08:58PM Mai 07, 2009 in category dev/fun by Alexander Pirsig
Wer immer noch Windows User ist oder seinen Freunden klar machen will warum Linux sooooo viel cooler ist als Windows, der findet hier sicher die richtige Argumentation für den Wechsel zu Linux: http://www.ubergeek.tv
09:06AM Apr 24, 2009 in category Linux & Co by Alexander Pirsig
Canonical's neuer Release ist da! Wie schon von vor ein paar Tagen angekündigt habe hat Ubuntu gestern seinen neuen Release (Version 9.04) Jaunty Jackalope veröffentlich. Der Release selber Teilt sich in drei Versionen eine "Desktop", "Server" und ganz neu "URN" (Ubuntu Netbook Remix) ein.
Wie der Name schon sagt, ist die URN Version eine angepasste Desktop-Version für Nootbooks mit spezieller Unterstützung für Funktionen wie zum Beispiel den Hibernate/Suspend modus. Eine Liste der bis dato getesteten Notebooks kann hier gefunden werden. Klick
Was Jane Silber, COO, Canonical kann hier gelesen werden.
Jane Silber, COO, Canonical, says: “With every release, we see Ubuntu Desktop Edition make significant steps forward in appealing to mainstream computer users. With access to the latest office productivity suite, support for Skype and Adobe Flash, and faster boot times, we're confident that Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition will see more people join millions of others and make the switch to an open platform."
07:31AM Apr 16, 2009 in category Linux & Co by Alexander Pirsig
Yes I did it!
This day I desided to give Ubuntu 9.04 a try, I first had misc feelings about the upgrade because jaunty is still in beta. So first I tried it on my test desktop. The upgrade is relative simple. Fire up a terminal an make sure you have all new packages from intrepid installed then make the dist-upgrade. To accomplish this use the following settings:
# Get root access
sudo bash
# Fetch all new packages for intrepid
aptitude update
# Upgrade all packages for intrepid
aptitude full-upgrade
# Fire up update-manager and start dist-upgrade
update-manager -d
After starting the update manager with "-d" option you should see a field telling you "New distribution release '9.04' is available" click on upgrade and follow the instructions. The upgrade to jaunty took me about one to one and half hours. I've working with it for one day now and hat only one minor issue, my flash player in firefox killed the browser after 10sec. or so... but after reinstalling flashplayer from adobe I had no more issues.
One of the small thinks for gnome uses is the new notification system. Here is the flash movie for it: