2008 October 31 - Scientechie

Entries for October 31st, 2008

Ubuntu 8.10 Review - Desktop Emphasis on the Intrepid Ibex

Oct.31, 2008 in linux

Introduction
My previous experience with Ubuntu has been good. 8.04.1 did very well for me, even if I finally decided to go with SUSE 11.0 as my main Linux distro.
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex was a non-LTS release. People were expecting big changes, though perhaps a little irrationally. Nevertheless, the list of new features is given in [...]

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Problems with my WordPress deployment- Scientechie

Oct.31, 2008 in pleasantries

I am currently having a few problems with my WordPress deployment. Hoping to solve them soon, will keep you updated.
Update: I ran into what has now become a common problem for me: word blacklisting by my server. This time, the word blocklisted was related to my review of Ubuntu 8.10. Changing the spelling of that [...]

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