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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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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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Window Manager Woes

Posted on Monday 18 October 2010 by J. D. Bartlett

I’ve been playing around with different window managers for my Ubuntu installation.  At work in particular, I find it really useful having a tiling window manager because (a) it improves my efficiency because the keyboard shortcuts help to cut down … Continue reading →

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