timdoug's tidbits

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Run it is root.

Debian unstable just upgraded to xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2.8.0.

Sid has recently moved grub to grub-legacy and made grub 2 the default.

There's been a lot of development with regard to Intel's new UXA acceleration framework for its GMA integrated graphics chips.

I'm nowhere close to having the knowledge of a true Debian Developer, but I've used the OS enough to want to create my own packages.

Tap to click on a trackpad is a terrible idea.

Great news: almost everything works out of the box.

I just picked up an Asus Eee PC 900HA.

Done on a standard Debian installation with a sane toolchain installed.

Very much so.

What could be better than flexing a bit of matrix-multiply muscle?

Edit /etc/security/limits.conf, open up a new shell, and have fun with ulimit.

So.

Code like this: ",".join(nodes_list[:num_nodes]) Objects, strings (finally sane in 3.0), lists, list slices...

I conveniently forgot the password for my year-old PS3 installation, but conveniently recognized that kboot is a little Linux installation in and of itself.

Debian is aptly (hah!)

I purchased a PS3 last summer with the express intent of running some simulations and benchmarks (and playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue), but never got around to it (the first part, that is).

GFLOPs are fun.