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<obvious>I haven't blogged in a long time.</obvious>

After attending Flock 2015, I realized that I need to resume doing so.

I have also changed the title of the blog, the Blogger theme, and the URL. (mikedepaulo.blogspot.com → mikedep333.blogspot.com)

Also, I considered using http://blog.x2go.org/ .However, that blog is no longer updated now that Mike Gabriel is primarily focusing on Arctica, and he has his own blog.

Red Flag Linux on an American Nettop

Maybe this is a mistake, or maybe this was intended for the Chinese market, but I find it funny that an American nettop by Asus is being sold with Red Flag Linux (the Chinese government's official Linux distro.)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220028

HP's "Ultra-Portable"

I came across this.

Hey HP, a 5.3 lb (2.4 kg) 14.1" laptop is hardly what I call an "Ultra-Portable."

To be fair, it does look like a pretty good laptop. It has good user reviews on their site and it always comes with 802.11n wi-fi, hdmi/vga output, and a USB/eSATA port. Still, get your labels right HP.

Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) Alpha 3 Reactions

I've been trying out (Gnome) Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) Alpha 3. Here are some notable changes:

-It boots up extremely fast in VirtualBox 3.1.4.

-The highly technical Xsane image scanner has been replaced with "Simple Scan," developed by Canonical. I say this is definitely a good idea.

-There are now only 6 games included by default. I read one user story where a grandma was amazed to see all the awesome Gnome games included by default.

-You can update the installer (during the installer wizard.) If this can increase the changes that ubuntu will install, it sounds awesome.

-No more installer option to participate in the package popularity survey. You can enable it under the synaptic options.

-Virtualbox guest editions, both Lucid's 3.1.2 OSE ones and the official 3.1.4 proprietary ones, cause the mouse cursor to not be shown.

-Browsing my (always difficult to browse) network is either not working or extremely slow.

-The new Palimpsest Disk Utility 2.29 version seems nice, but it doesn't work with an 800x600 screen.

-I'll have to try out the included pitivi video editor. I like the idea of including a simple video editor by default. I wish I didn't have to install the whole windows live package to install windows movie maker on Windows 7.

-Although tsclient is still the default RDP front-end/client, I am glad that Remmina is in the repos. It is a great gnome RDP (and other remote desktop implementations) client. However, it should not default to 256 colors (8-bit color.)

-System Testing didn't work. I contributed to a bug report.

If you want to try this ALPHA on something non-critical (like a VirtualBox test machine,) you can download it here:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/alpha3

Remember that we are past the feature freeze, so it will only get more stable from here until its release on April 29th.

MSDOS

I just thought of something funny.

If I ever create an operating system and have a big enough ego, it will be named "Michael Swinick DePaulo Operating System." MSDOS

Connecting to Penn State on Linux

I have mostly completed a guide to connecting to penn state, both for wi-fi and network resources. Screenshots included.
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcznzv55_29f6mf8rdq

My Recommended Ubuntu Packages

I'm preparing a list of Ubuntu Packages that I recommend. These are the specific package names, but they should generally translate to the names in add/remove or in the software center.
I have them listed by category too.
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcznzv55_19g2t9k5xb