My regular notebook computer has become dog-slow when loading Ubuntu. I don’t know how I have screwed up the install, but I have decided to install again. Not Ubuntu this time, though. I was going to install Fluxbuntu, but decided against that. I have downloaded Xubuntu 7.10 and I will be installing that distro. It uses XFCE instead of Gnome or KDE. I have used XFCE before and am really comfortable with it, so it should be a good match. I will backup my data before I take this step, though.
The real challenge in this is always wireless support. I can get it working, but it’s not very straightforward. I hope to have all this working before the North Idaho Linux Users Group meeting on Saturday.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- The True Cost of Spyware
- Linux goes walkabout
- My New Asus Eee PC
- Cobra takes a bite at open source
- Icon herding gets easier with Tango Generator
- Choose the DVD ripper that’s right for you
RIAA/MPAA/IFPI/BSA/FCC
- What piracy crisis? MPAA touts record box office for 2007
- Battle brewing over MediaSentry’s subpoena stonewalling
- Broadcasters blast FCC localism proposals
- IFPI Pressure Forces ISPs to Block Another File-Sharing Site
- ‘You’re jerks!’ – student tells RIAA
- I don’t like the RIAA and never will
Stupid Patent Tricks, Copyright, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- Attorney Sanctions in Patent Trials, a Trend?
- Pwnage
- If People Actually Hate Your Product And Say So, That’s Not A Trademark Violation
- History suggests copyright crusade is a lost cause
- Digital copyright rules still in limbo
Liberty and Security/Our Rights
- Hackers find clever new way to hose Google users
- TSA launches search for the perfect laptop bag
- More F.B.I. Privacy Breaches Reported
- Michael Chertoff: Homeland Security confidence
Other News/Public Stupidity
- Jobs Thinks iPhone Too Good For Flash
- Bush says McCain will stay the course in Iraq
- Teens suspended for wearing crucifixes
- FBI chief: Lack of legal shield won’t halt telecom spy partnerships