It’s alive … It’s just been announced on the Ubuntu Mailing List that Intrepid Ibex is out. I’ve been looking forward to this release and running it on a spare PC since Alpha 4. Congrats to everyone at Canonical and the Ubuntu Development Teams for yet another awesome release. The latest release notes can be Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on October 30th 2008 in Ubuntu
A couple of days ago I was having problems with my Internet connection but I’ve solved them tonight. I put my networking hat on (I used to write embedded software for routers and network switch equipment) and worked through a few steps to diagnose the issue … MTU. By default my router (Linksys WRT54G running Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on October 23rd 2008 in Hardware, Virgin Media
Tonight I’ve only been able to connect to some websites i.e. I can connect to ubuntu.com, linux.com but not osnews.com or ubuntuweblogs.org ??? Last month I was upgraded to 10Mb cable on VirginMedia but I was able to connect to all sites until tonight. The strange thing is 2 friends of mine are also with Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on October 22nd 2008 in Hardware, Virgin Media
Respect and Kudos Jono! The long awaited “Denied by Reign” by Severed Fifth has been released today under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license. How is it ? In a word … AWESOME. Amazingly it’s pushed Machine Head’s ‘The Blackening’ and Lamb of God’s ‘Sacrament’ to the bottom of my playlist. Where can you get Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on October 21st 2008 in Music