depth first search » ubuntu http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Das Boot http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2008/10/27/das-boot/ http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2008/10/27/das-boot/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:38:14 +0000 JS http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/?p=701 My bootchart:

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In other news, I figured out how to disable my touchpad (it tends to be overly sensitive to taps, which can cause my cursor to jump around). First set:

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

In xorg.conf under the Synaptics device section. After restarting X, the command

synclient TouchpadOff=1

will turn off the touchpad. I believe there are methods to automate this, but they are not yet cooked into the distribution. I  am fairly certain now that these kinds of details are standing in the way of wider adoption of desktop Linux. Gui configuration of the desktop works in Windows, it should work in Linux.

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  1. External monitor support (I’m still working on this)
  2. Quicken 2008 (May work in WINE, but I’ll likely try to switch to another system)
  3. Netflix online viewing (I’m really at the mercy of Netflix, but I can always just watch DVDs)
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