el rinconcito

C'mon now, you know SomaFM is where it's at for net radio. They have a channel called Doomed, very haunting. I usually listen to Tag's Trip (Progressive house / trance. Tip top tunes), but I'm trying to set a mood for Halloween.

We're going to the party at the local club/disco tonight after all the trick-or-treaters come by. I only hope there is enough room in the back yard to bury them all.

More info on it later.

I talked about this the other day. I'm off from work all this week, so I have little to do but wait on a distro upgrade of Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu. I guess it's better than sitting around drunk.

Laissez le téléchargement commencer! (The French courtesy of Babelfish. Looks good doesn't it!)

Already got 'er flowing in on bittorrent. Then I can do my CD-less install. Then I'll copy the iso file to a flash drive and carry it around to all the computers in my life. Nice license, huh! Download once, install as many times as you like. Do what you want. Have your way with it.

All you *buntu freaks, it's almost here again, upgrade time. Distro upgrades are always fun. This Thursday, 29 October 2009, is the next release, 9.10 (Karmic Koala, WTF!) so fire up those torrent clients and look busy.


See my CD-less speedy combo method of upgrading. Download servers will overload on Thursday, so if you use bittorrent to fetch, you'll save a lot of time.



All of these are fun and run smooth as silk:

• Ubuntu - for you Gnome-ers. Safe with most medications.
  
  
• Kubuntu - KDE eye-candy fantasy. Goes well with spicy Chinese take-out, or Vietnamese.
  
  
• Xubuntu - for people who like the military-like precision of the Xfce desktop like I do.
  
  
• Edubuntu - Ubuntu enhanced with educational applications, tools, content, and themes.
  
  
• Ubuntu Netbook Remix - runs dreamy on my Sylvania Meso netbook.
  
  
• Microsoft Windows 7 - obligatory "I'm kidding" link. What a freakin' downer!
  

If you can't decide which one to get, just pick any of the first few listed above. One can be converted to another with little hassle.

Reminder, if you are upgrading from a previous *buntu system, get the *alternate* CD iso file, not the main one. If it's a virginal install, any of the iso files will do. In fact, if you're new to all this, get the recommended main file. You can boot it live and see how it looks before you install it.

Upgrades: get the *alternate* file! Virgins, get any file, especially the main one.

All install easy as pie, especially with beer. Don't forget to install Opera after you get 'er running.

Control + C. I'm done!