I upgraded my home desktop's Ubuntu install earlier today.It was a relatively painless exercise, though I was trying to do it unattended, which naturally enough didn't work due to a few custom configs I had.I'm used to Ubuntu upgrades wreaking havoc on my graphics settings, but this time everything seems to be working as before. It's interesting to see that the Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Upgrade – Relatively Painless
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Upgrading and Spring Cleaning and Organising Myself
I was intending on putting off upgrading my desktop's install of Ubuntu until the new version had had a chance to settle a bit, but I decided I'd take the plunge regardless. I expect to run into issues with my graphics card - I have with every other upgrade since I started using it, but apart from that it *should* be ok.Since we now offer VPS hosting I really need to move a few … [Read more...] about Upgrading and Spring Cleaning and Organising Myself
Dilbert.com Needs A New Webmaster
A new look and feel was unveiled for Dilbert.com You'd think that people would be delighted, but the opposite is the case.Why?Well whoever is responsible for the screwup that is the new site seems to be living in the past.The new Flash animations are simple Flash. There's no reason why they wouldn't work in most browsers on most platforms, but if you visit the animation section … [Read more...] about Dilbert.com Needs A New Webmaster
Ubuntu Countdown
It looks like the next release of Ubuntu will be hitting a mirror near you in a few days. According to the main Ubuntu site the next stable release will come out of beta in a mere 12 days.So what kind of new features will it bring?What is likely to break? (something nearly always does! :) )I'm seriously considering doing a completely clean install on my home desktop, as a … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Countdown
Changing Server Timezone On Ubuntu
This is another one of those "I know this, but I can never remember how" type things.I'm currently reconfiguring a machine on the other side of the globe, so I want to get it to work to IST instead of EST.A quick google brought up a rather complex way of doing it which sounded really wrong to me, so I refined my query and found the sane solution in the Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Changing Server Timezone On Ubuntu