Hot off the press, get yours now at the Ubuntu store. Congratulations to everyone on the release of the Karmic Koala (late I know but I wanted to wait till I got my shirt)! And here is a picture of me modeling my Ubuntu shirts (and I know I look grumpy I was focusing on [...]
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vrms: 16 non-free packages, 0.9% of 1712 installed packages.
Well yet another meem on planet ubuntu, and so without further ado: earobinson@MinusOne:/media/data/personal/hackergotchi$ vrms Non-free packages installed on MinusOne fglrx-modaliases Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driver linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.28 modules helper script linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels nvidia-173-modaliases Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver nvidia-180-kernel-source NVIDIA binary kernel module source [...]
Limited Edition Jaunty Jackalope T-shirts
In keeping with tradition the ubuntu store (well canonical store) has released a Limited Edition Jaunty Jackalope T-shirt to celebrate the release of ubunut 9.04. Get yours now (I have and they went really fast last time), and congratulations to everyone who made Jaunty Jackalope a success!
New Hackergotchi
With the release of wordpress 2.6.1 I have once again updated my hackergotchi. This will be my third hackergotchi since 2006, and the original image was taken by my mother at our cottage in Pointe au Baril, and yes I am sitting on the barrel that markes the site of the original barrel that the [...]
number_of_t-shirts = number_of_t-shirts + 1;
I got my Ubuntu Hardy Heron T-shirt Today. I will try and post some pictures soon. Maybe even update with a new hackergotchi.
Mapping Wikipedia
I was reading reddit the other day and stumbled upon the fact that wikipedia has an API. Neat I thought, and having some free time since my exams are now over I figured I would play around a bit with it. When I browse wikipedia I often click from link to link, and have come [...]
Hello World 2.5
Today I updated to wordpress 2.5, and I have to say its great. I love the new interface. As well as updating in response to all the websites stealing planet Ubuntu content I am going to try using the ©Feed plugin for wordpress. So we will see how that goes and I hope the plugin [...]
Got My Powered By Ubuntu Stickers Friday
This Friday I got my powered by Ubuntu stickers, from system76. They came with a nice little letter pointing me to ubuntu-ca.org. I did send off for these about a year ago but free is free so I’m not complaining and my Ubuntu CD’s always come fast so I’m not complaining. Thanks to everyone who [...]
Lets Let APT-URL Install Repositories
APT-URL is one of my favorite programs. The great thing about it is I can keep a list of programs I like on a website and easily install all the program I like on a new box, or point someone new to Ubuntu to the website with all my favorite programs. The problem is that [...]
