Pokusiłem sie ostatnio na instalację kubuntu 9.10 do tego wersji 64 bitowej. Wygląd gnome już mnie obrzydzał. Zainstalowałem 9.10 sprzęt był wykrywany poprawnie, problemy natomiast stanowią sterowniki do ATI, i to jeszcze jakie… Instalując sterowniki będące w repo miałem efekt taki że po restarcie systemu miałem czarny ekran, po instalacji ze strony ATI ten sam efekt, gdy zainstalowałem sterowniki z jakichś nieoficjalnych repo miałem efekt migającego ekranu, a sam system po zalogowaniu się nie startował. Zdenerwowany, a raczej sfrustrowany zrestartowałem komputer wyjąłem kartę graficzną i ustawiłem sterownik systemowy który miałem wcześniej, próbowałem normalnie ale w menu recovery mode jakiś nierozsądny developer usunął opcję naprawy problemów graficznych jaką mieliśmy w poprzedniej wersji, a samo forum nie pomogło mi (mam na myśli IRC). Także jeśli masz ati odradzam. Kwestia oprogramowania w Kubuntu też jest marna, niema synaptica, ani software center, ale nie jest to problemem możemy zainstalować je w konsoli Kłopot nam może sprawić walka z przyzwyczajeniami do KDE, ale to kwestia czasu…

Wersję 9.10, oceniam na najbardziej problematyczną z jaką miałem do czynienia do tej pory. Więc jeśli masz 9.04 nie warto przechodzić jak na razie do 9.10, lepiej chyba będzie zaczekać na 10.04

as a baby my mother read to me the story of a heroic dog named Whitefang.
as a chylde i grew up reading tales of fantastic knights battling hideous monsters.
as a younge man the army taught me to fight to kill other younge men while doing my best to embody sterotypical warriors of the ancient past.
as an employee @netcom.ca i was introduced to men and women battling online for gold, xp and rep.

and today after attending a release party for karmic ubuntu i believe my warriors are to be found LIVING planet-changing possibilities.

my warriors are living within an island society under the thumb of advertisingbehemoth7, still excited when talking to another being who shares their gratitude for software that is “free as in Freedom, free as in beer“.

my warriors are passing out dvds of Zeitgeist Addendum outside theatres showing Capitalism: A Love Story because they BELIEVE human beings still have a choice to make on the side of life and death, resources-based or monetary-based.

my warriors are mothers carrying chyldes and mothers doing their best to win the war for the health of their families under the guns of pollution, de-natured food, slavery and false education.

my warriors are fathers taught to believe they must walk, drive, ride, cycle or fly away from the wyfe and chyldes they love for TOO many hours of each remaining day, because they believe it is the only way their family will survive.

my warriors are men and women going to work with equal partners that smile nervously when they speak the word “boss”, because they see no need to entitle one.

my warriors are the tiny few at my university actually doing their best to keep their myndes and ears open in order to gain practical skills for a planet in transition where humans focus on efficient use of ALL available resources.

my warriors are the friends that discuss fascinating ideas, misguided horrible nasty historical current decisions so EVIL they almost defy comprehension, with an open heart that can feel compassion for all of us suffering the effects.

my warriors are every being HOLDING ON until they can get a breath of fresh air, a drink of clean water, a bite of healthy food, a position of dignified work and a moment’s peace..

Well, I had to see what all the fuss was about. The award-winning, super-easy KDE interface for Linux is indeed beautiful, versatile, and powerful. Major eye candy! It has some way-cool applications which have become my favorites for the job they do, replacing their Gnome equivalents. But KDE is, at least on my ‘puter, a resource hog. I know I said “lightweight is over-rated,” but there are limits to how heavy I’m willing to go. KDE is great for newbies, but I’ve learned enough to make even the most spartan of Desktops “newbie-friendly.” So it’s back to Xfce for this kid.

bash -c ‘LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype’

Esta semana ha terminado en Dallas, la Ubuntu Developer Submit, donde el tema principal son las características que tendrán la próxima version de Ubuntu LTS 10.04, y lo que espera sobre esta edicion de Ubuntu y aqui una sinopsis de lo mas importante:

1.- Aplicaciones predeterminadas:

Que aplicaciones vendrán en el CD de instalación, pues una de las sorpresas fue que GIMP no sera parte de la instalación, según esto por que con F-Spot un usuario normal puede realizar las tareas básicas de edición, otro punto fue la curva de aprendizaje con GIMP. Otra aplicación que vendrá de manera predeterminada sera para edición de vídeo (como Movie Maker o iMovie), en el cual están 2 posibles candidatos PiTiVi y Openshot. Gnome-games tampoco formara parte de la instalación (adiós buscaminas) e incluirá otros juegos como Sudoku, Tetris y Gbrainy.

