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Cooling System for my Shuttle K45

During my shopping frenzy, I got the Shuttle KPC K45 from Canada Computers where they built it as a ready-to-go system. Overall I was pretty happy with it, but it had 2 problems: the CPU and hard drive was slightly … Continue reading

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Ubuntu 7.04 Freezes/Hangs on IBM NetVista

After installing Ubuntu on my IBM desktop, I found that the operating system would freeze after being idle for a random period of time (2 hours – 2 days). Here are some possible fixes that I found. Fix 1: Set … Continue reading

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Building a Server at Home

This is a high level overview of what I did to build my server at home. Hardware for the Server For my server I recycled an older desktop, which works well since most unix operating systems uses less resources than … Continue reading

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