Archive for October, 2008

Intrepid Ibex is out …

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 →

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Alan Doyle on October 30th 2008 in Ubuntu

Internet connection fixed!

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 →

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Alan Doyle on October 23rd 2008 in Hardware, Virgin Media

Can only connect to some websites ???

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 →

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Alan Doyle on October 22nd 2008 in Hardware, Virgin Media

Severed Fifth – Denied by Regin is out … Go get it …

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 →

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Alan Doyle on October 21st 2008 in Music

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