Last week I installed Debian Lenny in my desktop machine. I had tried Lenny live and had it installed in my netbook, but I hadn't installed it in my network server yet.
I read in the Debian Project News that they are waiting for the debian installer to be ready to finally release Lenny. The installer developers suggest trying the installer which is a RC1 and send a report even if the installation is successful (Which was my case). Here is the installation-report I sent them.
As you can imagine I am writing this post using Lenny. The only regret I have is that I've grown so fond of Etch that I Know for sure I'll miss it. It is so stable and works so fine that I have to come to terms with the idea of letting go. I hope Lenny is the right substitute to take up Etch's place. I'm sure it is!!!
11 January 2009
06 January 2009
Summertime
Summer is a great time to go out and enjoy endless hours of sunlight at the beach or the countryside. So power off your computer, get up of your chair and follow some of my special recommendations:
- Go fishing; great and fascinating sport.
- Ride your bike; Another great sport and pastime.
- Work a bit, just enough not to get rusty, and hard enough just to buy that special thing you dream of.
and swim, dance, sweat, love ... and enjoy yourself.
Have a nice summer holiday!!!!!!!!!!!
- Go fishing; great and fascinating sport.
- Ride your bike; Another great sport and pastime.
- Work a bit, just enough not to get rusty, and hard enough just to buy that special thing you dream of.
and swim, dance, sweat, love ... and enjoy yourself.
Have a nice summer holiday!!!!!!!!!!!
01 January 2009
OpenID
This is the first post of the year. Well, let me start by introducing the new features of the renewed chalsattack.com
1st I've changed the background colour from light grey to white. Both are ok for reading but I think white makes a better contrast with dark fonts.
2nd I've included a new section called class Notes. I've eliminated Virtual classes though.
3rd I've rearranged the blog including my personal profile. I intend to write a post once a week (on a wing and a prayer...) and update the site once a month as I usually do.
And now the good news: I've signed up for an OpenID at openid.org I was curious to know about it since I saw the option at the login prompt of sourceforge.net
An openid is very useful to log into different sites with the same username and password. It's kind of a master key for all your accounts. It's supposed to be secure and spread over the internet in a short period of time.
My OpenID is http://chals.openid.org
1st I've changed the background colour from light grey to white. Both are ok for reading but I think white makes a better contrast with dark fonts.
2nd I've included a new section called class Notes. I've eliminated Virtual classes though.
3rd I've rearranged the blog including my personal profile. I intend to write a post once a week (on a wing and a prayer...) and update the site once a month as I usually do.
And now the good news: I've signed up for an OpenID at openid.org I was curious to know about it since I saw the option at the login prompt of sourceforge.net
An openid is very useful to log into different sites with the same username and password. It's kind of a master key for all your accounts. It's supposed to be secure and spread over the internet in a short period of time.
My OpenID is http://chals.openid.org
28 December 2008
End of blog_2008
This is my last post before New Year's eve. I've just finished reviewing the changes in the site and I think that everything is ready for publishing. I don't know when I am going to upload the new pages but I suppose that I'll do it on the 31st or maybe on January 1st. Probably the latter since I want to start the 2009 blog with the 2008 statistics of chalsattack.com.
The renewed chalsattack.com will include my personal profile and a new section of class notes. I hope to post on the blog on a weekly basis and keep on updating the site monthly as usual. I may include visit statistics for each month too.
Happy new year!!!
ps: Today is Holy Innocents' Day but I didn't remember.
The renewed chalsattack.com will include my personal profile and a new section of class notes. I hope to post on the blog on a weekly basis and keep on updating the site monthly as usual. I may include visit statistics for each month too.
Happy new year!!!
ps: Today is Holy Innocents' Day but I didn't remember.
20 December 2008
The NASA
Last Sunday I was visiting Fedoraproject's site and I was drawn to the section "Who uses Fedora?" I was amazed to learn there that the Nasa uses Gnu/Linux in their servers. Fantastic news!!!
