http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,2000498448b,00.htm J.A. Watson's Blog - Jamie's Random Musings - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:51:03 +0000 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:51:03 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) A long time ago at a Usenix conference (I think it was the one in Salt Lake City), there was a "quiz" passed around. I'm going to update one of the questions I remember from that, because it is absolutely perfect for what I just went through. Fill in ... zdnetuk/10014389 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014389o-2000498448b,00.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:34:34 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) In Part 1 of this series, I looked at the "standard" Ubuntu distribution, and found that with some adjustments, it could be made into what I considered to be a fairly nicely usable netbook. In Part 2 I looked at the Karmic Netbook Remix release, and foun... zdnetuk/10014384 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014384o-2000498448b,00.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:19:24 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) In Part 1 I discussed some generalities about the new Ubuntu 9.10 distribution, and some issues related to using it on netbook computers. Now it is time to move on to the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a special version produced by Canonical themselves, as oppose... zdnetuk/10014371 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014371o-2000498448b,00.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:17:02 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) I have promised several people that I would take a look at Ubuntu 9.10 and several of its derivatives on netbook hardware. My intention is to consider the following: - Ubuntu (plain vanilla, Gnome desktop) - Ubuntu Netbook Remix - Kubuntu (KDE deskt... zdnetuk/10014362 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014362o-2000498448b,00.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:07:48 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Ok, Ubuntu Karmic has been out for a few days now, and I have to say that both for me personally, and I get the impression for a good part of the Ubuntu user community, the feelings are slightly mixed. i find this mildly amusing, because when Jaunty came... zdnetuk/10014347 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014347o-2000498448b,00.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:09:39 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Is there anyone around who doesn't know that the next release of Ubuntu Linux, 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is due out tomorrow? I doubt it, and even if there were they wouldn't be reading this, so I'll just forge ahead. I don't intend to add my voice to the c... zdnetuk/10014323 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014323o-2000498448b,00.htm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:51 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) Warning. The following is pure conjecture on my part. The massive Hoopla surrounding the release of Windows 7 (aka Vista with Lipstick) got me wondering about the netbook market. As I see it, the first netbooks came along shortly after the release of... zdnetuk/10014307 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014307o-2000498448b,00.htm Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:08:52 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) I'm still keeping my dual-Atom CPU Multi-Boot Mini-Server up to date, so I was pleased to see the release of CentOS 5.4 a week or so ago. This is known as the Community Enterprise Operating System, and although it is based on a fresh compilation of the ... zdnetuk/10014290 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014290o-2000498448b,00.htm Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:56:55 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) NO EMAIL PROGRAM IN WINDOWS 7????? Not even Microsoft is that stupid, are they...]]> zdnetuk/10014289 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014289o-2000498448b,00.htm Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:07:22 +0000 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (J) With new releases of several major Linux distributions coming up in the next few weeks, I would like to take a few minutes to debunk some of the more blatant inaccuracies which are circulated about Linux. Many of these will sound absurd to anyone with re... zdnetuk/10014283 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014283o-2000498448b,00.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:24:31 +0100