2.- Ubuntu Music Store

Oh si, se pretende crear una tienda donde el usuario pueda comprar música desde el reproductor (Banshee o Rythymbox), algo parecido para quienes usan Songbird y compran en 7Music. Sera un navegador basado en Webkit, dentro del reproductor para adquirir música.

3.-UNR

Ubuntu Netbook Remix sera renombrada a Ubuntu Netbook Edition

4.-Kubuntu

Ahora habrá una mejor integración con Firefox en KDE (espero), que Kubuntu aproveche los beneficios del proyecto Ayatana, así como que paquetes incluirá la versión Plasma Netbook.

Ahora los comentarios:

1.- Ahora comprendo a @Isengrin sobre las instalaciones  “predeterminadas”, es mejor cuando escoge uno . Pero volviendo al tema, Gimp es una las aplicaciones principales que tiene esta distribución, para demostrar que las aplicaciones FOSS pueden ser funcionales, F-Spot no tanto (nunca me agrado). Un editor de vídeo estaría bien para los usuarios que vienen de otros sistemas, al parecer PiTiVi sera el que quede (Openshot no, por problemas con los codecs [ffmpeg]), confieso que no conocía esta aplicación en lo absoluto.

2.- Comprar música…, compartir música, me agradaría ver que si esta idea prospera, tenga posibilidad de sincronizarse con dispositivos portátiles (incluido los productos Apple) y seria una alternativa real entre aplicaciones como iTunes. A mi parecer, innecesaria esta característica.

3.-Yeii (?)

4.- Kubuntu esta tomando un segundo aire,  y no quiere quedarse atrás contra otras distribuciones que usan KDE (Fedora, openSUSE, Arch Linux) como entorno de escritorio, apunta a un distribución que buscara la integración entre todas sus aplicaciones y buscara estabilidad.

Bueno, aquí lo mas relevante de esta reunión, ¿Que opinan sobre los cambios a esta versión?

Ubuntu Developer Summit

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I’m selling a twin pack of Ubuntu and Kubuntu if any body hasn’t got them yet.

Ubuntu 9.10 is the latest release from Mark Shuttleworths Canonical.

There are lots of exciting new features in Ubuntu 9.10 including;

• The option to encrypt your home folder is worthy especially on mobile devices ie laptops.
  
• The Add/Remove software feature has been given an overhaul and renamed Ubuntu Software Centre the selection of FREE software is almost overwhelming, Sound & Video, Internet, Office, Education, Games including;
  OpenOffice.
  Firefox
  F-Spot Photo manager
  Evolution Mail & Contact management
  Brasero DVD/CD burning
  Empathy Instant Messenger with Video camera support
  Sudoku
  Chess
  MoviePlayer
  RhythmBox Music manager
  Transmission Torrent Downloader
  
• From boot to a desktop just takes a moment and because Ubuntu 9.10 is also a LIVE CD you can try out all the features before committing it to your computer. When you do decide you do want to install (and you will) its then just a case of a quick selection of Language details and a few questions about your hard drive and the install is underway.
  
• In Ubuntu’s time honored tradition the default artwork is Brown ! but this time the orange highlights help to soften the effect.
• I really should have timed the install it was that quick and it made a mockery of Windows 7 install time, especially when you consider that Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop is ready to run with most of the Office or Internet software already installed.
  
• Language support, even the the default install on the CD was able to render most Chinese letters, for instance, without further installation of any software.

This superb Twin Pack of CD’s gives you the choice of Ubuntu Linux using GNOME desktop manager or Kubuntu Linux using the KDE desktop manager, unlike MS Windows Linux users get to choose how they work (or interface) with there PC’s, for instance, you might prefer a clean desktop with no icons where everything is launched from a “right click” with the mouse or perhaps you are more comfortable with a traditional menu bar at the bottom of your screen, either way with Linux you choose the way you work not the Operating System.
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Recently I have installed Kubuntu 9.10 on my school computer, just to see how it would work under the stress of all the school work I do. I must say – it’s excelling at the job.

