Nerd Mess

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

nerdmess — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:41:22 +0000

I love the new version of Ubuntu. It’s called Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. It’s nicer looking than the new Linux Mint which is based on it and is known for looking better than Ubuntu in previous versions. I actually have both installed on different computers. I can’t make up my mind about whether I should use Mint because it has the codecs pre-installed so that I won’t have use additional bandwidth to download the ubuntu-restricted-extras package or to stick with my Ubuntu installs because of the looks, and more importantly that Ubuntu uses UbuntuOne which is 2 GB of cloud storage that comes with Ubuntu free. I also have to look into whether or not Linux Mint will work with my DVI out to HDMI in cable for my HDMI input on my HDTV. Ubuntu doesn’t. If neither do I’ll have to figure out if the S-video out works with either of them as well. I really don’t use my desktop much anyways though. I like to lay on the couch with my head propped up on a pillow while I use my laptop.

New Ubuntu version out soon!

nerdmess — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:56:53 +0000

7 February, 2010 09:30

nerdmess — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:30:53 +0000

SchizoJosh-ville

(Because people say I live in my own little world)

I’m barely making progress while I learn html and try to figure out what to do with it. In the meantime follow me at my blog and some of my web2.0/social networking profiles at these links:

Twitter Facebook Myspace Last.FM Delicious

7 February, 2010 07:56

nerdmess — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:56:26 +0000

My website is barely making progress while I learn html and try to figure out what to do with it. Have a look at some of my profiles and blogs:

Website Update

nerdmess — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:15:03 +0000

My website is barely making progress while I learn html and try to figure out what to do with it. Have a look at some of my profiles and blogs:

My Twitter profile, My Facebook Profile, My Myspace Profile, My Last.FM, My Delicious Profile, My Blog.

Incomplete list of my web 2.0 profiles.

nerdmess — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:01:01 +0000

You can find me here.

This website is under construction while I learn html. Have a look at some of my profiles and blogs in the meantime: My Twitter profile, My Facebook Profile, My Myspace Profile, My Last.FM, My Delicious Profile, My Blog.

Some apps I use in Ubuntu revised

nerdmess — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:51:01 +0000

I already posted this with a different link but that link didn’t work so here is the one that I meant to have posted the first time.

Here is a list of software I use in Ubuntu.

http://www.allmyapps.com/list/bob%20globdob

Check it out.

Some software I use in Ubuntu 9.04

nerdmess — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:31:08 +0000

http://www.allmyapps.com/list/Bob Globdob

Late Notice Dinosaur Jr Live on NPR in a few minutes

nerdmess — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:46:31 +0000

Dinosaur Jr is about to start playing live on
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113550890&sc=nl&cc=asc-20091008 right now. Actually… they are now playing. Sorry about the late notice. I can’t wait to see them live at Headliners on October 16th, 2009 in Louisville, KY.

Use APTonCD for a quick Ubuntu reinstall without redownloading applications.

nerdmess — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:44:46 +0000

If you need to reinstall Ubuntu but you are afraid that you’ll have to download all your applications again with synaptic here’s a way to backup the applications that you’ve already downloaded to CD or DVD so that you can quickly reinstall them after you reinstall Ubuntu.

Click on Applications, go to Accessories, and then click on terminal. When the terminal window pops up type

sudo apt-get update

click enter

enter your password

after apt-get is done updating at the prompt type

sudo apt-get install aptoncd

enter your password again if necessary

after apt-get install has finished installing aptoncd, click on System, go to Administration and click on APTonCD

When aptoncd opens click on Create.

Click Edit then Auto Select Dependencies

Click Edit again and Allow Old Versions

Click Edit then Click the Check All box

Click Burn

Choose if you want to backup to a CD or DVD and insert the blank CD or blank DVD.

Make sure Create metapackage is selected. I don’t know what it does but it hasn’t hurt anything when I checked it.

If you want you can choose the place to put the .iso image file which you can safely delete after the end of this project.

Click Apply

Wait for the scan to complete. Then when prompted choose to burn your .iso image file to CD with Brasero withing the APTonCD application.

Make sure your CD or DVD is in the drive. Then choose Yes.

Choose the CD or DVD drive with your blank CD or DVD in it then click burn.

When finished with burning the CD or DVD you can safely close the APTonCD application and put the CD or DVD away in storage where you can find it later.

When the day comes that you have just reinstalled Ubuntu after backing up all of your important data you will also be able to restore the installed applications you just backed up to CD or DVD.

After reinstalling Ubuntu just pop in the CD you made with the steps above.

Two boxes should open one is a Nautilus window which you can ignore or close.

Another asks if you want to open Synaptic Package Manager. You should specify that you do.

Click the origin section on the left of the screen. Then choose the first origin that says aptoncd.

On the right upper window pain you can right click each package you want to reinstall from that origin and click mark for installation.

You can do the same for each of the package origins on the left pain that says aptoncd.

When finished marking the selections click Apply. Click Apply on the next screen.

The packages you’ve backed up with aptoncd are now installing on your computer.

When this is done all of your backed up packages will be restored. You can quit Synaptic Package Manager and eject your CD or DVD.

Note: Unfortunately this only works with the version of Ubuntu that you have backed up from, so you can’t install a new version of Ubuntu without re-downloading packages for the newer version. You may want to create aptoncd backups periodically in case you can’t access your Ubuntu desktop due to hardware errors or something like that.