I am pleased to introduce another new feature coming to RyanOrser.com: A Podcast. This podcast is to help people that want to learn to use Linux. I will talk about the new commands and stuff like that. You can download the podcast in MP3 and Ogg

Every weekend, either on Saturday or on Sunday I will list all the Distros that come out for that week.

We are now 1 week away from the Release Candidate of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Since the RC is coming out in a week the archive has been frozen to keep buggy programs out of the main. Here is some of the ubuntu-devel-announce Digest, Vol 30, Issue 5 We are now one week out from the…

I have been using my laptop which is not at all Linux friendly. So whenever I have before plugged in a USB device, I have had to restart, and then after I had rebooted, I had only to wait a few minutes before the computer would go and slow down to less than a crawl…

Well, I know that Hardy Heron is still in beta, and I also know that since that update that was pushed out yesterday, liblaunchpad-integration1, that I could not install any updates, or fix the broken dependencies. The trouble was, I had been working all day to fix the problem. I re-installed the broken dependencies, deleted…

This is a simple how to on how to install Munin for Ubuntu server 7.10. Step 1: must have an ubuntu server or an ubuntu derivitive (like Xubuntu as I am not sure what will happen.) Step 2: sudo apt-get install munin munin-node. Step 3: Now you need to decide where to put the output:…

I wrote the Network+ Final Exam yesterday, which was why there was no post yesterday, as I was studying. I received a score of 78%. Which is a cisco pass.

In the news last year the Gentoo project was in a bit of trouble with not filing tax returns. Now just yesterday, I saw that Gentoo released 2008.0 Beta 1. Here is the summary from Distrowatch.com: The first development build of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 is out and ready for testing: “When we said ‘soon,’ even…

Wow! This is amazing! I can now go to the plug in page and automatically update a plugin by entering my ftp credentials and it downloads,  deactivates, installs, and then reactivates!!! It is all so cool. At least they got these functions working!

So far I have used the beta of Hardy Heron or a.k.a Ubuntu 8.04 for over a week and a half. Now that I have worked with it for an extended period of time, I will be able to review its pros and cons. The Pros of Hardy Heron Beta: The Pros outweigh the cons…