Data Access Notes » Other Tech http://www.accessdataservices.com/blog Miscellaneous Computer Technology Notes Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:37:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ubuntu on PowerPC Mac Mini http://www.accessdataservices.com/blog/ubuntu-on-powerpc-mac-mini/ http://www.accessdataservices.com/blog/ubuntu-on-powerpc-mac-mini/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 13:35:45 +0000 Gare http://www.accessdataservices.com/blog/?p=244 Old Mac Mini ppc builds for Ubuntu
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.04/release/

Thread ” Where to download Ubuntu for PowerPC and other frequently asked questions”

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Youtube has lots of howto’s to show how to crack these various mini’s .

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Upgrade Flash Hard Drive

Every little machine has its own little trick to opening the case….

dell mini replace hard drive how

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http://gizmodo.com/5506113/asus-preparing-one-google-tablet-one-windows — Asus to build one by end of 2010 ..

Google Tablet mockup discussed here.

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Freescale announced a $200 tablet reference design that it hopes will come to the market via an OEM partner as early as this Summer. The tablet has a 7-inch (1024 x 600) display and is powered by the i.MX515 processor (including the ARM Cortex A8 chip), 512MB RAM and 4-64 GB of flash storage.

More SmartBooks arriving in 2010

E-Readers

What we are looking for and waiting for is a machine that has these features and specifications:

Features

  • Ebook Reader
    • Annotate Ebook Documents
    • Obtain Ebooks from multiple sources
    • Read PDF’s
    • High Quality Reader screen
  • Email Reader
  • Webcam / Skype
  • Touch Screen
  • Stylus writing
  • Word Processing
  • Web Surfing
  • Play Videos

Specifications

  • Light, Thin, Carryable – small form factor
  • Less than $500
  • 9″ or 10″ viewable screen
  • optional physical keyboard

Will 2010 be the year that we find this?

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Skype

Skype

To get Skype working on Ubuntu 9.10 I ultimately had to:

  1. Download latest Skype for Linux from Skype.com The available ubuntu 8.10 versions, both 32-bit and 64-bit, worked for respective systems for my installations Ubuntu 9.10.

  2. For my Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX I had to do this to deal with a Quickcam/ Ubuntu bug:

    sudo mv /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype-bin; echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n\nexport LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so\n\nskype-bin' | sudo tee -a /usr/bin/skype; sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/skype

  3. On the Volume Control , Gnome Volume Apple, right-click, sound preferences, Unmute input, and select the webcam as the input device.
    I have PulseAudio installed, and Skype worked with it with no problem.

On the test run of the 64bit on my machine, the sound was great, the video a little sketchy.

try skyping me at gare.calhoun if you have questions or can be of help.

hope this helps

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