Tag Archives: Ubuntu

HOWTO: Use an XBox 360 Dance Mat on Ubuntu Karmic

Normal XBox 360 wired controllers are supported out of the box on Ubuntu Karmic (9.10). However, it seems that dance mats such as the one that comes bundled with Dancing Stage Universe behave a little differently. Here’s how I got mine to work. This HOWTO is in the public domain. You are free to re-post

All Bugs Are Shallow… Except This One

In his essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”, Eric S. Raymond coins the phrase “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” — meaning that with enough testers and enough programmers, it is possible to diagnose and fix any software bug. So why can’t my computer suspend and resume properly? The concept of ‘suspend’ — or