Archive for August, 2008

Identi.ca

Posted by Joe in Internet on August 27th, 2008

I recently signed up to Identi.ca (around Monday evening GMT).

Basically it’s like Twitter but it’s Open-Source, and has a large following from the Ubuntu community, a lot of the members from the Forums are on there too :) As well as being open-source, it supports OpenID which means you can use 1 login across multiple websites (read the link for more info).

In all I actually prefer it to Twitter (I deleted my Twitter account). You can find me at http://identi.ca/Joeb454

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Ubuntu 8.10 – My Thoughts So Far

Posted by Joe in Ubuntu on August 24th, 2008

I know it’s only Alpha 4, but I decided to install it on my laptop last night because I can, and I had nothing else to do.

So far so good, it’s got to be said! There’s a few issues I’ve noticed though, these are:

  1. gvfs-trash errored out on first boot, doesn’t seem to work
  2. gnome-power-manager did the same
  3. Shutdown from the shutdown menu doesn’t work
  4. Keyboard shortcuts don’t work

Now I can’t really comment on the first 2 because I just sent off the error reports and then I got no more prompts…or running applications ;) Though shutdown is an odd one, I have the button on the far right of my top panel, and under the system menu. Trying to shutdown or restart from either doesn’t work at all. I hope this gets fixed soon, until then I may added a launcher to my panel to shutdown instead;)

Keyboard shortcuts is a pain, I have a keyboard shortcut for the terminal, but it doesn’t work :( So I tried changing it to a different key combo – still no dice. It’s a shame, it’s only now that I’ve realised how much I used it. I hope this also gets fixed really soon, so I can remove the terminal icon from my top panel.

Other than that I’m really enjoying the Intrepid Experience so far. The “newhuman” theme has grown on me quite a bit. I actually quite like it now, I was unsure at first. Also Compiz works great (cube deformation & 3d windows have been added to my features). On Ubuntu 8.04 running 3d Windows made my laptop grind to a halt…smooth as anything now :D I’m happy!

I’ll post more thoughts after Alpha 5, Beta & RC etc. :) Until then – have a screenshot or 2

UPDATE: Thanks to this comment I managed to get my terminal shortcut back – so thanks for that :D I still think that’d be classed as a bug though.

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rsync & Python

Posted by Joe in Linux, Ubuntu on August 10th, 2008

I just finally got around to using rsync to backup my laptop to my home server :)

It’s really good, I’d recommend it to anybody for a good backup solution. I’ve backed up my entire home folder to it (but not onto the samba share ;) ) I thought about that one!!

I’m now looking for another mini project, SVN was considered, but I guess it’s a little overkill. Still, I need something to do!

On another note, st33med from the UbuntuForums and Beginners Team held a python tutoring session today on ##beginners-classroom (on irc.freenode.net) And it went on for a whole 3 hours!! It was originally planned to be half an hour ;) I believe the logs are currently being sorted out. I have to say I enjoyed it, and I’m looking forward to further tutoring sessions held by members of the Ubuntu Community.
:D Congrats to st33med

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Update on Ubuntu Stuff!

Posted by Joe in Ubuntu on August 8th, 2008

I’m finally settling into my new found position on the Forums. I’m still doing what I normally do, just with less reporting of posts :p

Also the other week I decided to go for Ubuntu Membership, and the meeting was last night (I thought it was the Friday night…I decided to go through the Americas board, to guarantee that I would be home, and lets just say that the timezone’s got the better of me :)

I got accepted as a member, which means some of you may well be reading this blog post from http://planet.ubuntu.com (o hai!!1!) So you’ll occasionally see some stuff from me there.

I think that’s all I have to say :)

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