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I have been using my old Pentium 4 computer with Ubuntu Server with a dual boot version of Windows XP Media Center that is connected to my TV for viewing things on the web like Hulu.  I decided that it makes more sense to add the Gnome desktop so I can use Ubuntu for accessing things on the web instead of having to reboot into Windows.

The process should have been simple enough, add the Ubuntu Desktop using apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and then reboot into the GUI.  Actually, that process did work fine, however after the system booted up all I was left with was a black screen so it really wasn’t helpful. Read the rest of this entry »

On October 27, 2009 NVIDIA officially certified driver version 190.42 for Linux.  The new driver adds support for OpenGL 3.2and several enhancements and bug fixes, for a full list of the updates check out the NVIDIA Website.  When I looked for instructions on updating they all seemed to involve the command line, the process didn’t look difficult but I always like to test things on my own and wanted to install the driver without using the terminal. Read the rest of this entry »