Author Archives: J. D. Bartlett

Unity Launcher/Sidebar Missing on Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on Monday 7 November 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

As I mentioned previously, I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a new laptop. Then Unity stopped working. And so did Unity 2D. This is a problem, since those are the only two desktop sessions installed by default with the latest … Continue reading →

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Broadcom Wireless BCM43224 on Thinkpad, Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on Friday 14 October 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

I have a new ThinkPad. It’s nice and shiny. It comes with Windows 7, so I installed Ubuntu 11.10. The snazzy Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:0576] wireless card did not work out of the box in Ubuntu. This is odd, … Continue reading →

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Pygtk: reparented windows responding to size allocations

Posted on Monday 25 April 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

Today’s post is an obscure technical one that I imagine will be completely irrelevant to all of my normal readers at the time I write this. I write to save someone in the future from the hours of debugging and … Continue reading →

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A Letter to King Larry

Posted on Monday 18 April 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

Mr J. D. Bartlett, To His Royal Highness King Larry, by the grace of God, King of Google, Lord High Executioner of Blogger, Emperor of YouTube and his other domains. Monday 18 April 2011   Your Royal Highness, First of … Continue reading →

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Does a DUO Pen Work in Ubuntu

Posted on Monday 11 April 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

I’ve recently bought a PnF DUO Tigital Tablet Pen. Basically it’s a pen and a sensor which use ultrasonics to turn your screen into a touch screen. PnF provides supporting software for Mac and Windows, but not for Linux. In … Continue reading →

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