Wojciech Piekutowski

where no man has ever gone before ;)

Ubuntu 10.10 Beta is great!

Ubuntu
After a year or so with an awesome Ubuntu 9.10 I've decided it's time to move on to the newer version. Keeping in mind that it's still a beta release, I've tried it first from an external HDD and it seemed to run way smoother than 9.10. This is really noticeable. Or maybe it'll be that way until I install all the stuff I need? I hope not. What I like about this Ubuntu release is that it doesn't actually bring any breakthroughs so I hope all the stuff that was introduced in 10.04 will be here, just more stable, polished and usable. So far 10.10 works perfectly well for me (Dell E6500) and I really encourage you to try it. I've noticed some cool stuff too. For example I can easily connect to the Internet through a Bluetooth-capable mobile and the 3G speed is pretty good. Tested with Nokia E51 so far. Also suspend and hibernate have been working reliably so far. I guess I'll have great time with it while relaxing or programming my next, awesome Ruby web app. ;) Overall, great job and kudos for the mighty Ubuntu Team!

There's one caveat though. It seems that the iso image is a bit broken when using it with USB pen drive. For starters, disable home folder persistency when creating it - there's known bug with that: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627672. Hold on, I know you are eager to install your new shiny Maverick, but there's still one more important thing to be done. Due to this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608382 you won't be able to boot your thumb drive if you've created it with Ubuntu 10.04 or older. Fortunately there's a simple fix:

# ensure your pendrive is mounted
cd /media/path_to_your_pendrive && \
sed -i "s/^ui //" syslinux/syslinux.cfg

More info: Ubuntu 10.10 Beta.

Welcome to my first blog!

I often find doing something for the first time quite unforgeable event. Kind of a magic moment happens when I get to learn or try something new. I feel like a child opening a nicely wrapped gift. ;) Excitement and curiosity.

On the other hand I might have done some blogging already, but without being fully aware of that. These days it’s hard to distinguish blogging from all those possible ways of expressing yourself. Starting from facebook, through many forums, and finally finishing on github and I guess many other ways.

Anyway… I’m not going to stick to a single topic in a long run. At the beginning I’ll probably be focusing on:

  • programming in general
  • Ruby, JavaScript and few others
  • MongoDB
  • …we’ll see what else will come up on my radar, not necessary connected with computers at all

Cya!