A while back I gave KDE 4 a pretty rough review, slamming it on it’s look, its function, and stability. So far, I have to say that I was wrong. It looks absolutely fantastic, the applications are working well, and I have only experienced a few crashes.

One thing that has surprised me the most is Konqueror. I have long said that Konqueror was a better file browser than web browser, but it appears that quite a lot of work has gone into the program as of late. When I first started the program, I received a message informing me that it would like to install all sorts of libraries to make web browsing better. Thinking I would be installing Firefox after using Konqueror for a few minutes, I installed all the libraries just to give Konqueror a chance. Konqueror has been running great with no problems with the majority of web sites and with flash integration. Also, when logging in it asks if I would like to save the password in a bar at the top of the window, much like Firefox. It is shaping up to be quite the web browser. I have been using it as default for a few days now.

I think I am falling in love with the KDE desktop again simply because it is the power-user’s desktop. There are so many controls and things to configure that I am sure many KDE 4 desktops do not look anything alike. The stability has improved greatly and so has the software. I would encourage anyone who is a KDE 4 skeptic to give it a shot; it may just change your perspective, just like it did mine. Good work KDE team, keep it up!

Si tu navegador favorito es Firefox y eres usuario de KDE como yo, si quieres integrar las notificaciones de Firefox con las de KDE solo tienes que instalar el addon PlasmaNotify.

After upgrading from Mozilla FireFox 3.0 to 3.5 I tried Mozilla Weave for syncing my bookmarks and passwords in all my computers. I was using version 0.8 (1.0b1 is out now), but despite working more or less, most of my bookmarks where misplaced, put out of order, moved to unsorted bookmarks… a mess. Tiding up the bookmarks on one browser doesn’t mean that it would be ok on another, so after only 5 days of use, I thought that there is probably a better solution, and I found it.

The solution is to use Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTE1NTQzMTA5, the FireFox Addon SyncPlaces: http://www.andyhalford.com/syncplaces/ for syncronizing bookmarks and passwords. It works as it should. It doesn’t mess with Bookmarks, the order is kept, Icons are kept, and passwords are synchronized without any issue.

So, what are the steps:

- Install Dropbox and create an account.

- Install the Syncplaces add-on for Firefox

- Create a directory for storing Firefox information on your Dropbox folder, for example: mkdir ~/Dropbox/Firefox

- On your Firefox menu, goto Bookmarks->Syncplaces->options

- Select the Server tab and then select on the Connection sub-tab, the protocol File

- Select now the Syncronization tab, and define the path for the files: prefix the suggested name with /home/primalcortex/Dropbox/Firefox. So it should look like

JSON PATH: /home/primalcortex/Dropbox/Firefox/syncplaces.json

If you want, you can output also in HTML and XBEL format. Use the same path for the files.

- For synchronizing passwords select the checkbox passwords, and input a strong password. The password path is like the previous ones: /home/primalcortex/Dropbox/Firefox/passwords

You’re set. So down on the FireFox status bar, there is now an icon with a blue and red lines/circles, right click on it and select Send Bookmarks/passwords. Make sure that on the Dropbox Firefox folder files where created. Now DropBox synchronizes these files into the “cloud”, and they are available to your other Dropbox computers.

On the other computers, just repeat the configuration process (Install Dropbox, SyncPlaces, same configuration) but this time select on those computers on the SyncPlaces icon, the Receive Bookmarks/passwords option. (Make sure that you use the same password for the password export/impor feature in all computers).

Voilá, full no fuss workable synchronization! You just decide now which is the master machine, if you want to, namely by tweaking the merge options of the Syncplaces Addon. Also to avoid bookmarks duplication, I recommend that the BookmarkDD addon at http://bookmarkdd.mozdev.org/installation.html be installed and set not to do pop-ups when duplicated bookmarks are found. This way, during import, no duplicate bookmarks are imported.

Now you can automate the synchronization process by just configuring Syncplaces to synchronize at a specific time, or periodically/automatically and your set.

Karmic Gnome V KDE. Who will win? One things for sure, theres a few things you need to know about the Koala, see the end of this article for more info!

