Ubuntu Netbook Remix doesn’t “just work”
I’m five days into my trip around Thailand with the Acer Aspire One I purchased specially for the trip and upon which I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Netbook Remix (Jaunty).
It’s been a pain in the arse the whole time.
These are the issues so far:
- No SD card automounting
- F-spot imports to $HOME instead of the Photos folder you specify
- ath5k driver is buggy (as we know) and filled /var/log with crap (hooray for partitioning forethought)
- Unison doesn’t sync vfat filesystems
- Can’t switch keyboard layouts
- Firefox bookmarks manager corrupts profile
Of course, all of these issues have either effective solutions or easy workarounds. But for joe user, or indeed linux-veteran-on-holiday, it’s not good enough.
A solid month’s use to iron out all the kinks before departing is recommended.
IPv6 accessible!
Having just switched DNS servers over to zoneedit, I’m now accessible via IPv6.
The tunnel is provided by Hurricane Electric.
Jammy jammy jam
Two important links regarding the legality of GSM Jammers:
The Wireless Telegraphy Act (2006) – Section 3-68.3 in which it states:
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
Sounds like fun, doesn’t it?
Lightning 0.9 for Linux PPC
I’ve updated my Linux PPC builds of Mozilla Lightning and Gdata Provider.
Works with Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 on Ubuntu Gutsy (LinuxPPC), including bi-directional syncing with Google Calendar.
Some more technical details (including mozconfig) on the wiki: Tech.LightningForLinuxPPC
First Post
Suddenly I have not one but two new blogs. This one is for all things technical, so as to avoid cluttering my personal blog.