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This will be a quick tutorial describing how to install Debian 5 Linux onto an HP DV3-2150US.

Laptop Specs:

• Intel T6500
• Intel GMA 4500MHD
• 60GB OCZ Summit SSD
• Broadcom BCM4322 Wireless

Configuring the Intel GMA 4500MHD

1. Open a terminal
2. Become super user (type "su" then enter your password)
3. Type this into the terminal:
   

   gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

4. Scroll down to the section headings "Device" and "Screen", then modify them to look something like this:
   

     Section "Device"
          Identifier      "Intel 4500MHD"
          Driver          "intel"
     EndSection
    
     Section "Screen"
   

Just a list of some of the comments I get when I kill people then taunt. I find it kind of amusing :)

Ferdinand the Bull

i do love the guys that kill then taunt. its so... making me think they must get swirlied at school everyday

The other day I stumbled upon two amazing artists that give their tunes away for free as a download. I like to classify them both as indie rock, but that is always up for debate!

Check them out, here are links to their stuff:

Fresh Body Shop
Brad Sucks

Both are really great artists and I highly recommend buying their stuff if you have the money, these guys are what I wish every musician would be. They truly love what they do and are not in it for the money and fame. Fresh Body Shop doesn't sell CD's so I didn't buy his stuff.. Brad Sucks does though, so I bought a couple of his CD's, which are in the mail right now!

If you followed this guide previously, you will need to follow these steps:
1. Open up your steam library.
2. Right click on Left 4 Dead 2.
3. Select the "Local files" tab.
4. Click "Verify integrity of game cache."
5. Wait for your game files to be validated.
6. Follow this guide as normal.
7. (Optional) If you are really picky, you can also remove the radialmenu.txt file we had to place in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\scripts\. It is no longer needed.
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In the end, your goal is to get one (or more) of these:

1. Creating the directory and files

If you have been playing the new Battlefield Bad Company 2 beta, you probably know all about the horrible server browser. You are probably looking for a way to get rid of all the servers from other countries especially. Well, now there is a way (thanks to a big tip from dardf over at NFC, he deserves full credit for this :P).

How to do it:

1. Open the BFBC2Beta folder in your documents folder. If you are on windows 7, it will be located here -> C:\Users\[username]\Documents\BFBC2Beta
2. Open GameSettings.ini in notepad or some text editing software.

I know a lot of you are here for the vocalize commands, but the group I usually game with has just started a 9v9 L4D2 server. I haven't gotten to try it myself, but it would be nice to see some of you guys pop by.

There are instructions on how to connect to the server in this thread. If you already know how to join a server in L4D2, just search for "THE LIZARD LOUNGE | 9vs9 | Chicago |".

Drop by if you have some time and want to give it a shot.

Hope to see you there!

For those of you who play TF2 regularly, you will have noticed that ever since the WAR! update, your game has (probably) been stuttering and crashing like crazy. I think I have finally found a solution to that problem on the steam forums >HERE<

According to Shazril,

      
- Download and install process management software (System Explorer, Process Lasso etc)
- Run TF2 then Alt+Tab
- Set TF2(hl2.exe) process priority to below normal then make permanent.

Now my TF2 runs smoothly. Hope yours [will] too.
      
   

For those of you who are confused as to why your root password is invalid according to netbeans for your ruby on rails project, I have a very quick fix.

According to the netbeans rubygems wiki page,

On some distribution like Ubuntu, the root password is not set by default.

So, you need to run the command "sudo passwd root" to set your root password. You can then use that password in netbeans.

As many of you may have figured out by now based on the content of this blog, I'm a pretty big gamer. I've gone through a few different gaming communities, from Up in smoke (No, I'm not a druggie lol), LanFusion (these guys shut down their servers), and most recently to NFC and their Lizard Lounge servers for the better part of the last two years.

For those of you still playing the first Left 4 Dead, I have some vocalize commands you might be interested in :)

I don't have a full list like I do for L4D2, but I have my old radial menu and autoexec.cfg file if you want them:
Radial menus
autoexec.cfg

Like for L4D2, these radial menus and autoexec.cfg files work well together.