Danny's Space

Keeping a copy of Ubuntu 13.04 on my USB stick saved me some major headache. I was playing with a lot of PPA's for the latest GNOME packages and some third party themes. I kind of went over the line and can't find my way back. I decided to just re-install Ubuntu. I remember that I downloaded 13.04 last April 2013 and saved it in a USB stick I kept for situations like this one. My first thought was I'm going to spend my whole weekend now and more. Then I went and start GNOME terminal to survey my partitions. # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation /               ext4    errors=remoun$ # /home was on /dev/sda2 during installation /home           ext4    defaults     $ # /home/donato/Downloads was on /dev/sdb1 during installation /home/donato/Downloa...

Hi Reese After downloading 831 MB of Saucy Salamander, I booted to the familiar lightgdm log in screen. I was tempted to check the Gnome side of my installation. I gave it my password. I got this. This is Ubuntu "saucy salamander" Unity. It's a black colored background which isn't my default colored background. I attempted to use Appearance to activate some wallpapers but it doesn't work. The wallpapers are installed but they don't show up.

Hi Reese Now that the beta release is upon us, it's time to reconsider downloading and installing the developmental version of Ubuntu which is now "saucy salamander". This will become Ubuntu 13.10 on October 17th 2013. I decided to use the terminal. I googled the how to and I don't think the gui method works now. My terminal started properly. With my internet connection speed, It would take more than an hour to download 831 MB of image. So see you on the other side.

Hi Reese Just wrote you about this milestone in my use of email. I have 500,000 emails and counting since I started using Yahoo and Gmail around 2003 for Yahoo and 2006 for Gmail. Emails despite its age, still command respect because it is ubiquitous and cheap and easy to maintain and set up. Nobody has come up with a better idea. We could be using it still after 10 years. That's eternity in tech. Like saying forty days and forty nights or somethin'.

I first saw the film when a couple of college classmates got a video tape copy.The Shining was my first Stanley Kubrick film. It stars Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. The boy who has the ability to see things is played by Danny Lloyd. The family is spending the winter in a remote hotel up in the mountains as caretakers. Jack Torrence the father, accepted a job to baby sit a hotel while it's closed for the winter months. It was explained to him that a former employee committed suicide doing the same job. Danny Torrence the boy, could sense danger. He has an imaginary friend named Tony who speaks out when he is stressed. The title of the film is a euphemism of his power to understand danger and to put light on dark and mysterious images. My father used to call me Danny boy as soon as he gets home from work. Jack Torrence chased Danny with an axe in the movie while calling him Danny boy. I was watching this scene with a smile on my face that's why for the rest o...

I've been blogging for several years now and few people know I live in the Philippines. That link is actually a visitor's guide to the country. I think it will do more good to first time visitors who are trying to get a feel of my country to read about it here than the Wikipedia version. The Filipinos are the most welcoming group of people you will ever see. Most natives understand English and speak it as a second language. The Philippines is made up of 7,100 islands but the three major islands are Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. I live approximately 30 kilometers  north east of Manila the capital, in the island of Luzon. It mainly rains from June to October and major typhoons pass through the islands around August to September. The hottest and most dry months are March and April. Foreigner friends often tell me how could everybody be smiling when they always hear of the problems of poverty and inequality among the Filipinos. It's my opinion that we smile ...

What's the most compelling reason to switch to Linux? It's low maintenance. I don't have anti-virus software because I don't use it. I don't use it because I don't need to. I don't "defrag" my hard drive because the linux file system doesn't need to be defrag'd like Windows. It is stable. The Linux operating system is used in 95% of servers in the world for a reason. There will be bugs in any computing system. So the question should be how long does it take to fix a vulnerability. In the open source world of linux, anyone can look at the code and try to fix it. The more transparent the code is the more likely that bugs would be discovered and fixed. It's very customizable. The packages are modular. You can customize everything even the kernel. There are hundreds of distributions for every use and circumstances. You can try different desktop environments that will suit your need and personal preference. The more you go deeper into li...