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eeebuntu 4.0 beta

February 9, 2010 // Posted in Uncategorized (Tags: , , , , , ) |  No Comments

eeebuntu 4.0 beta

So, I am trying out the beta for Eeebuntu 4. So far, it seems to run okay. Hardware works out of the box, though it doesn’t seem to scale my CPU anymore (I’m using an Asus eeePC 701). Other than that, everything seems fine.

For some reason ifconfig/iwconfig seem to be missing. Hopefully those would come back in the final release. Also, I had to manually install some software (maximus, window-picker-applet, netbook-launcher, pidgin, rhythmbox, etc.). I’m sure the first three will be in the final release. Pidgin will probably be replaced with Empathy. As for the media player that comes with Eeebuntu by default (Banshee), I don’t really like that. There’s one thing that just plain turns me off from it, and that is the (apparent) inability to use a network share to add music to the library. Rhythmbox does that without a problem.

A couple glitches that I noticed:

- gnome-panel would become invisible whenever I have netbook-launcher running. I don’t know why that happens.
- When I have a background image in gnome-terminal, it tiles itself.

Also, when installing eb4 onto my netbook, I had a problem getting Grub set up. I managed to work around it somehow. I don’t know what I did, but I made it work.

I’ll post more about my experiences with the beta over time. Despite the quirks, it’s been satisfactory so far.

belated move post 2

February 8, 2010 // Posted in Life (Tags: , , , , ) |  1 Comment

and so, i have moved again. this time i am living in the city of elgin, illinois. i am so happy to see more life here than in bremen. i am also happy to be away from that douchenozzle i previously lived with. oh, and i did file a complaint about the landlord. i do not know the outcome, and i doubt i will, but, i don’t really care about those people anymore. bremen didn’t count. this move will. i still have yet to land me a job, but there are plenty of opportunities. and once i get a lock for the bike, i’ll be able to extend my search range even further. there’s a mall not too far from here, and several shopping centers. there’s likely one place that would be crazy enough to hire me.

on other news, my laptop’s power adapter finally crapped out, so i am stuck using my netbook. at least it performs well enough (now that i took the time to tweak everything to my liking), so i can do what i need to do. i’ve already established my main goals after i actually find work. first i’m going to pay off verizon so i can get my regular phone online again. then i’m going to get a new case and PSU for my main PC (or, at least a new power adapter for my old laptop).