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Apparently you are supposed to run the etc-update command regularly to keep your Gentoo Linux system healthy. hmm. This was likely the reason for my udev dying a couple of weeks ago. I must say – I’m less impressed with Gentoo now! Oh well, emerge is still the best package management system I’ve seen so [...]

I have been trying to decide if it is worth running a wiki on sbutler.com but I am not convinced of the usefulness of doing so. Other options would be a CMS such as Mambo, or just HTML pages. Lets take a look at some of the features of a wiki: Collobarative editing: A useful [...]

Google Maps now covers the entire world! Some interesting sites include the Pyramids and the Arc de Triomphe. An interesting comparison can be had between The White House, which has blanked out roof tops, and Parliament House… who is alert and who is alarmed?! It seems only about half of Melbourne is covered in high [...]

I can now confirm the Linux support for the Asus K8N-E Deluxe nForce 3 250Gb based motherboard is very good (as of 2.6.11 at least!!). I now have SATA working (needed to enable the nVidia SATA support under the SCSI section) and the onboard nForce Audio is also working fine without the official drivers. I [...]

Today was my birthday, and to my delight the guys from uni got together and organised me a present – a LeadTek WinFast TV2000 XP Deluxe TV tuner card for my computer. These things really are great. You put them in an empty PCI slot in your PC and hey-presto you can watch TV on [...]