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Err and err and err but less and less and less

David's blog

Err and err and err but less and less and less

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Ubuntu fonts problem after reboot

My screen fonts under Ubuntu are occasionally completely screwed up. They show up in blue with overstrikes: I think this happens when I reboot my machine without a second monitor being attached to it, which it usually has. I suppose X.org gets confused when it cannot find a monitor that used to be there. To […]

Strongest chess program money can (not) buy

Kinda offtopic, but I’m also an avid chessplayer, so… Crafty is recognized as one of the strongest open-source chess engines available, having once achieved a rating of 2792 on the internet chess server and having an estimated 2608 ELO rating. A default installation on Ubuntu 8.04 (e.g. aptitude install crafty and aptitude install crafty-books-medium) will […]

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