The Latest at Fresh Ubuntu
Hi all! You might be wondering what has happened to the podcast and the site. True, I have been away quite a while and I must say that I am truly sorry for that. I have not forgotten all my listeners, rest assured, I am making a few changes to this site and likely to the podcast. I think the podcast has outgrown itself and it is time to restructure, revamp, reinvent, et cetera. But, honestly, I do not know where to begin. What can I say, it’s the ADD in me, hehe:) Nevertheless, I think it needs a change so look forward to that in the near future.
As for now, I am trying my darndest (that’s with an “r”) to get my narrow (thank God) behind up to the Ubuntu Live conference. Only one thing is stopping me, and that is the registration fee. So, I can safely say that I will not be formally attending the big shindig, however, I might be seen around the exhibition area. I will make a t-shirt that can be easily spotted and if you see me around I might have my equipment and you could potentially say hi to my listeners. I am not sure what days I will be there but if you check back on this blog I will let you know.
Lately, I have been somewhat disappointed in the performance of Feisty:( It screen freezes up on me several times a session and it is beginning to aggravate me. I have seen threads in the forum about screen rewrites and whatnot, but it all looks too complicated. Besides, the last time I tried to edit my xorg.conf file I blew my system up and had to do a complete reinstall. Can you all say “once bitten, twice shy”? I am willing to live with this as it is only a few months until the next release and the version upgrade may fix it. I would like to add in that neither Dapper or Edgy had these problems and it has been suggested that going back to a prior version would be a suitable fix, especially with Dapper. But, I believe in going forward not back so I will have to live with this unless a kind reader can give me a solution. Specfically it happens mostly while I am in firefox (don’t get me started on Firefox, it has issues of its own) only because I am usually in firefox when it happens. The freezing phenomenon has happened while in other programs also. So it is most likely system wide. Usually the screen just freezes while the mouse is completely functional. Also, I am trying to get my scanner hooked up to Ubuntu and I came across this:
I haven’t given this a try yet but as soon as I do I will post the results of the process. I can tell you that my scanner does work for being an old one. It is an HP 3400C, and I managed to attach it to my XP system, but the driver wouldn’t engage the scanner. It worked once in Ubuntu but once I rebooted it ceased to work. Fortunately, I don’t use my scanner much so it is not a pressing issue, but I still would like to see it working.
I may be seeing some of the ugly side of Ubuntu, but I haven’t given up hope. In fact I am more hopeful now than ever as with each new release more bells and whistles are added and hardware compatibilty (for current hardaware, that is) is becoming less of an issue thanks to better understanding of hardware manufacturers. The community is vibrant and knowledgeable and most importantly sensitive to the plight of the less technically inclined such as myself. So, a suitable remedy for each of my challenges should come soon. Well, I hope to meet many listeners at the conference. Til next time.
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