64

the new bios makes Fn+Z and Fn+X as function keys, and apprarently improves battery life.

more importantly... fancy graphics on boot :)

Friday 12 June 2009

Floss Manuals

Fascinating podcasts have emerged from the libre planet event.

Many mention the work done (in sprints thereat) to improve the floss manuals.

Here they are. Highly recommended.
http://en.flossmanuals.net/