From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:21:23 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Undo save to wrong file. X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/b930b26ee67546bfbe60cde22ac5051e9e51e9ea?ds=inline Undo save to wrong file. --- diff --git a/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt b/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt index 9880467f77..ee5852259f 100644 --- a/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt +++ b/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt @@ -1,89 +1,47 @@ -Title: How to test if a laptop is working with Linux -Tags: english, debian, debian edu -Date: 2010-12-22 14:55 - -

The last few days I have spent at work here at the University of oslo testing if the new -batch of computers will work with Linux. Every year for the last few -years the university have organized shared bid of a few thousand -computers, and this year HP won the bid. Two different desktops and -five different laptops are on the list this year. We in the UNIX -group want to know which one of these computers work well with RHEL -and Ubuntu, the two Linux distributions we currently handle at the -university.

- -

My test method is simple, and I share it here to get feedback and -perhaps inspire others to test hardware as well. To test, I PXE -install the OS version of choice, and log in as my normal user and run -a few applications and plug in selected pieces of hardware. When -something fail, I make a note about this in the test matrix and move -on. If I have some spare time I try to report the bug to the OS -vendor, but as I only have the machines for a short time, I rarely -have the time to do this for all the problems I find.

- -

Anyway, to get to the point of this post. Here is the simple tests -I perform on a new model.

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By now I suspect you are really curious what the test results are -for the HP machines I am testing. I'm not done yet, so I will report -the test results later. For now I can report that HP 8100 Elite work -fine, and hibernation fail with HP EliteBook 8440p on Ubuntu Lucid, -and audio fail on RHEL6. Ubuntu Maverik worked with 8440p. As you -can see, I have most machines left to test. One interesting -observation is that Ubuntu Lucid has almost twice the framerate than -RHEL6 with glxgears. No idea why.

+Title: Now accepting bitcoins - anonymous and distributed p2p crypto-money +Tags: english, debian, bitcoin, personvern, sikkerhet +Publish: 2010-12-10 +Date: 2010-12-10 08:20 + +

With this weeks lawless +governmental +attacks on Wikileak and +free +speech, it has become obvious that PayPal, visa and mastercard can +not be trusted to handle money transactions. +A blog post from +Simon +Phipps on bitcoin reminded me about a project that a friend of +mine mentioned earlier. I decided to follow Simon's example, and get +involved with BitCoin. I got +some help from my friend to get it all running, and he even handed me +some bitcoins to get started. I even donated a few bitcoins to Simon +for helping me remember BitCoin.

+ +

So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder? It is a digital +crypto-currency, decentralised and handled using peer-to-peer +networks. It allows anonymous transactions and prohibits central +control over the transactions, making it impossible for governments +and companies alike to block donations and other transactions. The +source is free software, and while the key dependency wxWidgets 2.9 +for the graphical user interface is missing in Debian, the command +line client builds just fine. Hopefully Jonas +will get the package into +Debian soon.

+ +

Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR. +There are companies accepting +bitcoins when selling services and goods, and there are even +currency "stock" markets where the exchange rate is decided. There +are not many users so far, but the concept seems promising. If you +want to get started and lack a friend with any bitcoins to spare, +you can even get +some for free (0.05 +bitcoin at the time of writing). Use +BitcoinWatch to keep an eye +on the current exchange rates.

+ +

As an experiment, I have decided to set up bitcoind on one of my +machines. If you want to support my activity, please send Bitcoin +donations to the address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. Thank you!

diff --git a/blog/data/2010-12-22-laptop-test.txt b/blog/data/2010-12-22-laptop-test.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9880467f77 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/data/2010-12-22-laptop-test.txt @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +Title: How to test if a laptop is working with Linux +Tags: english, debian, debian edu +Date: 2010-12-22 14:55 + +

The last few days I have spent at work here at the University of oslo testing if the new +batch of computers will work with Linux. Every year for the last few +years the university have organized shared bid of a few thousand +computers, and this year HP won the bid. Two different desktops and +five different laptops are on the list this year. We in the UNIX +group want to know which one of these computers work well with RHEL +and Ubuntu, the two Linux distributions we currently handle at the +university.

+ +

My test method is simple, and I share it here to get feedback and +perhaps inspire others to test hardware as well. To test, I PXE +install the OS version of choice, and log in as my normal user and run +a few applications and plug in selected pieces of hardware. When +something fail, I make a note about this in the test matrix and move +on. If I have some spare time I try to report the bug to the OS +vendor, but as I only have the machines for a short time, I rarely +have the time to do this for all the problems I find.

+ +

Anyway, to get to the point of this post. Here is the simple tests +I perform on a new model.

+ + + +

By now I suspect you are really curious what the test results are +for the HP machines I am testing. I'm not done yet, so I will report +the test results later. For now I can report that HP 8100 Elite work +fine, and hibernation fail with HP EliteBook 8440p on Ubuntu Lucid, +and audio fail on RHEL6. Ubuntu Maverik worked with 8440p. As you +can see, I have most machines left to test. One interesting +observation is that Ubuntu Lucid has almost twice the framerate than +RHEL6 with glxgears. No idea why.