What's new in Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1

Love the Ubuntu font

I've taken a liking to the Ubuntu font.  It's easy to read and stylishly simple!  Wondering if I can actually have a copy of the Ubuntu font in my system (Windows system that is, as I still use Microsoft products at work), I tried a quick Google search which lead me to font.ubuntu.com.

Ubuntu 11.04 installation success!

I have installed Ubuntu at the office computer, this one within Windows as I have some applications that I need for work that runs only under Windows.  However, I seem to have come upon a stumbling block as I am able to connect and browse the Internet, but the Software Center is not able to download apps.

Back here at home, I had better success.  Since I have a 4GB thumb drive, I created the Installer plus copied the ISO in this drive as well, so it is in the same place as wubi.  That worked perfectly fine.  I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows for this occasion and have been playing around with it for a couple of days now.

I have installed Chromium as my preferred browser, and I am currently using this on the Ubuntu platform to write this blog entry.

Ubuntu error: cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO

I started installing Ubuntu 11.04 from a thumb drive into my home computer.  This installation will be within Windows, as I am not sure if my wife will be happy about the change.  I used wubi as instructed, but came up with this error message: "cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO".

It just might be the Windows XP acting up, I thought, and so I decided to try it at the office computer which runs on Windows 7.  Same error message.

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal: awesome

I think my journey with Linux is turning full circle.

My first foray into Linux is the Red Hat distro in the mid-90s. It is memorable because we got our CD installer in the US when we were there in training. And then back in Manila, we were tasked with installing a Linux Server and run the company's email service from there. I was part of the team who installed Linux and managed the mailing system. Every now and then the server would clog up and refuse to send and receive new mail, and I would log in and delete old messages. I felt quite geeky typing away in the command prompt, as we did not have X-Windows at that time.

The company eventually moved to Windows Servers and my responsibilities shifted from staring at monitors to talking with people. Such a move can dull your mind a bit technology-wise, and I contented myself with handheld tech.

So it's almost 15 years since I worked with a Linux system (save for around 4 years on a Mac). I was quite hesitant to start now with dabbling into Linux again, to be honest, because I have this perceived notion that it will still be too techie, and I'm too busy with Google Sites projects to allocate time for this.