http://www.garrettwp.net/wordpress My life... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:50:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala on the Dell XPS 16 i7 laptop is pretty straight forward. Everything pretty much worked out of the box. The only thing that needed to be modified to work was the sound drivers. Sound: To get the sound to work add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf: # Configure the ... http://www.garrettwp.net/wordpress/2009/11/11/ubuntu-9-10-and-dell-xps-16-i7-install/ My new 50inch Samsung plasma. Upgraded from a 52inch Mitsubishi DLP. The TV stand is also brand new. http://www.garrettwp.net/wordpress/2009/11/10/new-plasma/ content to come... Inside of the Studio XPS 16 i7: http://www.garrettwp.net/wordpress/2009/11/10/dell-studio-xps-16-i7-laptop/ My current computer rigs: [caption id="attachment_47" align="alignnone" width="529" caption="From left to right: Server, APC UPS, Main Computer"][/caption] Specs: VM Server Motherboard: BIOSTAR TA790GX XE 790GX Micro ATX CPU: AMD Phenom 9150e 1.8GHz quad core Heatsink: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Memory: 4GB DDR 1066 Video Card: Onboard ATI Radeon HD3300 (running headless) Disks: 160GB System disk, 4TB active disks, 3TB ... http://www.garrettwp.net/wordpress/2009/11/07/current-rigs/ My current workspace: http://www.garrettwp.net/wordpress/2009/11/07/workspace/