Playing Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Under Ubuntu Linux

Saturday, December 5th, 2009 Posted in 3D, games, linux, ubuntu | Comments Off

[code lang="shell"]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install wine1.2 wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks sh winetricks vcrun2005 sh winetricks d3dx9 wine regedit[/code] under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine, create key Direct3D if it doesn't already exist inside Direct3D create the following ... Read more..

Living Room Media Players / Centers

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in electronics, media, video | Comments Off

The Boxee Box by D-Link Vudu XL Popcorn Hour C-200 LG BD390 PlayOn!HD Roku Mvix Ultio Netgear EVA2000 Neuros Link Another option would be to use an Home Theater PC (HTPC), more expensive but also more versatile. ... Read more..

Ubuntu Doesn’t Save My Sound Settings …

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in linux, ubuntu | Comments Off

For some reason, Ubuntu Karmic wasn't saving my sound volume and settings that I set using the Sound Preferences. After attempting to run alsactl store I got: $ alsactl store alsactl: save_state:1530: ... Read more..

Broken Ubuntu Karmic: How To apt-get upgrade Using The LiveCD

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in linux | Comments Off

If your Ubuntu installation (or any other linux distribution that has a liveCD) is broken and can't boot because of a faulty update, you can try to update your installation ... Read more..

Linux Xorg Broken After Kernel Update and Reboot Because of Nvidia Driver

Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in linux | Comments Off

Re: help!! the last update broke my boot press alt+printscreen+r (to release the keyboard from the Xserver) then hit crtl+alt+F1 (and log in) sudo pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the ... Read more..