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HOWTO: Ubuntu on the BeagleBoard

This post is more to gather information that's spread over a few different pages all into one place, so if I need to do it again from scratch I've got an easy reference to follow. I'm running on Mac OS...
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Ubuntu on ARM – running on the BeagleBoard

I'll post up a HOWTO later, but for now here's where I'm at with it: ubuntu@beagleboard:~$ uname -a Linux beagleboard 2.6.29-oer44.1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Sep 3 15:45:34 UTC 2009 armv7l GNU/Linux ubuntu@beagleboard:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 3...
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The BeagleBoard

I'm working on a project that's pretty scant on details at the moment, but it's going to be based around a small computer with an attached LCD. I haven't selected the display it will use yet, but the brains of...
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A people’s history of the internet

The Guardian have put together some history, as well as input from their readers and produced a great overview of the last 40 years of teh interwebs. On one hand you could say "Look how far we've come" yet on...
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YouTube – It’s Party Time!

YouTube - It's Party Time!. This makes that terribly painful Microsoft Windows 7 Launch Party video actually worth watching. Just a couple of subtle edits...
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ZFS on Mac OS X… Not so much.

The writing was on the wall when it wasn't shipped with Snow Leopard, in fact Snow Leopard had even worse zfs support than Leopard did, and that's saying something. The ZFS project has been discontinued. The mailing list and repository...
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Way to go Optus…

What a great idea, release some pretty decent wireless broadband plans, with a decent amount of monthly data... for 12 months. Then, after 12 months, once you've got used to using your wireless data you get the wonderful gift to...
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Jeremy Clarkson on: idiots – BBC Top Gear

I really can't say it any better than this: Now let me make one thing absolutely plain. Dress codes are for the terminally stupid. Telling your guests what to wear implies that a) you are a megalomaniac or that b)...
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