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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Seamless Window Integration – Preview

31-Jan-08

I’ve got a tutorial in the works that I’m really excited about. If you use virtualization much you might want to come back for this one. I’ll outline how to setup and run seamless window integration using VirtualBox for your virtualized applications.  I’m not sure how I’ve missed using this for so [...]

Changing The System Keyboard Mapping on Ubuntu (Dvorak vs Qwerty)

31-Jan-08

Many of you know that I’m a dvorak user. Yeah, I use that funny keyboard layout that makes others want to pull their hair out (or punch my lights out!) anytime they sit down to use my machine. It has been just over a year now and I can’t imagine switching back [...]

OpenID re-activated

30-Jan-08

After a few updates on the plugin that I’m using and a bit more testing I have re-activated the OpenID plugin for Wordpress.  If you’re an OpenID user please let me know if you run into any issues.  I have tested with my identity and it seems to be working well enough..
If you haven’t yet [...]

Ubuntu Folding IRC Channel

29-Jan-08

A few of us from the Ubuntu Folding Team setup an IRC channel today for support and discussion of folding. If you’d like to join us drop by in #ubuntu-folding (freenode).
You can find support for folding.sh (my application) if I’m around, or discuss other methods for running the distributed computing client.
Links:
Download folding.sh
Ubuntu Folding Team [...]

Medibuntu : The Only 3rd Party Repo I Use

29-Jan-08

I am generally very wary of suggesting the use of 3rd party repositories. I rarely, if ever, use them myself, even if it’ll make installing an application a bit simpler. The bottom line for this is that I want my machine to be as supported as it can be, so I generally only [...]

Ubuntu Live : Call For Paper… Suggestions

24-Jan-08

I attended Ubuntu Live last year and I really enjoyed it! I met a lot of great people there and I decided last year that I’d be back the next, and also that I’d submit a paper for presentation this year. I meant to last year but at the last minute decided against [...]

Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS Released

21-Jan-08

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS, the second maintenance release of “Dapper Drake”. This release includes updated Server installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.
About Ubuntu
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Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy install and regular releases. A [...]

Shell Shortcuts

21-Jan-08

I was tearing away this morning configuring something in the shell. My wife peaks over my shoulder and says “How do you do that?!” I have a nice laugh and there was born an idea for my next post. This post outlines
some basic shell shortcuts. note: these use the default [...]

Selecting a Local Repository Mirror

20-Jan-08

There was some discussion the other day in #ubuntu-us about some people having issues using the default repository for fetching updates.  I mentioned that they might want to use a local repository mirror instead.  I’m lucky enough to have an ISP that mirrors Ubuntu repositories (Xmission ftw!!).  You may not be so lucky, but there [...]

Packaging Request For Folding

19-Jan-08

If you’ve followed this blog over the last six months you probably know I’ve been developing a little piece of software that facilitates in installing (and MUCH more!) the Folding @ Home distributed computing project on Linux machines.  I’ve had a great lot of fun writing and developing this software, and based on the number [...]