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Solution to Lenovo Y410 Sound Problem On Ubuntu 8.04

Filed in Linux, Programming, April 27, 2008, 4:21 am ,

Update 2008-11-20: In a comment, Ace pointed out that Ubuntu 8.10 already has this problem fixed.
Update 2008-10-6: please don’t use the y410_sound script from this article since I don’t own a Y410 anymore, so I couldn’t test and maintain the script. Instead, please follow the solutions given in the comments. They seem to work pretty [...]

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Hardy Heron

Filed in Linux, April 25, 2008, 2:32 am

This post is composed under Ubuntu 8.04 — Hardy Heron.
I installed Hardy in my Lenovo Y410 half an hour ago. Most hardware (monitor, video card, wireless card, wireless mouse, webcam, etc.) work out of box, but like 7.10, the sound card still requires some efforts to make it work. In software, Gimp is upgraded to [...]

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Gutsy and Chinese

Filed in Linux, October 21, 2007, 5:52 am

After 3 days playing with Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon, I would say that I am not very satisfied with it; the ratio between excitement and disappointment is 4 to 6.
The excitement comes from the new Compiz and all the new upgrades and features, the disappointment comes from the support to Chinese language.
I love beautiful desktop [...]

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UW is ready for Gutsy Gibbon

Filed in Linux, October 18, 2007, 2:06 am

Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon, will be released some time today and I cannot wait!

I know that there will be a big rush into Ubuntu’s servers at the time of the release, so I decided to download the CD image from a mirror site. I then went to the mirrors list, and surprisingly, I saw UW [...]

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Why ShipIt?

Filed in Linux, October 9, 2007, 8:48 am

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) now can be pre-ordered in ShipIt. When I was filling the order form yesterday, I was wondering some questions: Are there any real needs for me to order free CDs from ShipIt? I can burn CD/DVDs myself, is this a kind of wasting resource?
In my hands, there are only 3 Ubuntu [...]