Ubuntu 9.04 has now been released in Desktop, Server and Netbook Remix (NBR) versions. The NBR version supports a range of Netbooks including the Asus EeePC range. Read more
Finally, the video from the British Adult Ice Skating Championships 2008/2009 in Sheffield.
The Competition was held at iceSheffield which is a fantastic rink with great facilities and a really nice ice surface. The competition was a two day event from 28th February to 1st March. My event (Men’s Bronze Free Skating 1) was held on the 1st March just after midday. Read more
This page will be updated shortly but in the meantime here are a couple of examples of my early glass engraving efforts. The Rose was my first attempt, the Figure Skater is my current project and is still a work in progress, the basic outline and shape are now complete but the engraving needs to be smoothed to give a smooth image.
After spending time getting your PC or netbook running just the way that you want the last thing you want to have to do is redo all of the steps again when something goes wrong. A few simple steps can help save lots of time should it ever be necessary to reinstall the Operating System and all of your software. Read more
The EeePC has a relatively small amount of storage space when compared to most modern desktop and laptop PCs. My EeePC 701 has just 4GB of space on its SSD. It’s amazing how much can actually be installed on such a small PC. Installing EeeBuntu is a great place to start. However it is important not to waste this valuable storage space. Read more
Practice run through of my programme for the British Adult Championships in Sheffield on 1st March 2009. The programme is 1 minute 37 seconds long. The music used is Wonderful Land by The Shadows. Read more
The EeePC was the first of a new generation of notebook computers now referred to as netbooks. These small, ultra-portable and low priced computers came installed with a customised Xandros Linux distribution, which whilst suitable for new computer users severely limited what more experienced users could do. Several EeePC customised versions of Linux distributions rapidly appeared Read more
EeeBuntu 2 is based upon Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex release) which sadly does not include OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 in the official repositories used for installing software onto a Ubuntu based PC. However, if you want the latest and greatest version of the free OpenOffice suite its relatively straightforward to install. Read more