An experiment

My brother is a computer illiterate. He can use a computer for the purpose of e-mail messaging and for editing documents, spreadsheets, etc. I have decided to “abuse” his older laptop, an IBM X31 and install Ubuntu on it. This is some sort of an experiment. I wonder how he, a simple user, can cope…

Sierra AirCard 880E on Ubuntu

To get your newly purchased Sierra AirCard 880E on your Ubuntu Hardy, you should follow these simple steps: Make sure you have GCC on your computer: ‘sudo apt-get install gcc‘ Make sure you have kernel sources installed on your computer: ‘sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic‘ Download the driver from Sierra Wireless site Extract and compile (‘make‘,…

Bluetooth Mouse on my Ubuntu Laptop – an easy feat

I was surprised at how easy it was. You need to do the following: 1. Find your mouse’s address using ‘hcitool scan‘ 2. Verify that you can pair the two devices using ‘sudo hidd –connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX‘ 3. Edit /etc/default/bluetooth, uncomment the additional line with the HIDD_OPTIONS and set it to be “–connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX –server” 4….