Upgraded to Lenny – How to fix broken sound

After upgrading to Lenny, everything was really smooth and in order. The only package that didn’t upgrade automatically was Quanta. So from the command line, I did a quick install of Quanta and good to go. Well, sort of. After the upgrade, I rebooted to find that my sound was broken. Up in the top [...]

Upgraded Linux Version (Debian, Ubuntu) – How to fix slow internet

The directions below are a bit outdated with the latest version of Ubuntu. You can still disable IPv6 in Firefox per the instructions below, but if you’re on Ubuntu (or any variety of Ubuntu), there is no longer the alias file. Instead, use sysctl to disable IPv6 without rebooting by typing this in Terminal (you [...]

How to Upgrade Debian Etch to Lenny

Yesterday I decided to take my debian system from Etch to Lenny, stable to testing. Quite a few of the programs I use had some major upgrades that I wanted to get. So, I planned to take an hour or two and convert to Lenny. It took forever! But, from that experience I learned alot, [...]