New member of the Mjanja family

I picked up a new Lenovo ThinkPad T420; it’s fast, feels great, and I’m loving it! It came with Windows 7 preinstalled, but I’ve never been a Windows guy and I ain’t about to start now. Within an hour of unboxing it I had installed Ubuntu 11.04 and compiled the latest stable Linux kernel: [aorth@ndechu: […]

Passion is contagious

Note: this was originally posted on my other blog, where I write about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya. I’ve cross posted it here so people understand why I created Mjanja Tech. Anyone who knows me hata kidogo (even a little!) can tell you I love Linux. While it certainly is true, I’m stoked about […]

The “meh” heard around the world

The other night I was hacking away, compiling kernel patches for my Huawei U8150 until the wee hours of the morning. It all started with tj_style’s mutli-touch gesture patches, and then estebanSannin/JackTheVendicator’s over/underclock patches. I got to thinking, “Hmmm, I could probably add all sorts of performance and usability tweaks into this kernel. If for […]