Posted by robert in General
The day has come for Karmic Koala to be released. Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” is here!
I’ve been waiting for this release for quite a while now. I’ve tested most releases since 8.04 and I had to stick to 8.04 due to the stability and functionality of it. Most of the new releases had issues and problems, from the Intel video driver issues to simple instability of the system for every day use.
Tried already the beta and RC version of Ubuntu 9.10 and until now I can only say nice things about it. Nice gnome changes, like removal of images in the buttons, speed up and more functionality. In plus this new release should also be faster and more stable compared to the previous releases.
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Posted by robert in General
As I wrote in my previous post, today I am launching the new kernel package for Debian/Ubuntu 2.6.31.5-firebird based on kernel version 2.6.31.5. This new package contains the latest kernel, acerhdf module for Acer Aspire One (version 0.5.19) and coretemp patched for Intel Atom processors. If you wanna read more about what this new kernel packs, please check out http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5.
Usually, I do not release any kernel package based on kernel version 2.6.31.[0-9] as I had some bad experience with it, plus it didn’t function as I would wished, but after some tests with this new kernel version I end-up with the conclusion it needs to be released.
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Posted by robert in General
As some of you may have notice, my blog have change in every way possible. There is a new theme, new logo, new server and web server setup. Now when it comes to the new setup, I am talking about lighttpd with php-cgi. I’ve been testing this option for a bit and seemed the right one to go with. Lighttpd seems to work quite fine and the speed it’s really good, but there are some issues, it’s quite complicated to configure lighttpd. I mean, the style of configuration is a bit odd, but in general if you worked some time with web servers, you will get it, anyway I did.
The new theme, again is also new and it’s called Mystique and seems a very good option at the moment. It uses jQuery, making the theme and in general the blog look and feel nicer. When it comes to the logo, you will notice a mix between “Robin’s logo” (Batman’s right hand) and a normal text, all done in Adobe Photoshop.
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Posted by robert in Linux
I haven’t wrote on my blog for quite some time now and haven’t released a new kernel package neither. Because the kernel development moved in two versions and seems this two versions are a bit different I’m not sure even myself which direction to take. Well at the moment I kind of know, as I tested in all this period kernel 2.6.31 and 2.6.31.1 and got a bad conclusion: Not a very good kernel release! So this means only one thing, try to stick with kernel 2.6.30.[0-9].
At the moment, I have missed two releases, but now we have kernel 2.6.30.9 which I called Seahorse. I know is unusual, because I was using rock band names, but with this release I will start a new naming convention.
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