The last year has been one of aggravation for us, as we have been using Ubuntu for our teaching lab and of course the Unity thing was shoved down our throats. Now we have a sideways Launcher we have to hunt down and take pot shots at while it tries to evade our clicks by slipping off the side…
Configuring Ubuntu 12.04 Precise (beta) to get work done
In Ubuntu 12.04 Precise (Beta) we installed the basic OS. Now we will configure so we can actually get work done. First we need to know what the root password is so that we can shell to root. Otherwise we are stuck every command typing sudo and our password — which gets old very fast. Open…
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise (beta)
The new April Ubuntu 12.04 ‘Precise’ release is around the corner so we installed from the dailies to see what to expect. To configure it after it is installed we have another post here: http://jdnash.com/2012/03/configuring-ubuntu-precise-to-get-work-done/. We have NOT installed the 11.xx versions on our production equipment because we cannot afford to loose the ability to…
Why Unity?
We received some insite today on the reason Canonical forced Unity upon us. Apparently Canonical is trying to implement voice commands and will restore the menu system next month in the April release of Ubuntu 12.04. They will also add a new “HUD” which seems to be a cross between the Unity “Dashboard” (the red…
Practical Ubuntu — Part 2 of 2
In “Practical Ubuntu — Part 1 of 2” we installed Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot on an HP 6910p notebook alongside the existing Microsoft Windows Vista, set the administrator “root” login to a password we know, added openssh-server so we can work on it remotely instead of needing to stand right there beside the computer while…