the virtual space of Matthias Johnson
I run Ubuntu as my desktop.
I have multiple Google Accounts.
I don’t want to have a bunch of browser windows open to deal with different IM accounts and calendars.
All of this works great on my phone.
So I … Read the rest
I am probably like most developers. I prefer to code on my own system. This allows me to use my chosen tools and work in a comfortable and efficient space.
Possible differences and deviations from production environments are a downside … Read the rest
I’m a fan of syntax highlighting. To me it makes programming easier since variables and strings stand out visually. In a GUI environment a nice color theme has the same effect. In both cases it can make things more … Read the rest
So, my laptop generally is upgraded. I don’t want to take the time to fully re-install and Ubuntu has made that pretty smooth with their 6 month releases.
As of late I’ve noticed that in chrome on some web pages … Read the rest
I’ve given up on cable and satellite TV. For my needs a combination of MythTV, Hulu, and [Amazon Prime] are sufficient.
So, essentially my “TV” is an Ubuntu box. Recently that box died and I replaced it with … Read the rest
At work we often conduct meetings as a Google Hangout and Ubuntu running Chrome works very well for this. Unfortunately, I found that sometimes the video quality was a bit iffy and the controls offered by Hangout don’t let you … Read the rest
So, my TV is an old PC running MythTV. I also plugged firefox into that so that I could watch the free Amazon Prime offering and I also had Hulu integrated. All was well, until Hulu broke after a … Read the rest
I’m an emusic subscriber and I found it remarkably challanging to get the emusic downloader (emusicdlm) to open the emusic download files. Well after some digging and find various hints on the topic I found a comfy way to do … Read the rest
When DNS is unavailable the internet always seems down. And sometimes it’s just really really slow waiting for timeouts. The other day the primary DNS server in my house failed and I once again thought that there had to be … Read the rest
Running with Unity on Ubuntu 11.10, I’ve had a few sporadic X crashes. This seems to be due to the librecord.so module and you end up with something likethe following in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
Backtrace: [224197.616] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x37) [0x80a66f7]… Read the rest