Tip: How to Configure Your Synaptics Touchpad in Linux

  • Written by Rai
  • Posted May 9, 2008 at 4:02 am

One of the prominent features of notebooks today is the presence of the touchpad in place of a mouse. My Acer 5570 notebook has Synaptics Touchpad which is compatible with Linux systems that I have installed. Though the settings of Synpatics are present by default on systems, you can tweak the settings to match your preferences. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Best Laptops Under $1000

  • Written by Rai
  • Posted March 13, 2008 at 4:38 am

These days, $1000 lands you a pretty well rounded budget laptop. You can easily get 2GB of memory, 120GB or more of hard disk space, 802.11b/g wireless networking, and dedicated multimedia shortcut keys that let you watch DVDs or view documents without booting into Windows. The Acer and Dell laptops in our list even sported HDMI connections, extras we didn’t expect at this price point. Read more here.

Source: pcworld.com

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Kubuntu, Compiz and KDE 4 Part Two

  • Written by Rai
  • Posted January 22, 2008 at 5:51 am

Here is another amatuer video of my Acer notebook with Kubuntu Linux, KDE 4,0 and Compiz Fusion.

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