Phrank's Ubuntu Blog

Got my EEE PC T91SA tablet netbook today.
Throwing Ubuntu 9.10 on it - Will update on how to get things working!

Video (Intel GMA 500): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1378746&highlight=gma+500
Touch: http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:KbvsEge9UmgJ:setupguides.blogspot.co...

Just sold my older EEE PC 701SD and bought a refurbished EEE PC T91SA on ebay.

The T91 has a tablet mode and touchscreen - I'm gonna throw Ubuntu 9.10 on it, of course, and use it for class/ebook/browsing

I'll update this post once I get it and install Ubuntu with recommended apps for touchscreen

I've been working on a web-based homework assignment scheduler/planning system.
Fun stuff - What little time I have to program!

It allows you to enter your syllabus information for each class, and then you can see what assignments you have due each day in at one glance:

It's my first program in php from scratch - try it out @ http://hp.online02.com

I'm going to rewrite it in php/mysql (currently cgi and text files) and hopefully release it soon

So my Dad's computer had a few Trojans on it - Such a pain, so much so, that he install Ubuntu!

But He still needs XP, so here's how to remove those nasty viruses with ClamAV

This would work from a Ubuntu liveCD as well, so you could just boot to a CD, and run these commands

Install ClamAV

Update Virus definitions

Find Windows Partition - You want the partition that is NTFS - That's the root windows partition - /dev/sda2 in this case

A quick walkthrough on setting up scripts in the Nautilus right-click menu

I updated the webpage that displays our home automation status. It shows the last 3 things that have happened, but now the time and temp as well.

I switched out the new P4 system and put up a couple of old PII's to run firefox in fullscreen.
I also switched from windows XP to a small linux distro called DSL - I remastered the ISO so that it would all boot from a CD, so there's no need for a hard drive.

A few things I used:
DSL Linux

R-Kiosk Extension for FF 2.0 to start the browser in fullscreen mode
Ratpoison window manager, via MyDSL - Allows you to position the mouse pointer in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, so you don't see it! - just put 'addhook switchwin banish' in the ~/.ratpoisonrc file
Edited .xinitrc to to turn off the screensaver (xset s off &) and start firefox with the URL to my Home auto server web app
Edited .destop to use ratpoison instead of jwm

It work quite well on the old PII systems - When the power goes out, it won't ruin anything, and it'll start right back up later!

Here's a how-to on remastering the DSL cd:

Just got a couple of old ZipIt wireless messengers off of e-bay.

Hoping to put a basic install of linux on them and use them for home automation.

fun, fun!

SH scripting is so much fun! And useful. I've written a simple script that downloads various comics from different websites for the current day. Fairly simple:

Just wrote a little script that rotates my background ever once in a while - as to not get bored!

Save as rotate.sh and make executable