Archive for April, 2008
Ubuntu 8.04 on a Sony VAIO VGN-FE890
This is a follow-up to my Ubuntu post from a few days ago. I've tried out the final version of 8.04 LTS on my Sony VAIO laptop, and found that it didn't boot. Instead, after the Loading Kernel process bar reaches 100%, the only thing that appears on screen is:
[ 42.947514] ACPI: EC: […]
Posted: April 25th, 2008 under Software & Tools.
Tags: acpi, boot, bug, laptop, linux, ubuntu
Comments: 1
itsourtree.com - Social Network for Your Whole Family
Ever been wanting to map out your family tree in an intuitive format and work on it collaboratively with other family members? Check out itsourtree.com, which is essentially a social network site for your extended family.
So far I've found genealogy software to be quite clumsy, but Hamburg, Germany based OSN Online Social Networking GmbH has […]
Posted: April 20th, 2008 under Social Web.
Tags: ancestry, family, genealogy, history, internet, social media, web 2.0
Comments: 1
Ubuntu 8.04 nearing release
It's getting interesting. Computerworld and ZDNet report a Gartner analyst claiming that "Windows is 'collapsing'". Computerworld is also talking about Ubuntu breathing new life into old hardware.
With that said, The Ubuntu 8.04 release is imminent, and I'm very much looking forward to it. I've been a Ubuntu user on and off pretty much since 4.10, […]
Posted: April 12th, 2008 under Software & Tools.
Tags: linux, operating system, os, ubuntu, windows
Comments: 1