Linux Geekery

Today, the much awaited Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) has finally been released. I've played with a lot of linuxes, but for the desktop, Ubuntu is still my favorite. Of course, I just checked and the little Window's programs I wrote for TheOpenCD project are still riding along on the distro, which is kind of cool.

If you already have the Breezy Badger, don't download, apt-get your way to fresh OS goodness.

vi /etc/apt/sources.list ( and type :1,$s/breezy/dapper/g ) ( ZZ to exit )
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

For some reason, Ubuntu has found its way to my headless server. I currently prefer CentOS for my IchaBoxen ( yeah, I just made up a word; they're headless, go figure. ) Two new things caught my eye, xfce and azureus.

Azureus is a bittorrent client extordinare. However, it needs a windows manager and Java, both of which are an issue for my modest spare hardware. I like gnome, but it will hurt my little server. Also, azureus plays badly with the non-Sun java clone some linuxes favor.

Now, all the right toys are in the tree! Just this "sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop azureus" and we're good to go. A vncserver with good xstartup and the server stays headless.

Anyway, that's my new Ubuntu story. No very exciting, I know, but I'm happy.