Unbuntu 9.10 Upgrade User Experience
A couple weeks ago I upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10. This was my third time using the automated upgrade available through the built in upgrade manager. As usual my experience was that Ubuntu made the upgrade simple and I only had one minor issue related to my sound device not working following [...]
How I Turned A Netbook into a Media Player for Less Than $60
A couple months ago I explained how I installed Ubuntu on my Acer Aspire One, unfortunately following that post the screen got damaged so I hadn’t been using the system. Recently I was talking with a co-worker who wanted to use watch MLB.com on his television to catch his hometown team when they were not [...]
Migrating to a Netbook and Ubuntu 9.04
Last week my wife’s Acer Aspire One came back from repair and since we bought her a new laptop I inherited it for my one use. Since I have been tossing around the idea of finally migrating to Linux for personal use I took this opportunity to do so. I was pleasantly surprised with how [...]
A Moment of Reflection on My Graduation
I’ve spent the last couple weeks trying to catch my stride. I completed the last course of my MBA and attended the graduation ceremony. I’ve had some major projects hit the front burner at work which have required some additional attention. I found some time away from work for some family time back in Sheboygan, [...]
Lessons Learned from CanSecWest
In a recent hacking contest at CanSecWest that pit Microsoft, Mac and Linux against each other in a head-to-head hackathon the last surviving system was fully patched Ubuntu system. The first system to fall was the Mac, which succumb to an exploit in Safari on the second day of the three day competition. Vista was [...]
