I recently got an Asus Eee PC 4G so I could avoid lugging around a heavy notebook when traveling. The Xandros distro which came preinstalled was cute and booted very fast (~17 secs), but ultimately I felt I needed something a bit more versatile (oh, the stock Xandro also lacked WPA2 wireless support, which was [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Firefox'
Asus Eee PC 4G (700) setup notes, links
November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Firefox, Linux, Python, Ubuntu
Upgrading Ubuntu on a Vostro 1500 laptop : Gutsy (7.10) to Hardy (8.04)
September 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Firefox, Linux, Python, Ubuntu
Previously, I have posted about my experiences installing and testing Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) on my Dell Vostro 1500 laptop. Since I set it up, I’ve been happily using it every day. At the time everything generally went pretty smoothly, but being a fairly new piece of hardware, there were a few hiccups that required some [...]
Forcing Firefox to remember passwords for del.icio.us (and other sites that turn off autocomplete)
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Firefox
A few weeks (months?) ago I noticed that the del.icio.us login page would no longer get auto-filled with my saved username/password information in Firefox. This is presumably Yahoo trying to be uber-secure, but for me, it’s just an annoyance … my Firefox passwords are secured by a Master Password, and having the fields autocomplete just [...]
