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Intel Graphic cards, Linux, Xorg and UXA performance boost

For people having Intel graphic chipset under Gnu/Linux, performance using 3D applications or Compiz-* window manager effects has always been a problem. Intel drivers for Xorg never gave problems but have also never been brilliant. I always looked around searching for xorg.conf tuning configuration entries. Today I was simply browsing Ubuntu Wiki and discovered the

Finally, the site has entered top 20000 Netcraft Most Visited Web Sites

It is always a great satisfaction to reach a goal. It took me about 3 years but I finally did it! Today task3.cc entered top 20k in Netcraft Most Visited Websites, at position 19058! On September I desired to re-enter top 30k in about a year after the domain name change . 8 months after

Fedora 10, thank you very much! (macbook review and fixes)

I’ve never been a big fan of rpm-based Gnu/Linux distributions, since I’ve always preferred the stability of Debian and Debian based distros, with their great dpkg system. The problem with Debian on Macbooks is that I do not see both the stability and performance anymore, as I have to use Lenny/Sid. Etch is too old

How to install MintMenu on Debian (lenny, sid)

I really like (and miss) Linux Mint Menu (mintmenu), so I installed it on my Debian Sid box and here is how I managed it: Install mintsystem and mintmenu deb packages, either by adding mint repository to yout sources.list file or by downloading them from mint packages or simplier, by grabbing them from my blog

A test site for BD-theme

I set up a site for testing my theme on a fresh installation of WordPress. This immediately brought very interesting results, as I always tested my theme on my blog which had customization/plugins I could not remember. Nevertheless, I’m going to use this test site for validating the theme against W3C’s HTML and CSS validators.

How to install OpenGEU on Macbook

Introduction This guide will help you to install OpenGEU and every other Ubuntu based linux distribution on your Macbook (either “normal” or pro). Even Ubuntu will work with this how-to. The tutorial is aimed on how to succesfully partition the hard disk and to correctly boot the distribution. For a better post-install configuration I suggest