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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 →

Vista RC1. Pah!!!

Alan Doyle — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:13:49 +0000

Well I’ve gotten Windows Vista RC1 and well it fared no better than Pre-RC1. Am I dissapointed? … Yes Am I surprised? … No. To be fair to Microsoft the problem is partly Toshibas fault but I can’t help but remember that I was at least able to install Windows Vista Beta 2 when it Continue reading →

More Vista woes …

Alan Doyle — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:12:29 +0000

Well today I’ve downloaded Vista Pre RC1 DVD ISO and tried to install it on my Toshiba Satellite A30-104. Upon inserting the DVD and pressing a key at the prompt I got the standard black and white progress bar, however when it reached 100% and attempted to switch into the GUI installer I got a 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 →