Regressions in recent Ubuntu 11.04 updates
Lately we’ve had a few complaints from people that Ubuntu is getting slower and more problematic. I’ve also noticed a difference, both on my own notebook and on my wife’s desktop computer. Programs that worked when 11.04 was released seem to have broken in recent updates (Kino connecting to firewire is a good example) and [...]
What affects video encoding / DVD ripping?
After I presented XBMC at Software Freedom Day 2011 Kitchener I started to feel the itch to answer a question that has been bothering me for a long time, “what affects video encoding?” Ripping DVDs happens pretty fast, at least on my wife’s quad core Athlon. Some DVDs rip to the hard drive in as [...]
Ubuntu 11.10 sneak peak and comments.
For the past week and a bit I’ve been running the development version of Ubuntu (11.10). The experience has been for the most part smooth, at least until I tried to get some real work done. Keeping in mind that this is still very much beta here’s what I’ve run into: crashes when Gnome starts [...]
Cell phone or service?
For several months I’ve been looking at getting a cell phone, but I found deciding on the “right” cell phone was extremely difficult. Buying a cell phone isn’t just about the cell phone itself, but also the kind of service plan you get with it. Being a Linux fan I had my heart set on [...]
Kitchener/Waterloo Software Freedom Day 2011 Poster
Kitchener/Waterloo Software Freedom Day 2011 Poster Software Freedom Day 2011 is fast approaching (September 17, 2011) and we’ve just released a poster for the Kitchener/Waterloo event (link above). We now have 5 talks posted on the Kitchener Software Freedom Day 2011 wiki web site. The wiki also links to other SFD promotional material including logos, [...]
