Thursday, April 20, 2006

Ubuntu is based on Debian!

Well it was another day, just like any other (or was it)...?
Heres an update, I have been using GNU/Linux for almost 2 and a half years now and im finally getting a little used to the Desktop Environments and the command line interface. I just recently switched recently from Debian to Ubuntu to give it a try. It sounds more promising than the Fedora core 4 I tried awhile back (on my Compaq Presario in between win 2K and win XP), as Ubuntu is based off my beloved Debian.
Much public interest (including a few friends of mine) have convinced me to switch my main SOYO computer to Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger). I'm also working on a dual-boot of windows XP and Debian on the Presario currently. Besides the easy curve of not having a root user account anymore (everything in Ubuntu is sudo commands) most things seem very much like Debian with a few welcome tweaks, twists, and new artwork. I have already also installed Kubuntu and Xubuntu Desktops and reset the few settings that had apparently been set to default when the settings files not in my /home/ folder were formatted in the root partition in the switch. My fault, but not a big deal to me whatsoever.
I also have been alpha and beta testing Mozilla software like Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Sunbird in both Linux and Windows. I'm trying to get a better understanding of how bugs are detected in software (smoke tests of nightly builds in this case) and learn how software is developed in general.

First Birthday!

Sometime today (in the afternoon to be exact, but i'm getting an early start this year) my blog turns one year old! The bad news, is now...