Archive for June 7th, 2008

June 7th

How to install Beryl/Emerald on Debian

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Beryl provides neat 3D desktop features, and Emerald is a beautiful window decorator.
Acknowledgement: this information came from debianadmin.com. I am reproducing it here for two reasons. Firstly, it's nice to have my ultimate personal Debian setup guide all in one place. Secondly, the page i got it from has so-called "smart-quotes" which would confuse the [...]

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June 7th

How to configure Nvidia graphics card in Debian

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I got most of this information from the Debian wiki but it is a little complicated, so here's a summary of the way it worked for me. This method involves a re-build of the kernel, but it's not as scary as it sounds.

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June 7th

Greening, and thoughts on population growth

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Resumo: Mi diskutas la problemon de la eksponenciala kreskado de la mondloĝantaro. Mi estis hodiaŭ matene ĉe la kunveno por agado sur klimatŝanĝo.
This morning i went to the Winchester Action on Climate Change meeting. It was really very good; well-attended, with exciting ideas and news about greening projects in Winchester. One idea which particularly intrigued [...]

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