New Ubuntu Wallpaper
Sun, August 16th 2009 at 12:03am
Was just playing around in Photoshop and this wallpaper was the result. Just thought I would share.
Ubuntu at Night 1920x1200 Wallpaper
Microsoft Hate or Love? Who Cares
Fri, July 24th 2009 at 02:58am
After reading some quotes from Linus about the recent code submission from Microsoft it got me thinking about my feeling towards Microsoft. In the past when I was in University I really did have some strong negative feeling towards Microsoft. I had to use their software, and it did not always do what I wanted how I wanted it done.
However now that I am older and… well just older I find myself caring much less about who makes the software, and more about whether it works or not. In the end that is what’s important.
For example, I wanted to build a home server and I automatically went for Ubuntu server. I fought to get the printer working, then fought to get CUPS working, then Samba etc. I know that Linux could do everything I wanted, but every feature I wanted require setup and time on my part. In the end I only had a Print server and a very simple Samba share.
In the end I bought Windows Home Server for $99.00 with the hardware I used for the server. So far it is doing everything I want, plus with add-ins seems to offer many options for expansion. I will go into Windows Home Server a little more in a later post.
I think the point I am trying to make is that I am trying not to judge products on who makes it. Just because Microsoft makes something does not make it bad, and just because something is Apple or Linux does not make it the best solution. With information reviews, and other peoples experiences so readily available we can make informed choices about products and rely less on brands.
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Arch Linux on the M1330
Sat, August 11th 2007 at 03:24am
Well after using my new M1330 for a week I am pretty pleased. Everything is great, except for the noise coming from the CPU area, but that is for another post. This post is about my initial experiences installing Arch Linux on my new Dell XPS M1330.
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Denim Wallpaper
Thu, July 19th 2007 at 01:18am
Recently Vladstudio released a great new wallpaper and tutorial. The new wallpaper uses denim textures to make a really interesting looking effect on screen. I liked it so much I decided to take a shot at the tutorial. The follow are my results.
After following most of the steps in the tutorial, and improvising a little, I came up with something I was pretty happy with. I decided to take a slightly more clean cut and artificial look that Vlad did. That clean look basically means no stitches for now.
Obviously these wallpapers are a lot more simplistic that the Vlads, but I actually like the simplistic look and just enjoy the texture of the denim on screen.
Anyway, hope some of you enjoy it. (Note: Read the entire post to see the attachments).
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Compiz Fusion
Sun, June 24th 2007 at 11:15pm
The follow video just really got me excited about trying out the new Compiz Fusion project. It really looks amazing.
I especially like the new ability to group windows together, and flip them around like each window is on the back the other. The Linux desktop is really coming into it’s own right now, if only it could get better application support!
Now that I have a bunch of Adobe products installed on my main system Linux has pretty much dropped out as an option for me. When you do not rely on a specific set of applications to do your everyday work it’s a lot easier to pick and choose OS’s.
That being said I still love to use Linux and I am planning on buying a laptop very soon mainly so that I can have a Linux system again. Then I can use my desktop for work related stuff, and use my laptop for everything else.
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Intel P965 Motherboard and Ubuntu Part3
Mon, September 18th 2006 at 12:13pm
* UPDATE 9/18/2006 6PM: I am downloading a Kernel update in Dapper right now, hopefully it contains the JMicron patch.
Here is a new update on the continuing struggle to get Linux running on an Intel P965 motherboard with the JMicron PATA controller.
There have been two more patches commited to fix the problem. The main patch has been added to Edgy Eft which should allow the user to access their PATA drives connected to the JMicron chip. A similar patch has also been applied to the Dapper Kernel so it should now be possible to create a custom Ubuntu install cd with the new updated Dapper cd and install from there.
Hopefully this also means that Ubuntu will have support out of the box with the next release.
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Ubuntu Patch for P965 Motherboards
Tue, September 12th 2006 at 12:25am
Looks like a patch has been commited to the Ubuntu development branch. This is good news because it atleast means that we should be able to install Ubuntu Linux 6.10 when it is released on a P965 based motherboard with the JMicron chip.
Also if this Kernel gets backported to the Dapper branch then we maybe able to create a custom install cd with the new kernel, and any other custom packages you may want. Then get dapper running on the new system.
If you are one of the few people who went to all the trouble of using one of the work arounds to get Ubuntu Dapper running on your P965 motherboard, then you should be able to use a backported kernel to support it.
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Core 2 Duo and Linux
Sat, September 9th 2006 at 02:01am
* UPDATE 9/18/06: Patches for Edgy and Dapper released
* UPDATE 9/11/06: There is now a patch for Ubuntu Edgy Eft
Ever since the Core 2 Duo was announced I have been planning on building a new system around it and then using Linux as my main system on it. That however is proving to be a bit harder to do that I would have liked.
I was starting to think that Linux was over the hump when it came to basic hardware compatibility. Even it the main distros did not support all your obscure hardware like USB webcams, or TV tuner cards, you could pretty much install Linux on any system you got. However with the new Core 2 Duo systems that has changed.
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Upstart Ready for Edgy Eft
Mon, September 4th 2006 at 03:20am
On Friday Scott James announced that Upstart is now ready to replace sysvinit. Recently when I gave my first impressions of Upstart, I was a little worried that this system could not be ready for Edgy next month. After reading this update though I feel more confident that the Ubuntu team can pull it together and get it working for the 6.10 release.
It now seems that they have all the basic functionality in place to make a full replacement of sysvinit. With my initial review I was a little concerned when I realized you could not easily shut down or restart your system using Upstart. Now that have that functionality the system really does look like it will be ready for the release of 6.10.
Personally I can not wait, I like change it gives you something to look forward too. Far too many Linux distros are stagnating recently, just release updates to programs that have been around for many years. That stability is great for servers, but for desktop systems they thrive on change. Sometimes it is good to shake things up a little.
*Update 9/12/2006: Fixed a silly typo where I said upstart “is not ready” when I meant to say upstart “is now ready.” Big difference. 
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