Posted in Desktop Linux, Xubuntu on Mar 27th, 2008
With the successful Beta release of Xubuntu 8.04, I got to thinking of some of the qualities that have always drawn me back to using Xubuntu. I know that people have spirited feelings about their desktops of choice in the Linux world, but I thought I’d present a few reasons (8.04 reasons, to be exact) [...]
Posted in Collaboration, Desktop Linux, Documentation, Teamwork, Xubuntu on Mar 25th, 2008
The Xubuntu documentation for 8.04 is done, and the doc-centered folks are now working on updating the wiki. There are still quite a few holes in it for now, but we’re working fairly quickly. I like the new menu bar. It makes it easy to get around.
Also, I know it’s not much notice, but tomorrow [...]
Posted in Collaboration, Desktop Linux, Documentation, Xubuntu on May 16th, 2007
Tonight I went to a couple of Linux-related events after work, and I’m glad I made it out. I first went to an initial set-up meeting for a Chicago Gnome user group. We had some informal discussions about Gnome, and what a Gnome user group might be and do in the city.
Kevin is [...]
Posted in Desktop Linux, Installation on May 12th, 2007
How about replicating an installed package list this way:
dpkg –get-selections | grep ‘[[:space:]]install$’ | awk ‘{print $1}’ > packagelist.txt on the old machine,
then:
sudo apt-get -u install `cat packagelist.txt` on new machine,
That should work. Only disadvantage is that you’d have to download the installed packages from the ‘net onto the new machine, rather than having [...]
Posted in Desktop Linux, Installation on May 11th, 2007
Apt on CD looks pretty awesome for For x/k/ed/ubuntu and debian users . . . There’s got to be a way to back up all of your installed .debs without the gui, but this will be useful for most desktop users. And I like how it allows you to share the packages [...]
Posted in Desktop Linux, Licensing, Microsoft on Apr 13th, 2007
From this wikipedia article:
Much like Windows XP Starter Edition, [Windows Vista Starter] will be limited to emerging markets such as Brazil, Colombia, India, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, mainly to offer a legal alternative to using unauthorized copies. It will not be available in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Australia.[4] It will have many [...]
Posted in Collaboration, Desktop Linux, Xubuntu on Mar 21st, 2007
I went to the organizational meeting for Free Geek Chicago last Wednesday night, and got pretty inspired about what the group doing.
Free Geek Chicago is kind of like Habitat for Humanity, but for computers. Basically, people can work at the facility for 20 hours (over several weeks), and then earn a free computer. People can [...]
Posted in Desktop Linux, Hardware on Mar 19th, 2007
In regards to Dell’s explorations/websites/surveys regarding Linux on the desktop… I think it’s good they’re asking, but I don’t expect something soon. And if it happens, I don’t think that we’ll see any discount on computers because of them having Linux on the desktop. And I don’t expect any support from Dell (or anyone else) [...]
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