I've always found linux distribution names amusing. … [Read more...] about Crazy Distro Names – The Dapper Drake
Debian
Mandrake (mandriva) on the laptop
Over a year ago I first put some form of linux on my laptop. My distro choice at the time was Mandrake 9.1, but I moved on to try other distributions. To date my old Dell has seen: Mandrake 9.1 Mandrake 10.0 Suse 9 Ximian (on Suse - I know it's not a distro, but it is a big change) Debian testing Ubuntu Mandrake 10.1 (official) The last one went on this evening :) … [Read more...] about Mandrake (mandriva) on the laptop
Debian Sarge Released
Well all the waiting is over. The latest stable version of Debian, codenamed Sarge, has finally been released: http://ftp.debian.org/dists/stable/Release - read the version info at the top of the file (nicely spotted davew) There's a couple of mentions over on Planet Debian, but nothing major. I updated my apt sources last week in preparation for the final release, so that's … [Read more...] about Debian Sarge Released
Installing Ubuntu on Dell latitude laptop
I've been meaning to try out Ubuntu linux for a while. Everybody seems to have got CDs, so getting my hands on the media wasn't much of a challenge. The CD pack comes with 2 CDs: - live CD - install CD As I hadn't ever tried ubuntu and my cd-rom drive has been known to be tempermental I first gave the live CD a go. It was up and running in a couple of minutes with a gnome … [Read more...] about Installing Ubuntu on Dell latitude laptop
Bored with system utilities?
Niall came across this the other week, but I am yet to see it in action. It's a little application that displays a "Hot babe" As your system load increases the "babe" strips. Kind of silly … [Read more...] about Bored with system utilities?