The Blog of InfamousEric

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been having net connect problems.
The connection speed would dive to less than 1kbps and stay there, than it would jump to near normal than dive again.
A couple days ago I saw a download speed of 246 b/s…
Spoke with the ISP, they know of the issue, but haven’t been [...]

So I’ve now put together a backup/media server for the house.
The intent is to set it up to backup the client machines, configs & docs.
While at the same time serve as a media server, for movies, pictures, music, etc…
I’m using Ubuntu Server 8.04 64bit, the thing is fast and clean.
It’s a Sempron 2800, with [...]

So I went ahead and changed to Linuxmint 7, KDE Version.
The wife has been using the Gnome version for a few weeks now, and I figured, I’ve had enough of the Microsoft headaches for awhile.
Of course, Linux is not as polished, or easy to use as Windows, but it also doesn’t have the inherent [...]

Installed Linux Mint 7 on one of my machines at home this last weekend.
Looks like this is the version to have, setup was a breeze, does all the basic stuff I want it to.
It’s clean, fast, and secure…
I used the Gnome version, but I think I like the KDE version better

So I downloaded the RC copy of Win7. I figured I’d try it out before committing to purchasing yet another MS Win version. As I was installing I get an error, stating that Windows cannot find the cd/dvd drivers. Yet it’s read the data off the dvd that I booted to. Why am I [...]

It works pretty good.
Of course, it’s got a few issues. It won’t run The Sims 2, it fights me on retaining the resolution, there seems to be an issue with Blu-ray.
But playing standard dvd’s, of which I have over 200, it up converts awesome. I was shocked at how good it looked.
I’ll figure out [...]

For the living room. I wanted to build it slow. You know a couple parts here, a couple parts there.
Eventually, it would play Blu-Ray, but I figured I start simple. I had an old MSI board with a Sempron 2800, and 2 gigs.
So I figured I use that as a base, knowing I’d be changing [...]