Ladies and gentlemen! In the blue corner weighing in at 9.10 is KDE and in the red corner also weighing in at 9.10 is Gnome..”For the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world..lets get ready to rrrrrrrumble!”

I am going to keep this article short(ish) since there have already been many reviews of both DE’s and this is more for a side by side to either strengthen my case for moving to KDE or infact having me returning back to a DE that has always been there for me…Gnome!!!

I reviewed Kubuntu 9.10 a short while ago and it was due to me commenting on completing a migration away from Gnome that prompted another user to question my reasoning.  Of course I had my own good reasons, KDE felt smoother, looked more polished and the graphical glitches seemed to be ironed out in the version packaged with 9.10.

Having said that I started to question how realistic that impression was since I had never compared Gnome on a like for like basis.

Being a massive supporter of Xfce and a follower of Fluxbox et al, the only rig previously to have had Gnome (for any extended period of time) on it was a heavily mod’ed Ubuntu 8.04 which I had loving called DeepRed (which itself was derived from the somewhat controversial Ubuntu Satanic Edition.

So with Kubuntu 9.10 already having a permanent place on one of my rigs (and a very strong possibility of getting onto a few more), I thought I would give it the head to head treatment with the Gnome version of the same title.   Theres always been some snobbery around Linux distro’s and it seems that some people go out of their way to use a “l337″ distro.   Is that really necessary?  We all know how to install Nvidia drivers regardless of the distro and if you don’t its nothing more complicated than a quick Google and a few copy and paste commands.  I like to compile my software but then theres one hell of a time saving by using Software Center for example.  This is where Ubuntu has always really shone for me, it provides quick setup time and as with any distro, the scope for those who have used Linux for a while to “fiddle”.  Having said that my main rig is Wolvix!

INSTALLATION

Both Gnome and KDE offer a pretty simple installation process, which offered no issues on either rig I used.  Ive already been into the install process for KDE and you can see that review here.

Both installs took roughly the same time, that being about 25mins a piece (thats not scientific) Hardware was recognised by both without difficulty.  The proprietary drivers had to be installed separately (obviously) but there was no flaws and the problem I experienced with Mandriva 2010 (which I documented on Twitter recently) of 1280 x 800 not being allowed (despite it claiming otherwise) was not present with Gnome and Karmic.  Please don’t try to offer me advice on that issue, I did attempt in the end to try and sort it and couldn’t. I commented that Gnome and Mandriva offered me more work than a fresh Gentoo install!  Having said that, this is about Gnome V KDE with 9.10 so I will move on.

In the first round of install/hardware compat, it was a draw between the two.

SPEED/OPERATION

Despite not being up to the speed of my beloved Wolvix, both performed very well and considering at the present time I am also using Windows 7 for a later review, it makes you appreciate how great a Linux platform is when you can get the same performance and eye candy with a 4 year old machine running the latest distro as you can with Windows 7 on the latest top of the range specs.  I digress, the Windows 7 article is for another day.

In terms of FPS both are almost identical and without a scientific means of measuring, I am going to say that they both draw here too.

 

Watch out, the Koala can bite back. So which has more teeth? Gnome or KDE?

CONCLUSIONS

I’ll start with what I don’t like about KDE, I really don’t like the toolbar that pops out when an icon or widget has focus.  It looks a mess.  Having said that KDE is natively more pretty than Gnome and although KDE does put me in mind of a Vista past I’d rather forget, its smooth and you can’t fault it.  Looking at Gnome, Ive always loved the default panel at the top and bottom.  It makes sense for me and feels natural, bottom for the open programs/windows and top for my shortcuts.  KDE’s default panel does not feel as good so Id say Gnome has the upperhand here.

Comparing KPackageKit to Software Center is a no contest, I think Software Center is not only far more user friendly, but I love the layout and preview screens to get a good idea of what you are about to download.

Its not all good news for Gnome 2.28.1 though as Ubuntu did introduce something which Ive never experienced before (and something which was not an issue with the KDE version)  Sound gliches….there was a noticeable pop when sound was initialized in order to play and what a pop too!  Ive read many detractors write about Ubuntu sound issues and this was the first one Ive ever experienced.  The problem was simple to fix:

1. sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

2. options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N

Then simply reset your rig.  This solution worked for me and was very simple, however since Ubuntu is aimed towards the new user (and particularly the migrating Windows user) is this really what a Linux “newbie” is going to feel comfortable doing?  Of course this is not a global issue, so I assume its rig dependent.  The other issue I had with Ubuntu 9.10 is that changing the DNS server is not as straightforward as it was in 8.04.  In 8.04 it was literally a 2 second job, 9.10?  Nope!  Trying to change it through the DE was just not playing nicely and it required a quick modification to /etc/resolv.conf in order to get the little blighter using a DNS server other than the godawful (IMO) o2 one.

