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Asus Eee PC 4G (700) setup notes, links

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Firefox, Linux, Python, Ubuntu

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Replacing tabs with spaces in Python code

August 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Python

There are various reasons why it’s a good idea to stick with using four spaces instead of a tab character in Python code. I’m not going to rehash that particular flamewar inducing arguement here.
I like to use spaces to indent my Python code (and have set up Vim accordingly), but occasionally I have some old [...]

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