The primary site (http://www.linuxsoup.com) has now been migrated to a new home. Unfortunately it fell stagnant during the past few years as people moved, services moved, jobs changes, etc... But alas, as soon as the DNS changes fall in to place the site should be fully operational again. |
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Over the last couple of weeks, smartd has begun logging a flurry of "Currently unreadable (pending) sectors" messages. When this particular host was deployed, I elected to use LVM mirroring (not mdadm or dmraid) for data redundancy. Here are the basic steps I followed to do some basic tests and ultimately replace the failing device. |
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In recent months (6 months ago?) I upgraded the HP dv4-2155dx with a Intel Core i5, additional memory (8 GB total) & Fedora 14. Now I'm curious what the net benefit has been. Reportedly, the Core i5 benefits from turboboost and a few other i7 features. I have everything working this time, including the multi-format SD card. Read on for full details... |
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So last week Dell had a sale & I picked up a Creative Live! web camera for 20 bucks. Features on the box read: HD 1280x720, fast frame rates up to 30fps in HD, microphone with noise cancellation, face tracking, 4x digital zoom and... right on the box it states "Works with MAC & Linux". We will have to see about that! |
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Creative Live! Cam Socialize HD Webcam $20 at Dell - Today only. Dell has the Creative Live! Cam Socialize HD Web Camera (73VF061000000) for $20 with free shipping. Features 1280 x 720 HD video @ 30 fps, 5.7MP still images and one-touch upload to YouTube and Photobucket. [Compare] [BensBargains] Guess I will have something new to review in a week or so... |
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Having had my HP dv4-2155dx for about a year now, I've been disappointed that I have not been able to leverage the integrated multi format card reader. The device is based on the RealTek 5288 chipset & as it turns out ... requires a driver to be downloaded and installed. Read on for details on where to download and how to install it... |
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