tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26441114025523922522011-11-28T12:18:12.088+13:00A dreamer of dreams and a thinker of thoughtsSamoanbiscuithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340376983882729958noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644111402552392252.post-44382577953241469362008-04-28T15:15:00.000+12:002008-04-28T15:16:18.067+12:00<div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p>I have played around with Ubuntu Linux before, and I love it!! However, it no longer runs on my system, as I haven’t found the time to re-install it after the last hardware failure (a hard-disk failure, was Ubuntu to blame?). Last week, I requested 4 free CD’s (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Ubuntu server), and when they arrive (normally three weeks) , I’m gonna install it again.</p> <p>I noticed that 2 years on from when I last installed Ubuntu (Edgy Eft), you still have to install things to get it functional (with regards to media codecs and the like). While I appreciate Ubuntu’s philosophical stand, I think the least they could do was to provide some sort of easy install script to get those restricted codecs. I have heard of the restricted-extras metapackage, but I also heard that it contains open-java instead of the jre from Sun… I’m wondering if I can find a way of installing everything in the restricted package except that… And the w32codecs, the libdvdcss… The list goes on of all the things that should be easily installable (GUI please) upon booting up for the first time.</p> <p>Hmm, maybe I’ll google around and see if there’s already a way to do that.</p> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2644111402552392252-4438257795324146936?l=samoanbiscuit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samoanbiscuithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340376983882729958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2644111402552392252.post-12676436671658161182008-04-27T15:13:00.001+12:002008-04-28T17:02:16.608+12:00<div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">I am a person who reads lots of blogs and news sites in my spare time. The latest release of Ubuntu and Fedora, Mariah Carey’s new album, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s ‘marriage’, Who won the latest IRB rugby sevens tournament, the reason why the price of basic food items is rising in my own country (Fiji)…</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">One thing I have noticed (I’m definitely not the first) is that the anonymity the internet provides is viewed by most people as a broad license for all sorts of bad behaviour. Flame wars, trolls, spam and everything else. It almost makes you lose hope in the internet…</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">It never fails to get me riled up when someone responds to a comment or post I made with an ad hominem attack. especially youtube comments… Nuff said…</span></p> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2644111402552392252-1267643667165816118?l=samoanbiscuit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samoanbiscuithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340376983882729958noreply@blogger.com0