UPDATE: As it has been pointed out in the comments, all of the core repositories are enabled in Ubuntu 7.10. This post will only apply to users still on 6.10 and earlier. It has been quite some time since I’ve outlined adding and customizing your repository setup on Ubuntu. I figure it’s time for a… Read More »
Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 3 was released today. For those that do active bug work please help squash the bugs in 8.04 so we can make a *really* solid LTS release this spring. Release announcement and download locations below: ———- Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-3, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04. Pre-releases of Hardy are… Read More »
I was sitting here this afternoon trying to come up with something to blog about. Looking at some of the wiki work I’ve done recently I realize I’ve made a good use of the gconfool-2 for customizing the GNOME Desktop all from the shell. I thought I’d share some of the basic command structures with… Read More »
I found myself toying with one of my test servers the other nite and realized that I didn’t know what the root password was for my MySQL database. After a quick bit of Google searching I found a very easy solution. Granted this may be limited to recent releases of Ubuntu (tested on Ubuntu 7.10),… Read More »
I’ve previously posted a number of tutorials concerning the coolest chat clients in the universe, irssi + bitlbee. Bitlbee has seen some recent improvements, including a rewrite of the jabber codeset and addition of chat-room support for the IM clients. This mean you can now join jabber conference rooms within bitlbee. I initially wrote most… Read More »
I started a blog post on how to install Ubuntu 7.10 on the EeePC and before I knew it the post was about a mile long. I figured it was better at that point to publish the information on the Ubuntu community Wiki (this one is for you Popey). So, for all of you that… Read More »
Late last nite I downloaded the Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 1 release iso and will begin testing soon. I encourage anyone that is apt for adventure, has spare VM space, or otherwise wants to help out to download the image as well. For more information on this release I’ve included the release announcement email below. Download… Read More »
So I’ve spent the last week in Dallas teaching a Linux system admin course. Part of my job while I’m here is to give an exam on the last day of the course. This requires me to print a few pages for the candidates regarding the exam. Well, I forgot to do it while I… Read More »
So as many of you know I recently got back from the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Boston where we hashed out the details for the upcoming 8.04 release. It was loads of fun, I met a lot of cool people and I’m excited to get a lot of work done between now and then. In… Read More »
On May 9, 2007 RedHat released a set of free fonts called “Liberation” at the RedHat Summit. This font set includes a Sans, Serif and Mono set, and I have been using these fonts for quite some time. I realize I enjoy these fonts but have never shared the steps needed to install them for… Read More »