The Penguin meets a Feisty Fawn and other Tech stuff
This penguin has recently been working with the latest edition of Ubuntu Linux which was just released to beta, version 7.04 code name Fiesty Fawn. This version of Ubuntu is showing some great signs of being what could lead to a larger adoption of desktop linux. I ran two tests. The first test was running the live cd on my Thinkpad laptop. The disc booted up and all my hardware including the built in wireless card and bluetooth card were found correctly. I was able to connect to the home wireless network and work with all the included applications. An internet connection and a copy of Firefox can get me through to most of my daily resources. I love the fact I could use the live cd option to test things out instead of having to worry about blowing away my work laptop with a potentially harmful installation (This is no indication that Ubuntu has a bad installation, I just worry about data loss and toying around with stuff). The second test was on the Dell Dimension E520. When I did this test with Edgy Eft (6.10), it wouldn't boot to the Gnome desktop. This was due to the ATI video card (X600) not being run with the proper driver. In Fiesty however, this was no longer an issue. I was able to get to the desktop. The only problem was the Dell 1450 Wireless USB Network Card. I didn't have any notes with me about how to use the ndiswrapper program to load the windows driver. I will have to give it a try later when life isn't so hectic. Overall I think that the usability factor is dead on for this new release of Ubuntu.
I have been trying to be a good memeber of the Digg community, each day going out and rating new articles. Today a new Digg-like site was launched called Tweako. This is a site that lets the users rate technical guides, how-to's and tutorials of various topics. Being someone in the IT field, I'm always looking for a quick site to find a lot of good information to learn new stuff. This site definitely has potential.
I've been trying out the Democracy Video Player. It is a nice RSS aggregation tool for video podcasts and IPTV shows. I can find all the episodes of my favorite shows like DL.TV and Geekbrief.tv as well as tons of other "channels" with new stuff being added all the time. It's a nice alternative to iTunes but I still need a better RSS tool for regular websites and podcasts that I like to follow.
This penguin has recently been working with the latest edition of Ubuntu Linux which was just released to beta, version 7.04 code name Fiesty Fawn. This version of Ubuntu is showing some great signs of being what could lead to a larger adoption of desktop linux. I ran two tests. The first test was running the live cd on my Thinkpad laptop. The disc booted up and all my hardware including the built in wireless card and bluetooth card were found correctly. I was able to connect to the home wireless network and work with all the included applications. An internet connection and a copy of Firefox can get me through to most of my daily resources. I love the fact I could use the live cd option to test things out instead of having to worry about blowing away my work laptop with a potentially harmful installation (This is no indication that Ubuntu has a bad installation, I just worry about data loss and toying around with stuff). The second test was on the Dell Dimension E520. When I did this test with Edgy Eft (6.10), it wouldn't boot to the Gnome desktop. This was due to the ATI video card (X600) not being run with the proper driver. In Fiesty however, this was no longer an issue. I was able to get to the desktop. The only problem was the Dell 1450 Wireless USB Network Card. I didn't have any notes with me about how to use the ndiswrapper program to load the windows driver. I will have to give it a try later when life isn't so hectic. Overall I think that the usability factor is dead on for this new release of Ubuntu.
I have been trying to be a good memeber of the Digg community, each day going out and rating new articles. Today a new Digg-like site was launched called Tweako. This is a site that lets the users rate technical guides, how-to's and tutorials of various topics. Being someone in the IT field, I'm always looking for a quick site to find a lot of good information to learn new stuff. This site definitely has potential.
I've been trying out the Democracy Video Player. It is a nice RSS aggregation tool for video podcasts and IPTV shows. I can find all the episodes of my favorite shows like DL.TV and Geekbrief.tv as well as tons of other "channels" with new stuff being added all the time. It's a nice alternative to iTunes but I still need a better RSS tool for regular websites and podcasts that I like to follow.
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