I have admittedly put it off for way too long. The recent OpenSSL Vulnerability with weak keys prompted me to change that on one of my systems. I was forced to use dist-upgrade when OpenSSL would not update, leaving me to continuously recreating weak keys. While I normally update packages using the command line, I [...]
Thursday, February 14, 2008
I’ve recently learned that many issues related to suspend and hibernate are directly related to the video drivers. Even when not using the restricted drivers, often laptops still don’t correct handle suspend, hibernate, and resumes for both. I’ve written about my problems with suspend and hibernate in the past, and I’ve recently received help from [...]
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Having been an Internet user for a long time, I am well versed with a few topics related to peer-to-peer file sharing using the torrent system. On Windows, I used uTorrent, and initially after my switch to Linux, I continued to use uTorrent, just because it used less memory than Azureus. Eventually, using applications under [...]
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
I’m going to highlight my top 10 Kubuntu apps that are not a part of the base install system. This post is more advanced, and some of the software listed may require compiling from source.
Miro – instant access to recorded video from internet sources such as Google Video, YouTube, etc. Formerly known as DemocracyTV player, [...]
Filed in Amarok, Audio, DNS, DemocracyTV Player, Gutsy Gibbon, GwenView, Image Viewer, Inkscape, Kubuntu, Miro, Quanta+, Software Reviews, Tellico, XSane, kMyMoney, ksquirrel, moblock, mp3, transKode
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
This is going to highlight my top 10 Kubuntu applications that are installed in the Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon base install. It’s going to focus on all KDE native apps for the purpose of integration into KDE. I use almost all of these on a daily basis, and with few exceptions do I have alternatives [...]
Filed in Akregator, Gutsy Gibbon, KDE, Kaffeine, Katapult, Kate, Konqueror, Kontact, Konversation, Kopete, Windows, XP, ark, k3b
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Monday, November 26, 2007
It’s been awhile since I’ve written, mostly because I’ve moved to a new apartment. It’s a huge relief to get off the third floor, but it sure has slowed down my postings.
I’ve kind of gotten settled into the new apartment now, and have been spending some time getting Gutsy back the way I had Feisty. [...]
What a disappointment. I’ve previously written about experiencing the Blank Screen Bug in Gutsy with the Release Candidate CD. Today, I was forced to experience that the problem is still there on the official release. I used Adept Manager to update 16 packages it noticed that were behind. After the update, it finally figured out [...]
I found users on Launchpad describing a bug I was encountering with Gutsy Gibbon. I haven’t tried the official release cd yet, and may not encounter it there.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
With the release of Kubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon, it’s now time to get started on the update. I’ve been trying for two days and I haven’t been able to get Adept Manager to recognize that there’s a new update. I am not able to devote very much time to it, so I’ll continue to try [...]
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Great news! The Release Candidate of Ubuntu and Kubuntu 7.10 code-named “Gutsy Gibbon” is available for install and is suitable for testing by any user. The complete official documentation on the upgrade is available for review. I didn’t see the expected updates I was looking for mentioned, but I just skimmed it. I have always [...]