This morning I upgraded my G1 gphone from RC33 to CRB43, otherwise known as the Google Android 1.5 Cupcake. Flashing my G1 was quite easy, it is just a matter of downloading the firmware from the web, renaming it to update.zip and moving it to your the root of your mini SD card. Hit Home - Back, open the keyboard when you see the G1 logo, alt-l (small L), and then alt-s to … [Read more...] about Google Android 1.5 Cupcake Working on my G1
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My Vietnamese 8th Graders are new Linux users
With just less than one month left of class, I decided to see if my 8th Grade students at the American International School in Saigon would be interested in learning Linux. I am glad I tried because these kids seemed to be having a lot of fun. This week I just wanted them to learn the basic Linux command line. Since the school only uses Windows XP, I worked with the IT … [Read more...] about My Vietnamese 8th Graders are new Linux users
Job Opening: PHP Programmer – People with Ideas
People with Ideas is currently recruiting for a full-time PHP Programmer. Job description and contact information is below. Description: PHP programmer with great problem solving skills needed. Will work with internal projects that involves well thought through database structures in MySQL, well written/structured/secured PHP code and front end solutions in … [Read more...] about Job Opening: PHP Programmer – People with Ideas
Fedora (10) ca0106 Audigy SE sound card working with 5.1
Today I installed Fedora 10 on my desktop. I need to spend some months working with Fedora to prepare for my Red Hat Certified Engineer exam which I will hopefully take this summer. I immediately had sound problems. Luckily, I was able to refer to my old posting from one year ago for the fix. This is just an edited version of that post. My desktop is currently using … [Read more...] about Fedora (10) ca0106 Audigy SE sound card working with 5.1
Giving KDE 4.2 a try on my Arch Linux Desktop
Well, it has been over a year since I made the move to the Gnome Desktop. I was not happy happy with KDE 4 and ended up dumping it. I thought the KDE Developers were crazy for making too many innovations. It was too buggy and took a lot of resources to run it. Now KDE 4.2 is available and I am hearing a lot of good praises. Tony(saigonlinux) runs it on openSUSE and gave … [Read more...] about Giving KDE 4.2 a try on my Arch Linux Desktop