Fixing No Sound Bug on Dell Inspiron 1520 in Ubuntu Gutsy

Though it’s been a while since Gutsy was released, I couldn’t try out for various reasons. But finally I got my hands on Gutsy DVD edition, and I sat about installing it on my Dell Inspiron. I noticed first signs of trouble when Gutsy was taking unsually long to boot up. Switching to verbose [...]

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My Laptop Chronicles: Installing openSUSE 10.3 on my Dell Inspiron 1520

When I got my Dell Inspiron, the first thing that I wanted to do was install openSUSE 10.3 on it. After all openSUSE has been serving me well all these years! Because of time restrictions and office workload being too much, I couln’t do it. So when the weekend arrived, I decided to install it!
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My Laptop Chronicles: It gets better!

First up, if you haven’t read my previous post, go read it!
Now, after you’ve read the post, you people can get an idea as to how pissed off and frustrated I was. The following day, ie, Tuesday, I was determined to finish off the work come no matter what! So armed with my Cheque book, [...]

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My Laptop Chronicles: How Fate has decided that I SHOULD NOT get a lappy ASAP

Mega Post ahead: You have been warned!
There’s something called fate. Answers.com defines it as
“fate (fät) pronunciation
n.
1. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events.
2. The inevitable events predestined by this force.
3. A final result or consequence; an outcome.
4. Unfavorable destiny; doom.”
The past few days have convinced me that Fate has it that I [...]

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