It's also interesting to know that Linus Torvalds (If you follow the link and read the interview) has never used pure Debian because he prefers Fedora's ease of use. Well it's not bad at all, everyone using Debian knows a lot about package dependencies and compiling from source. There might be millions of reasons to use Debian but I can't imagine any better reason than having all dependencies resolved.
Anyway I downloaded Fedora 10 liveCD and I must admit that I like it a lot. I have been using it for a week on my laptop and on my ultra-portable and it works fine. It is perfect as desktop OS; it is capable of dealing with most day to day jobs. The repository is very good and complete (There are 7264 available packages)
But still I am not sure whether it is suited to stand hard work as a powerful Debian workstation does. To begin with I wasn't able to locate the apache software using yum's gui. Yes, I downloaded the desktop edition, but still I missed the package.
It's also interesting to know that Linus Torvalds (If you follow the link and read the interview) has never used pure Debian because he prefers Fedora's ease of use. Well it's not bad at all, everyone using Debian knows a lot about package dependencies and compiling from source. There might be millions of reasons to use Debian but I can't imagine any better reason than having all dependencies resolved.
Anyway I downloaded Fedora 10 liveCD and I must admit that I like it a lot. I have been using it for a week on my laptop and on my ultra-portable and it works fine. It is perfect as desktop OS; it is capable of dealing with most day to day jobs. The repository is very good and complete (There are 7264 available packages)
But still I am not sure whether it is suited to stand hard work as a powerful Debian workstation does. To begin with I wasn't able to locate the apache software using yum's gui. Yes, I downloaded the desktop edition, but still I missed the package.
09 December 2008
Thoughts on music
I have always liked music. At least as far as I can remember. That's why I can't comprehend why some people simply don't mind music at all. How is that possible? How can someone not care at all about music?
Well this question has remained unanswered for so long that I had almost forgotten. But now that I don't like music myself I can perfectly understand. But I need to explain this a bit further. Perhaps I should have said, now I do not simply like music, now I do love it and that's because I enjoy it like never before. When I was younger music (mainly hard rock) was powerful and fun but as I grow older music is still powerful and fun but it is also (or at least more than before to me) feeling. Pure feeling, and when you feel it deep in your veins you just can never let go of it. It's got you forever.
Well this question has remained unanswered for so long that I had almost forgotten. But now that I don't like music myself I can perfectly understand. But I need to explain this a bit further. Perhaps I should have said, now I do not simply like music, now I do love it and that's because I enjoy it like never before. When I was younger music (mainly hard rock) was powerful and fun but as I grow older music is still powerful and fun but it is also (or at least more than before to me) feeling. Pure feeling, and when you feel it deep in your veins you just can never let go of it. It's got you forever.
04 December 2008
last.fm
I'm new in last.fm and I must say that I love it. It's out of this world. I used to listen to Virgin Radio (UK) everyday in the afternoons. They have recently changed their name into Absolute radio but it doesn't matter. I still like it but since I discovered last.fm I just can't do without it. Still some days I miss Leona Graham's voice and have to tune in.
But I haven't been able to find any group or even listened to any of Mark Free's songs. (One of my favourite singers ever) If you say you want to listen to Mark Free, you are connected to Mark Free's radio and listen to similar artists but never get the real thing.
I'll keep on trying and maybe some day...Maybe it would be a good idea to type one of the bands he was in. King Kobra, Signal or Unruly Child. I'm gonna try right now ...
But I haven't been able to find any group or even listened to any of Mark Free's songs. (One of my favourite singers ever) If you say you want to listen to Mark Free, you are connected to Mark Free's radio and listen to similar artists but never get the real thing.
I'll keep on trying and maybe some day...Maybe it would be a good idea to type one of the bands he was in. King Kobra, Signal or Unruly Child. I'm gonna try right now ...
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