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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Pt. 2

Joe — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:38:24 +0000

So I've had 8.10 installed for just under a week now, and so far, all is well

I have actually been making use of a tabbed Nautilus (yay!) which I didn't think I would. I've also been using my VPS to torrent the desktop and alternate versions of Intrepid (32 bit versions). Stats of that at the time of writing are:

Desktop - Uploaded: 8126 MB
Alternate - Uploaded: 1680 MB

As you may have guessed - the alternate iso has only been seeding for a day or so. But this is what VPS's are for I'll continue seeding until Sunday night (GMT).

As for what I think of Intrepid on my laptop...well...I love it (as always). The only downside to it that I can complain about is the fact that unless I play my audio at near inaudible volumes (thus defeating the object of audio ). The sound distorts like a music concert recorded on a mobile phone (cell phone for the Americans reading this ).

Luckily - I don't need to use the sound a lot, I've been playing my music from my iPhone and it's dock, as it has a lineout on the rear of the dock

All in all - I think Intrepid is a decent release, though I totally understand people sticking with 8.04.1 as it's an LTS. I mean, I was considering it, but I love upgrading!!

In other news - that isn't worthy of it's own post - I'm going to be going to a LUG meeting next week, it'll be the first time I've ever been, so I'm a little nervous, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. I'll let you know

My Laptop Has Been Suspended!!

Joe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:33:03 +0000

Yes that's right - I had a fiddle with the power settings on my Ubuntu installation earlier

I'm pleased to say that suspend works great with my laptop Which I'm sure will come in useful while moving between lectures at Uni when I go back.

Not much else to say really, I'm just glad it works! Holiday next week, so no posts for around 2 weeks

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Joe — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:10:55 +0000

I'm writing this from the Live CD of the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) Beta.

I'm REALLY impressed, more than I was with Gutsy (7.10)! I'll most likely be installing this later on tonight, and I'll put up the results on my other blog (blog.joeb454.com) afterwards. I'm out til later tonight, and most of tomorrow, but the results will definitely be up at some point Everything seems to be working out the box which is nice.

Also this mark's the first time I've used a Linux disc-burning app...I'm using Windows less and less now-a-days, though despite that, I'll keep it on my laptop, just because I'd find it hard to delete something I've paid for