Monthly Archives: January 2006

Gentoo Works, Yay!

Hey guys, sorry about not posting in a day or two. I’ve been really busy with school. Here’s what happened since my last post though. I reinstalled Kubuntu since my last post. I used the “expert mode” during the install. … Continue reading

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Gentoo Works! … but then I broke it.

I finally got to boot into a GUI last night. Something is wrong with my nVidia module and/or driver. What, I don’t know, but something is broke. The only way I could get it to boot into GNOME was to … Continue reading

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Oh Gentoo why do you do me the way you do!

I complain a lot on here about Gentoo, but the truth of it is, its all my fault . I really mean that. Its my own fault none of this works, I have no idea what’s going on, and sadly … Continue reading

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Gentoo Continues to frustrate

Ah, the pain of a Gentoo installation. This makes either the third or fourth attempt at an installation of Gentoo, I can’t honestly remember now. Either way I’ve never seen a single icon, or picture, or even a internet site … Continue reading

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Gentoo Update

I’ve now moved back into school here at Marshall University and I can’t get Gentoo to work. How so? Well I can’t get the Gentoo LiveRun CD to properly configure my internet. Which is very odd to me. I assume … Continue reading

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Back to Gentoo for another round

I’ve cleared my system. The only thing left on the harddrive is a half installed version of Gentoo. For some reason the Gentoo install won’t configure my Ethernet card automatically here at school, even though it did at home. My … Continue reading

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One by one, and then all over again

I’ve spent the past day since my last post continuing to make Ubuntu look and feel the way I like it too. I’ve since figured out how to get my trash icon up on the desktop, found a new splash … Continue reading

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Ubuntu is slowly coming together

Since I’ve last posted I’ve moved back into my college dorm. A pain in the butt, but none the less something I have to do. By the way, I’m not a computer science major if you were wondering. Odds are … Continue reading

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I have given up on Gentoo

Well sadly, Gentoo Linux is beyond my level. I cannot get it work on my setup at all. I have not given up on it totally yet though. Its still a great OS I think, its just to much for … Continue reading

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Installing Gentoo: Part 2

Well, to get us started, I have bad news and good news. First the good news, I finally got a version of Linux to successfully installed on my computer. In my case Gentoo Linux has completed its task and installed … Continue reading

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