Great resource for Linux on the Toshiba M400

I upgraded from the Toshiba M200 to the M400 a while back.  I’ve tried many different Linux distributions since then, briefly flirting with Fedora 11, and have now settled on Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha.
Anyway, that is all beside the point.  Anyone setting one of these up needs to take a look at this site.  It discusses [...]

Posted at 1:49 pm on 2009-09-30 | Comments Off | Filed Under: Linux laptops, Ubuntu | read on

Sony eReader 505: Not great

I’ve had a Sony eReader PRS-505 for almost a year now.  What a frustrating device.
I typically try to use it like a book, and it fails constantly.  Examples:

I was reading another real book, so hadn’t used the 505 for a while.  (Weeks.)  I was heading somewhere, grabbed the 505, hoping to read it.  No joy.  [...]

Posted at 4:19 pm on 2009-09-27 | Comments Off | Filed Under: Linux Devices, eBooks | read on