Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog One of the more amusing permutations was when I first installed Vista, then copied XP into the next partition, and finally installed Ubuntu into the third partition. Ubuntu (Grub) correctly saw that there were two bootable Windows partitions on the...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Having had so much success with Ubuntu on the older "test" laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110), and not expecting to want to try Vista on the newer Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 again anytime soon, I decided to try installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron...
[June 5, 2008, 9:16]
Vista SP1 Installed, Working OK So Far
Blog Anyway, the good news is, Vista SP1 is running, I have reinstalled the Fujitsu Shock Sensor Utility which was preventing it from installing, and so far there have been no crashes, BSODs or the like. Update: On rebooting after installing the Fujitsu...
[August 6, 2008, 11:12]
Apple's Leopard Lasts '30 Seconds' In Hack Contest
News Competitors in the hacking race were allowed to choose either a Sony laptop running Ubuntu 7.10, a Fujitsu laptop running Vista Ultimate SP1 or a MacBook Air running OS X 10.5.2. Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in...
[March 28, 2008, 8:22]
Maybe Vista Really Is Getting Better
Blog This laptop (Fujitsu Lifebook S6510) has the optional 1 GB of "TurboMemory", and I can guarantee you that the previous times I ran Vista I could not see anything unusual about the suspend/resume speed.
[August 8, 2008, 7:51]
New Directions - Ubuntu
Blog I've been considering trying Ubuntu on my "test" laptop, the Fujitsu-Siemens S2110 (AMD Turion 64). Since I always do this sort of thing by swapping disks, and I have a disk for that laptop which I had previously loaded with Vista Home Premium (and...
[May 21, 2008, 16:20]
Dual-Boot Ubuntu And Windows XP Professional
Blog At least from my Fujitsu "recovery" media, installing windows always installs the standard Windows (Microsoft) boot loader, so if you install Ubuntu first, it will then overwrite GRUB and you will have to go back and repair that in order to get...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
