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CyanogenMod 7 On Rogers Captivate
The CMSGS team has for the last month been releasing beta versions of their port of CyanogenMod for the Samsung Galaxy S line of phones, including the Captivate. CyanogenMod is interesting because it is the first ROM for the SGS that can actually be described as developed by real developers. They have taken the source…
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Oracle’s Möbius Strip Of Stupidity
I need to patch and update some Solaris/SPARC boxes, using the latest Solaris Patch Cluster from Oracle. Nevermind the flash animation that their support website consists of, the best part of the process so far has been this: The zip file that the patch cluster is distributed as is continually failing to unzip successfully on…
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Removing The AT&T Boot Screen From A Samsung Captivate
Anyone who has played around with custom ROMs on their Samsung Captivate (particularly if you started with the Rogers SGH-I896) knows that there is an AT&T logo when you first boot the phone. It’s mildly annoying for those of us who don’t actually have an AT&T phone. Well, I’ve found a solution. First, an explanation of how…
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Bufferbloat: Finally It Has A Name
By configuring the buffer to run at just slightly less than the modem sync rate, you can be sure that packets will never queue up on the modem itself. And that, right there, resolves the problem of bufferbloat.
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Installing trixbox As A Xen Virtual Machine
My cordless phone are dying. For years now I’ve used a pair of GE cordless phones and a Linksys SPA2100 with the Primus TBB VoIP service. The batteries and LED screens on the phones are pretty well shot at this point, so I need a replacement. But why would I buy another set of analogue…