Compaq Presario V3010AU

compaq-presario-v3000-notebook-pc_190×170.jpgRecently my company bought a few laptops from Compaq.  Two of them are Compaq Presario V3010AU.  The laptop comes with AMD Turion Dual Core CPU which was very new to me.  To this day I still have to deal with only Intel processors and specifically IBM Thinkpads.  So, it was quite interesting and a challenge to have Compaq laptops.  Besides having brand new AMD processor it has DVD burner, a very cool Altec Lansing built-in speakers, SD-MS-MMC-XD Card reader(hell knows what kind of cards are they), 3 USB ports, wireless (of course!) and some other cool stuff.

The first thing that attracts is the shiny glossy design with a wide screen.  The other noticeable thing is the buttons, it’s kinda new approach to design the buttons that way.  However I find it uncomfortable.  For instance, you can’t feel the volume of pressure when pressing the buttons.

The first thing I did was to install FreeBSD.  I failed miserably.  After a quick google I found out it can be installed with some patches.  So, why not.  I gave it another try.  Here’s how chfl4gs installed FreeBSD on this laptop.  Since it isn’t for my use I skipped installing FreeBSD and installed Ubuntu on it instead.  Ubuntu, as I had expected, runs just right out of the box - thanks to Debian Linux and Ubuntu Linux teams!

After 2-3 weeks of using it I did not find it more powerful then my thinkpad but again this is a rough review since I did not test it in detail.

March 21, 2007 | Filed Under Hardware, Laptops | Leave a Comment 

Testing desktop blog publishing

I am writing this post on w.bloggar v4.00, it is kinda cool to have for a blogger who does not have constant internet connection or is traveling.  You can write your articles and save them locally on your computer and once you get online you will be able to post them to your blog instantly.  It supports almost all the commonly used blogging platforms starting from Wordpress (I use it) and even LiveJournal and MySpaces and lotsa other blogging platforms.
So let this be my first test message posted using w.bloggar

March 19, 2007 | Filed Under internet | Leave a Comment 

Breathe new life to your old PC

I bet you have some old PC(s) lying around somewhere at home. With the help of Open Source softwares you can still use those old PCs for real work. When I say old I mean it, it can even be your Pentium 486 and above PCs which you think is not up-to-date and which you might think of getting rid of. So don’t do it yet! Try using open source OSes, softwares on them before you say they are of no use. Here’s a list of a few examples you can use it for:

So, again, if you have some old PCs that you think is outdated and old, think again. Maybe you can find some job for it?

There are lots of Linux/BSD distributions you can use for the above mentioned purposes. I will be posting my experiences setting up those examples on old PCs that I can find in my office and home. So, this post will be like intro for that.

March 19, 2007 | Filed Under Hardware, Linux, Uncategorized | 2 Comments 

gFTP replacement?

I don’t like gFTP at all.  Period.  I am looking for a replacement.

I love FileZilla but unfortunately the version for Linux is still under beta…

What I’m looking for in FTP client:

Most of the above mentioned features are absent in gFTP.

March 13, 2007 | Filed Under Linux | Leave a Comment 

3D Windows Vista

March 13, 2007 | Filed Under M$ | Leave a Comment 
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