Tag: Technology

  • Chrome down, Firefox Up

    Big change since I posted 6.8% Chrome usage - SaigonNezumi.com. Firefox and Safari usages has increased significantly for SaigonNezumi.com this week. This is the first…

  • Ubuntu is really boring me on my desktop

    Well, I have been running Ubuntu on my desktop for over a month. In that short period of time, I found that Ubuntu is just not for me. I love it on my Thinkpad, do not…

  • 6.8% Chrome usage - SaigonNezumi.com

    PCMech was reporting 5.67% Chrome usage for their blog. I decided to check the usage for SaigonNezumi.com. Wow, my visitors to my blog were using Chrome 6.8% of the…

  • Google Chrome - What a browser should be -> Simple

    Two popular Vietnamese tech blogs, E-Learner 2.0.vi and Technology as an Innovator, posted about the new Google Chrome browser still in beta in the last couple of days…

  • My New MacOSX-like Desktop

    For some odd reason, many Linux users have been configuring their Linux desktops to look exactly like Apple's Leopard desktop. After reading this tutorial…

  • Web Hosting in Vietnam Sucks

    My client's website was supposed to go live last weekend. Since the website needed to be hosted in Vietnam, I recommended Digipower run by a person I know through a…

  • AIS Linux Lab Redesigned

    Well, last weekend my Linux Lab at the American International School has been redesigned. It is now less cluttered and utilizes the U-shaped design which I prefer for a…

  • Another new Ubuntu User in Vietnam :-)

    Amazing, got another student to use Ubuntu. Actually, he chose to install Ubuntu himself which greatly impressed me. Today at AIS, I watched him install Ubuntu himself…

  • 3G iPhone in Saigon

    My former student, Wendy, showed me her brand new white 3G iPhone last Friday. I was surprised, it was very nice. I hate to say it, the design is much better than the…

  • Setting up LAMP server and Laconica 0.5.0 in Ubuntu Hardy Heron

    Just a writing a post for my students. I want them to set up LAMP and Laconica on their Ubuntu desktops for their projects. LAMP is a software bundle that includes…

  • Ubuntu ca0106 Audigy SE sound card working with 5.1

    I decided to finally install Ubuntu 8.04.1 on my desktop today. One issue I seem to always have with a new Linux distribution is trying to figure out how to get surround…

  • Remastered Ubuntu with Vietnamese language support

    Well, I finally did it today. I was able to remaster Ubuntu 8.04.1 with Vietnamese language support. I used remastersys to essentially create a replica Ubuntu system…

  • Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1 on my Thinkpad T60

    Last Saturday, I got a fully running Ubuntu 8.04.1 system on my Thinkpad T60. Everything is working out of the box including WiFi which was an issue with some other…

  • Linux Desktop back up running

    About a month ago, I accused my Samsung hard drive of creating my many problems with Gentoo and then Arch Linux. At the time, the errors I received seem to indicate that…

  • Flashed latest Nokia OS2008 image on my N800

    Just flashed the latest Nokia OS2008 image on my N800 Internet Tablet. This is supposed to be the last image N800/810 users will need to flash on their tablets. Future…

  • Compromising to Ubuntu

    Well, reality finally took hold on me this week. Yeah, I am a ardent fan of Arch, Gentoo, and FreeBSD. I really like Linux Mint. Unfortunately for me, the Linux…

  • Your 'OLD' iPhones could increase in value inside Vietnam, thanks to Apple

    Thank you Apple!!! :-) Because of your new requirements that buyers must unlock their iPhones at the ATT Store or your Apple Stores, it will be more difficult to bring…

  • Amazing Thursday Morning Bandwidth

    I was using pacman to update my Arch Linux Desktop this morning. As it was downloading OpenOffice, I was shocked to see how fast the downloads were. The average was…

  • Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Released Today!

    This is big news if you are a fan of Gentoo Linux such as I am. Though I have used Unix and Linux for about a year before trying Gentoo back in September, 2003, Gentoo…

  • Arch Linux added to Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror

    Arch Linux has been added to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror at the following URI's: 1. ftp://ftp.indochinalinux.com/archlinux/ 2. ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux From…