I have installed Xubuntu on my notebook computer. It installed very much like Ubuntu, and it offers pretty much the same choices, wrapped in a different package. After installation, I updated all the packages (110 updates) and installed Automatix2. From there, I installed some necessary non-open source software.
When I was done with that, I installed VLC (multimedia player), streamtuner (stream directory browser) and xmms (stream player). Tonight I will install k3b (favorite DVD burner) and get the wireless working, so I will be ready to demo it to the North Idaho Linux Users Group tomorrow at 1pm.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- Dear Windows, It is over
- From Evil to Good: List of Formerly Closed-source Software
- Linux clocks double-digit growth. Fear and loathing in Redmond
- Another low cost Linux PC. I think we can officially call it a trend
- How to: Create a Linux Box for Your Mom (50+ Resources)
- Use Drupal to empower your OSS project community
RIAA/MPAA/IFPI/BSA/FCC
- IFPI Gets Israeli Court To Block (And Advertise) File Sharing Site
- Lawsuit Could Force RIAA to Reveal Secrets
- RIAA case watch list
- House passes antipiracy act
Stupid Patent Tricks, Copyright, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- Re-Fighting the Last War: Dot-Com Ideas in the 21st Century
- If Intellectual Property Is Neither Intellectual, Nor Property, What Is It?
- Is the DMCA Still Relevant?
- New Patentable Idea: A Way to Invalidate Vague Patents
- The Problem Is Patent Quality, Not ‘Trolls’
- House Panel Deletes Higher Copyright Fines From Pro IP Bill, Leaves Plenty Of Other Bad Stuff
Liberty and Security/Our Rights
- Set a Blank Password in Windows XP To Protect the Computer from Internet Attacks
- Opposition to UK ID card scheme grows
- Teen Says TSA Screener Opened Sterile Equipment, Put Life In Danger
- A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears
- Domestic Wiretapping Programs Should Not Be Secret
- Idaho: Anti-Real ID bill introduced in committee
- More FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed
Other News/Public Stupidity
- G10IL, the Eee PC killer from ECS, is actually killer
- Asus to offer Linux-less Eee PCs globally
- Hayden: The show will go on — probably