November 2007

Nokia N810

Submitted by Kasper Souren on November 9, 2007 - 19:15
I wish Nokia sold laptops. I really liked my Nokia 770, that I bought in December 2005. It's running mostly free software, and is very Debianic. I wasn't traveling with a laptop then, and it was a nice (and often cheap) way to get online. I also read a lot of books with the excellent FBReader. And I created MaemoDict, which never really worked very well I must admit.

GNU/Linux on Toshiba L40-157

I bought my Toshiba L40-157 at Trony on the 8th of November, 2007. Windows Vista gave me a BlueScreen in less than 30 minutes. I installed Ubuntu Gutsy.

RTL8187B

This is weird. The hardware seems very flaky. It's internal, but uses the USB bus. Even in Windows it doesn't work for me. It seems as if the device is constantly connecting and disconnecting itself. Most of the time lsusb cannot find it.

Windows Vafanculo: BSOD in less than 30 minutes

Submitted by Kasper Souren on November 8, 2007 - 14:24
I have to admit it, I am typing this using Windows Vista. I really needed a new laptop. I couldn't wait for amylin to bring me a MacBook, and Apple is just too expensive in Europe. I also considered getting a Dell with Ubuntu, but unfortunately, in Europe they're only selling them in the UK, France and Germany. And then I saw an ad of a Toshiba with 160 GB HD and 2 GB RAM, DVDRW and all that stuff, for 599 euros. So I went there this morning and got it.