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Just installed the beta 3 install on my laptop, and it's good I'm really surprised just how quick the install is, and it looks a lot better than the previous version. The only problem i had was with the graphics, i had to run the monitor detection program again so i could add the 1280x800 wxga to my setup, other than that it worked fine. Now just have to download the 1009 updates maybe with 21 days to go i should have waited for the release? NAH!

I've been using openSUSE for a bit, and am starting to like it [not enough to actually install it on my laptop rather than the VirtualBox],  i've also decided to start an SUSE diary so i can blog about my trials and tribulations, rathen than have it hog the ubuntu planet my posts from this blog get syndicated on, i've created it in another blog set up.  Announcing SUSE Diary

Aparently i'm not the first with this idea, [thanks treb0r]

So my idea scrapped - go visit - http://ubuntuweblogs.org

Number 1 - "If you are an Ubuntu Member, and would like your blog aggregated here"

Now this is on planet.ubuntulinux.org, hmmm i'm guessing it's a privalege of ubuntu membership, but what if i'd like to get my blog [ubuntu related] out to more people?

Cut to the chase, i've created http://www.planetubuntu.org

There are no requirements, if you use ubuntu and are anywhere in the world and want to plug your self, visit the site, click the "email paul link" and i'll add your feed.

Yes i know there are other planets out there, but not one that everyone and any one can use, i mean i'm not going to get on the new york loco planet am i [do they have one?]

/me waits for the flack and negative comments.

I'll pretty-fi the graphics soon.

** UPDATE **

Aparently i’m not the first with this idea, [thanks treb0r]

So my idea scrapped - go visit - http://ubuntuweblogs.org

I don't know about you but if i'm using the terminal my screen tends to get cluttered if i'm using a few of them, enter Terminator - Multiple GNOME terminals in one window.

Think this says it all - link

I'm using Hardy Heron, the command below will install it.

sudo apt-get install terminator

As i'm running a test envioronment using Fedora9, i thought i'd have a go at installing the live cd onto a USB key, turns out it was quite simple

1, download the fedora9 live cd

2, install the livecd-tools - yum install livecd-tools

3, determine where your USB key is mounted - use the df -h command, /media/disk is the USB key so it's /dev/sdb1

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
35G 6.8G 26G 21% /
/dev/sda1 99M 19M 76M 20% /boot
tmpfs 501M 12K 501M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sdb1 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /media/disk

4, cd to the folder with the livecd iso and as a super user

livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 1000 Fedora-9-Live-i686.iso /dev/sdb1

If i'm not mistaken, the overlay gives you 1000mb space for your own files.

You'll then get something like

Verifying image...
Fedora-9-Live-i686.iso: 17d675e98a44754d41ba0d93f485ffa3
Fragment sums: 7dba468e8adf87c776ae4a15a871426ba74dba1187adb2a6807c1e124a34
Fragment count: 20
Percent complete: 100.0% Fragment[20/20] -> OK
100.0
The media check is complete, the result is: PASS.

It is OK to use this media.
Copying live image to USB stick
Updating boot config file
Installing boot loader
USB stick set up as live image!

5, Reboot

Note, in order to boot your USB key, you need to make sure your BIOS is capable of booting from a USB device, not all motherboards support this. If it does, change the boot order to boot from USB first. ENJOY

Taken from here and here

While Fedora 9 appears to be a great release they have to go and spoil it by bundling Firefox 3, what a bag of shite that is turning out to be, especially on my laptop, i can hardly type a sentence/URL without it locking up....garbage.  Luckily i've installed the epiphany web browser which doesn't appear to be behaving in the same way....If it was a problem with Fedora i wouldn't moan, but it's not, imo it's what ever distro it's bundled with has the same problem.  How many "but it's only beta" comments am i going to get i wonder?

http://fedoraproject.org/

From the announce list.

An ancient text prophesised this day would come, detailing the fate of
all who are willing to accept what is offered to them:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/index.html

And that day has come: the Computer said "I will convert these
unbelievers, and now that I have Sulphur it will be easy." At that,
the heavens opened and burning Sulphur descended upon all the world,
taking on many different forms.

First to hit were the live USB keys. The heathens cried out for mercy,
but were powerless to resist. The sticks were damn persistent and
non-destructively formatted - non-destructively! They showed up
everywhere, casting out demons from computers infected by the dark one
of the interwebs and rescuing lost data from the influence of the evil
crackers.

Then, when they thought it couldn't get any worse, the whole world was
cast into shadow. Lit only by the dim light from their computer
screens, they discovered a mysterious message scrolling across: "K K K
K K K K K 4 4 4 4 4 4". The screens flickered, and the light flooded
out so that the shadow was lifted. After their eyes had adjusted they
saw something so beautiful, teeming with so much potential that they
began to break down. KDE 4 was on their desktops!

The descent gathered pace; next to hit the ground was FreeIPA. At
first this puzzled what remained of the heathens, but then they
realized...they realized that it was going to make system
administrators lives a lot easier! A web interface and command line
tools, interacting with Windows domains and Active Directories? It was
all getting too much for them. Conversions were happening faster and
faster, only aided by mobile broadband, static IP addresses, and much
much more in NetworkManager.

Now, only a few doubters remained and what pushed them over the edge?
The community, stupid! Tirelessly working to push out great code,
great documentation and great artwork, inviting everyone to join where
ever they were in the name of freedom.

http://join.fedoraproject.org

And the Computer, seeing that his work was accomplished and it was
good, decided to rest. Pointing his browser at the Fedora mirrors, he
switched off his monitor and waited for his Sulphur to return to him
through the internet tubes, ready to enjoy another great release from
the Fedora Project.

http://get.fedoraproject.org

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/ReleaseSummary

After posting earlier about having problems with Ubuntu Server and mysql I was given a little lesson in command line mysql by Philip Newborough [thanks]

I think i'll pass it on. My problem was creating mysql users/databases via phpmyadin which left me unable to import my .sql files. Here's what i had to do.

1, mysql --user="root" --password="your_root_password" - This connects to the mysql server as root

2, CREATE USER 'new_username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_for_new_username';

3, GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'new_username'@'localhost';

4, create database databasename;

I could then import my .sql files using -

mysql -u<username> -p database < databasefile.sql

If you're reading this post then you're reading it on my shiny new install of Ubuntu Heron Server 8.04 LTS.

I was using CentOS as a web server and while it worked fine i wanted to use a debian based server. I downloaded the Heron LTS iso and installed it, rather than install a LAMP system from the install i did a basic install so i could install the AMP parts manually. All went well until i wanted to restore my mysql databases. I use phpmyadmin to create databases because i'm lazy and it's easy to click the priveleges link, add the usename/password job done but when i used the mysql command to import the .sql files, this is where it went tits up. For some reason it kept giving me

ERROR 1045 (28000) : Access denied for user: 'myusername@localhost' (Using password: YES)

I knew the username and password was correct but apprently it's something to do with the user information being wrong in the user table....don't ask me what, i gave up after a while and installed debian etch which i knew would work straight away.......

I'll figure it out but until i do, debian [which i think is actually quicker on my machine than CentOS] will stay on it.