Ubuntu 12.04 (code name Precise Pangolin) is the latest version of the OS. I installed it on my laptop this morning. I haven’t been using it long enough so I really don’t know about its bugs yet. So far I haven’t found any. What I can tell you is that it’s very fast. Read More→
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Yesterday I downloaded Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and I installed it on my desktop first. I did not have any time to play with it because I had to go to work. Today I installed it on my laptop. The install is very easy. You might say effortless. Read More→
The new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is by far the best Ubuntu ever. I installed it on several computer. The installs have been flawless. Every easy! It is much more difficult to install Windows. Read More→
The Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is out. You can download it now.
There are several programs that may start up when your Ubuntu computer starts. Many of these programs are not needed. You can turn these off by going to “System, Preferences and Startup Applications”. You can turn off some of these but first you must know which applications do not have to start up so I made a list.
- AT SPI Registry Wrapper – The Gnome a11y infrastructure allows end user assistive technology (AT) programs such as screen readers to get rich information about an application’s UI state. In most cases it’s OK to disable it.
- Bluetooth Manager – If your computer does not have Bluethooth or you don’t use it it is OK to turn it off.
- Check for new hardware drivers – keep this enabled
- Disk Notifications – keep this enabled Read More→
I was discussing last night with someone about upgrading Ubuntu to a new version. I said I did not know much about it because I was alway trying new distros and I never keep a version long enough to upgrade. I also said I thought it was very simple. Just a few clicks and that it is done with little worry that it would break anything. I looked at the Ubuntu instructions for upgrading. It was just as I thought it is all done with no commandline or recompiling the kernel. I don’t know about it breaking stuff. I guess it’s like anything else. Some things could break.
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is here and I’ve only been using it for a few days even though its been out since September. Sorry I’ve been busy with Windows 7. Ubuntu 9.10 is a fantastic operating system. There is everything you could want here. Easy install, nice looking and friendly user interface. It is very easy to install new software from the Ubuntu Software Center. It has a lot of the most popular open source software like Firefox, GIMP and Open Office pre-installed. After install and a brief update I enabled the wireless driver and put in the security key and it worked with no other configuration. This OS makes me wish this was not a Microsoft world.
