Well, I made the plunge. I wiped my hard drive clean last night, and installed Foresight to bare metal. Why not a VM like originally planned? I don’t know what the issues were, but KVM was sloooooooooow. Reading up on all the support questions, docs, wiki’s and sites I could find, [...]
This may or may not be interesting to any of you, but I’m writing about it at any event. Earlier today, I was browsing around Distrowatch.com, and I came across the FAQ. The 2nd to last question in the FAQ is as follows:
You list so many distributions. Which one do you use:
In [...]
Lately, I’ve had on my mind the desire to run different operating systems, other than Debian and Ubuntu. I’ve always had this weird interest in operating systems, so when I discovered Unix and Linux, it intrigued me to run them on my own system. Unix never went far, as the only “distro” I [...]
One of the big advantages of typing in the Dvorak layout is the comfort that comes with it. It is estimated that you spend nearly 70% of your time typing on the home row, with only 30% of your time stretching for letters off of the home row. If that’s the case, then [...]
Yesterday, I acquired a Sun Microsystems UltraSparc 10. What was the first thing I did? Put Linux on it of course. Debian Etch was the ultimate decision. Why not Ubuntu? I already have Dapper Drake powering my main server, so I thought I’d give Etch a try as a [...]
We just had 4 new teams go up to the CC in their IRC meeting for approval, and all 4 teams were approved. They are:
Georgia
Michigan
New Jersey
New Mexico
Congratulations all 4 teams!
What does this mean? It means that 4 Ubuntu LoCo teams have become recognized by the Ubuntu Community Council to receive some special incentives. [...]
I need to get this down in a post as the energy from it is just exciting.
When Christer went to UDS, he came back with a wealth of information, and shared it with the project showing us how we could improve Ubuntu as LoCo teams from many differing angles. The result, I think, is [...]
With the recent news of my wife and I receiving a baby (she’s due any moment now), my wife will be quitting her full-time job as a 2nd grade school teacher come June of 2008. This means a lot of changes in our lives (income adjustments, responsibilities, etc), but most importantly, it means that [...]
I’m a bit bothered by something that no one can seem to give me a clear answer on: why is the default umask in Debian/Ubuntu ‘022′?
Let’s think about this for a second. Back in the days of historical UNIX, probably for decades, the traditional file permissions of ‘read’, ‘write’ and ‘execute’ was sufficient [...]
Lately, I’ve been getting quite interested in virtual machines. Namely, Linux/UNIX on Linux. When I got my new T61 laptop, even before, I have been looking forward to virtualizing Linux operating systems. Gentoo, Fedora, OpenSUSE, etc. So, first thing first, find a good virtual machine to run these guests.
I had already [...]
I’m currently getting tired of my theme (madcow) that I’ve been using in Irssi. It’s been my main theme since practically the day it was released, which was probably a couple years ago. It’s been good, but I’m ready for something new. So, if you use Irssi, and use a theme other [...]
Tagged irssiI just caught up on my feeds, and read Carthik Sharma’s post, Installing Vista Fonts In Ubuntu. From a completely Free Software standpoint, I’m going to argue why you would not want to do this.
First, is the license itself, which should always be looked at when dealing with fonts, media, codecs or software. [...]
Who else does this? In my network, I have come up with a little scenario, where I get to play the Greek god Zeus. In my fantasy network world, I have named the router in my network after my brother Hades. As such, any computer that resides behind that router, I have [...]
Being an Ubuntu/Debian user (yes, I use and advocate both), I have fallen in love with the Advanced Packaging Tool, also known as apt. Before Ubuntu, I played in the world of RPM hell, with distros such as Red Hat itself, Mandrake (as it was called back then), and even SuSE. I would [...]
The #1 aspect that I just love about Ubuntu is the community. Making friends, acquaintances and just general social networking. Having places to turn when you need help, and being there for someone to turn to when they need help, not to mention general social atmospheres and hanging out. I understand that [...]
