Intrepid 8.10 and KDE 4.2
I have been using Intrepid 8.10 since is was in Alpha state, now it is in Stable state. Recently I installed KDE 4.2, now I didn’t like when KDE 4.0 came out, and tried everything to get out of my mind. I must say, with KDE 4.2, it is all different now. I am kind of enjoying it.
At this time, I am still looking for a Weather plasmoid, but I haven’t had any luck. If anyone knows where I can find one, let me know 
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Now looking to the future I am about to jump into alpha testing Jaunty Jackalope, and thinking I might want to try out the Ext4 filesystem. I don’t know if that is a good idea, but I guess I will find out.
During all this time, I have started a forum for the Ubuntu Teens, it is at Ubunteens go check it out.
I am out for now, but I will let you all know how Jaunty works out in about a month… Until then.
Peace…
Intrepid Ibex(8.10)
I have been using Intrepid since Alpha 5, and since than it has matured greatly. Needless to say, I am bored with it, nothing is breaking and I have tweaked to my hearts content.
Let me start somewhere around the beginning. I started using Linux over a year ago, and joined a helpful forum, http://ubuntuforums.org. I started with Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10. I tried quite a few after that, and found my self liking Slackware. I came back to Ubuntu on version 8.04, and then installed Crunchbang Linux based of Ubuntu 8.04. Around this time 8.10 alpha was coming out. I said what the heck I might as well give back to the Ubuntu community, and I helped test it and report bugs. About 2 months later, the final release came out, my good friend Joe, sent me a CD with Ubuntu on it, and I updated to the final version.
Well, 6 months of development, and testing, led to a system so stable, I was shocked. Why was I shocked? Because in the Windows world, 6 months of development and testing would lead to a system that wouldn’t run let alone be stable. They come with a new OS around once every three to six years, and to say the least, it is broken, and usually heavier then the latter. Linux can come out with a new system every 6 months, and they try to make it faster, and more stable then the last. I would say the have accomplished one of them, and they are working on making it faster right now.
Well, I will end this now, but I will write again soon, when I start testing Jaunty Jackalope 9.04.
Intrepid Ibex Again!!!
I am using Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex again, and it has become a lot more stable, I re formmated my slave drive as ext3, and it found it and mounted, just like it should. I guess JFS, isn’t supported in Intrepid, it doesn’t matter as Ext3 seems to be faster. I wish I could find some more interesting web desings, so that I could make the beginners-dev web site look better, but I can’t seem to find any. Oh well, I am out for now.
Ubuntu 8.10.
I just got around to trying out Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, I must say it is very stable for an Alpha. The only thing missing is my second hard drive, where all my music, and pictures are stored. I like the new human theme, although it is a little dark. Here are a couple of screenshots.