Ive made no secret Ive been following the Chromium project since the early builds and Im happy to say it plays nicely with both DE’s of Ubuntu 9.10.

After all said and done (and its taken me about 2 hours to get my 9.10 rig to roughly what I want) I am swayed more towards the Gnome version of Karmic. Looking at both screens side by side, I feel far more at home with a Gnome DE and that is reinforced when I remember “theres a K for everything” in KDE (I cite Kscreensaver NOT being installed as default as a good example) Providing I am not misguided into believing the popping issue is relatively on a small scale, I think Gnome DE is the better version.   I am a little disappointed that Karmic installed with a few issues with Gnome and I would hope these are ironed out shortly.

The preview on the taskbar of running programs is a feature heralded by Microsoft supporters as if its the greatest thing since the microchip.  This is available in Gnome and performs in the same way as a Windows counterpart, its not amazing, but it certainly doesn’t take anywhere near the specs that Windows 7 does (IMO) to get it running smoothly. – Just thought Id add that in if you are considering a Linux option rather than a Windows 7 purchase.

WARNING

Whilst they may look cute Koalas can be quite dangerous!

….will drop from the branches onto the shoulders of bushwalkers below, and proceed to claw and bite. There has been the occasional fatality caused by a jugular being punctured but usually the victim suffers nothing more than a nasty shock and a couple of scratches. Source: Convictcreations.com

Goblin – bytes4free@googlemail.com

ESPAÑOL

El pasado Sab. 14 de Noviembre de 2009, se reunio en la ciudad de Caracas, Venezuela, miembros de la Fraternidad Ubuntu Linux de Venezuela (ubuntu-ve) en tal sentido, tuve el honor de haber sido invitado, motivo por el cual pude asistir y disfrutar de la compañia de muchos buenos amigos. En esta oportunidad dedique los minutos de HappyHacking a el mencionado evento.

Hubo Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Refrescos, Galletas, Pizza y mucho mas, veamoslo…

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Last Sat. November 14, 2009, met in Caracas, Venezuela, members of the “Fraternidad Ubuntu Linux de Venezuela (ubuntu-ve)”  to that effect, I had the honor of being invited, which is why I could attend and enjoy the company of many good friends. On this occasion, spend the minutes of HappyHacking to the aforementioned event.

There we had Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, sodas, cookies, pizza and much more, let’s see …

Many prefer Kubuntu to Ubuntu because of the stunning interface.

This is perhaps the most user-friendly tutorial on how to install Kubuntu afresh on your PC. To get Kubuntu, click here (as with all Cannonical releases, its totally free!) and burn the downloaded .iso file to a CD (you could also burn it to a DVD).

One more thing, the installation instructions here are for Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala release), currently the latest version.

Step 1: BIOS Changes – Make sure your first boot device is set to your CD/DVD ROM. Save your settings and exit BIOS.

Step 2: When you boot, this is the first screen you will get:

Step 3: Select your language and then select the “Install Kubuntu” option and press enter.

Step 4: The following images are in sequence. You will have to enter your details as per your preferences.

Select your region:

Select your keyboard layout (best keep it to the default one as shown here if you’re not sure).

If you want to install Kubuntu on your hard drive as the only OS, then click on the first option “Erase and use the entire disk” as shown here. (If you want to set partitions, click on the specify partitions and set your partition size and specification) Its better to select the first option as shown here if you’re not sure.

Enter your name and username, password etc. If you dont want Kubuntu to ask you for passwords everytime you boot, select the “Log in automatically”

Click on Install and get your cup of coffee coz its gonna take quite some time!

The installation bar which you will have to tolerate for around 10-15 mins. Did you get that coffee?

After the installation is over/the bar reaches 100%, you will get this image on your screen. As directed simply remove the CD from the tray and press Enter.

Kubuntu will now reboot and greet you with its amazing interface!

Thats it!