Category Archives: Linux

Flush Your DNS for CSLab Connections

By jama22 | Published: September 18, 2009
Computer Science students at the University of Toronto are more than familiar with this problem.  You want to use the cslab wifi network, but you accidental opened Firefox before you ssh-ed in to bypass the firewall.  Great, now you don’t have access to you homepage (which is really inconvenient if Google is your homepage) or [...]
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Recovering GRUB After Installing Windows 7

By jama22 | Published: August 27, 2009
With the imminent release of Windows 7, I decided to give it a try on my own machine.  Windows 7 RTM (Release to Manufacturer) has already been released through MSDN, and as a UofT student I was able to grab my own copy through MSDNAA @ UofT. A clean installation of Windows 7 is actually [...]
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Bluetooth Tethering: BB Bold + Ubuntu 8.10

By jama22 | Published: April 6, 2009
In my continuing struggle to Linux-fy my X200, I blew away my entire hard drive and loaded the latest Ubuntu (8.10 – Intrepid Ibex).  I’m liking it so far. One of the things with using Ubuntu is that you have to configure most of the hardware yourself.   I had a bit of trouble getting the [...]
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