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Setup FreeNX under Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Alan Doyle — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:51:16 +0000

Moved … I’ve moved the details of this post to a seperate page which I’ll keep updated for each version of Ubuntu. Currently supported versions Intrepid Ibex (8.10) Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) Thank you for visiting this page.

Upgraded to Intrepid Ibex and the freedom and fun of Linux …

Alan Doyle — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:09:03 +0000

I’ve downloaded the latest 64-bit Desktop Edition of Ubuntu and upgraded my Hardy install (after backing up all of my personal data … learnt this the hard way with Windows) and everything runs beautifully on my Acer Aspire 9303. It was almost too simple. I still can’t believe people think “Linux is hard”. I have Continue reading →

Intrepid Ibex is out …

Alan Doyle — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:07:54 +0000

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 →

Installed Ubuntu Hardy on my laptop

Alan Doyle — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:50:32 +0000

I’ve just finished installing Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) on my Acer 9303WSMi and first impressions are “WOW”, which is what Vista was meant to do but didn’t! I have to agree with K.Mandla it’s so easy. Before I started I had a couple of requirements which I wanted Hardy to meet, mostly getting my hardware to Continue reading →

Ubuntu 8.04 is out

Alan Doyle — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:59:05 +0000

Woohoo. Congrats to everyone at Canonical and the Ubuntu Development Teams. Ubuntu 8.04 is out. I’m currently downloading both the 64-bit desktop and 32-bit server disks so I can install them tonight. Happy days. Update: I’ve successfully upgraded my server from 7.10 to 8.04. Hardy rocks. It was the most painless upgrade I’ve ever done. Continue reading →

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) out tomorrow.

Alan Doyle — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:00:24 +0000

I have to say I’ve been looking forward to this for a while now. I’m absolutely sick of Windows Vista SP1 on my laptop (an Acer Aspire 9303) (Camaxtli). I’ve already ranted about Vista on many, many, many occasions and as of tomorrow I can kiss goodbye to Windows forever. I plan on running Ubuntu Continue reading →

A New Beginning …

Alan Doyle — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:22 +0000

Today is a new day, a new year in fact, I don’t normally do “New Years Resolutions” and I’ve just realised that I’ve been working on new versions of my 3 websites ( Darkbyte, Osmium Consortium and My DVD Collection ) for over 2 years and still haven’t put anything on-line. I’ve reckon I’ve rewritten Continue reading →

Acer Aspire 9303 WMSi Webcam – Ubuntu

Alan Doyle — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:43:24 +0000

UPDATE (30/04/08): This web camera is now supported natively in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), and above, which makes these instructions moot. I have an Acer Aspire 9300 ( 9303WSMi ) and I’ve finally managed to get the webcam working under Ubuntu with one caveat. The webcam in my Acer is also a USB2.0 WebCam. To Continue reading →

Windows Vista – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Alan Doyle — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:05:59 +0000

Well I finally got to try out Beta 2 of Vista last weekend, which I had managed to download from the Microsoft site before they closed its doors on the Beta test. I was looking forward to it because I’d heard a lot of mixed press about Vista and wanted to make up my own Continue reading →