Ubuntu makes it easy when you have alot of work to do…
I have too much work to do, at least Ubuntu makes things a little easier!
Ubuntu, making life easier, again! (click to enlarge)
Lucid looking sooo nice!
Just seen this screenshot of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid), off of Jono Bacon's blog.
I am really excited for using Lucid, when looks this slick!
Full Circle Magazine Issue 34
FCM Issue 34 is now out, with a ton of great Ubuntu articles and news. My section, Ubuntu Games, is in again this month. This issue, I have reviewed the Uplink, by the guys at Introversion Software! Download it now for Free!
Does this look wrong….
In light of the Yahoo - Ubuntu Deal, the Yahoo - Microsoft Deal and my comments on the FCM Podcast (you will be able to listen to episode 1 shortly, you can now listen to the episode here!). This could be a reality soon...
Ubuntu & Bing, do you like???
Got a Acer Aspire Revo!
Not going to be a review, more about my Revo. It is a brilliant computer! It does have a Intel Atom cpu, but combined with the nVidia ION graphics chip, it is
The Acer Aspire Revo! (click to enlarge)
blazing quick. Its pretty amazing, the ION is very small and designed for low cost/low power computers, but deliveries full HD 1080p playback and DX10 gaming! The computer is very good looking, very "Mac-Mini look-a-like", so small.
It cost me £140 for the Revo R3600 from Ebuyer.com. Intel Atom 230 (1.6Ghz), 1GB DDR2 RAM, nVidia ION, 160GB HDD. Comes with Linux, but was quickly removed for Ubuntu and Windows XP (only installed to use Access for my course). Dual boot worked fine, only issues was getting the Windows XP to install. Had a struggle with putting XP on a flash drive, I used a piece of software called WinToFlash. Next I had an issue, trying to get it to boot of the flash drive, I had to set the SATA controller to use IDE emulation. Final hurdle was finding the drivers for XP, they can all be found here. As always, Ubuntu had no trouble installing and setting up, 'It Just Worked!'
The Revo R3600 is brilliant piece of kit, very fast, thanks to nVidia's ION chip and so cheap to buy!
Clean up Ubuntu!
As you all may know, I love tweaking and clean up my computers. I have already told you about a tool for Ubuntu, Bleachbit, which removes old files. Now its time to remove unnecessary packages from Ubuntu.
First, install two packages; localepurge and deborphan, both can be found in the Ubuntu repos.
Now we are ready to begin!
Getting rid of Residual Config packages
In Synaptic, on the far left hand side, you may see a category called "Residual config". Click on it, remove all the packages in that section. These are all the old packages which you had installed, which have left parts of the old package behind, this will now clean it up.
Getting rid of partial packages
In the terminal type:
sudo apt-get autoclean
This will remove partially completed packages, which I not needed.
Getting rid of unnecessary locale data
You have justed installed localepurge, this will run everytime you install or remove packages from Ubuntu. It will make sure there are no unused locale files or man pages left on your computer after the package was removed. You dont need to worry about this tool, it will work all by itself.
Getting rid of orphaned packages
In the terminal run this command:
sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get -y remove --purge
When you remove an application from your computer, it may leave behind alot of unnecessary libs and other tools for that application to run. These are not needed now, this command will make sure there are no unused packages.
Thats it! Your computer should have more space free now! A more cleaner and slim-lined computer. Make sure you run these commands every so often, so your computer is always clean!
My Thoughts on Synergy
Synergy is a great tool if you have/use more than one computer. It allows you to use your keyboard and mouse on one computer, on many other computers.
One set of keyboard and mouse across a unlimited amount of computers!
It is especially good, if you don't have dual monitors, but you can create that sort of setup with two computers. However, in away it is better to use Synergy than dual monitor, because you can be sharing the computing power across two computers. You can even copy and paste text between computers. Its cross platform, so you can use the tool between Windows, Mac and Linux computers.
Its a great tool if you need to use of different computers at the same time,I found it very useful for IRC client on my eee pc and my general work on my desktop. You can download it here for FREE!
Full Circle Mangazine Issue 33
FCM Issue 33 is now out, with a ton of great Ubuntu articles and news. My section, Ubuntu Games, is in again this month. This issue, I have reviewed the Linux version of Bejeweled called Gweled! Download it now for Free!
Help Ubuntu Manual Team!
Ubuntu 10.04 is under heavy development at the moment. One of many new features to the next release, will be a PDF manual which will come with Ubuntu 10.04, which will help new users get started with Ubuntu.
Please help the team out, by filling out this survey!
The Ubuntu Effect!
My brother has a really old laptop, which he got free from a school, they were throwing them out. Came with Windows XP on them, fine for my brother who just wanted MSN & Facebook.
However, fairly soon after, Windows XP broke. Time for a reinstall! However, I had no XP CDs, so for the time being I installed Ubuntu. Eventually, I got hold of an XP CD, and when I was ready to put XP on the laptop, my brother refused, he was happy with "thing I had put on his laptop" (his words).
My brother doesn't carry for computers, he is just happy if he can get on Facebook and MSN. I was slightly confused at why my brother, who has always used Windows, all of a sudden, he wanted Ubuntu. Reason was that it was alot quicker than Windows. Fair point. If all he wants is a Web browser, why do you need Windows.
It seems Ubuntu is having an effect on people, who don't even know what it is!
Me!
Ed Hewitt, 19, Studying @ - Bored waiting for lecture!
- Coffee and dairy milk :D
- Brilliant match, no way I was expecting a 4 - 0 result. Nice to see Neville.
