Submitted by dave on Sat, 29/05/2010 - 12:16
As previously posted I have recently bought myself a nice new Android phone - a HTC Hero to be precise. One of the main reasons for buying it was so that I could look into developing applications for this new platform, thus expanding my skill set.
Submitted by dave on Sun, 16/05/2010 - 19:48
Like most Ubuntu 'geeks' I have a box running the Server edition, just to play around on - mine is in the garage and performs some of the mundane tasks I've blogged about in the past, e.g. updating my OpenDNS and DynDNS settings when my external IP address changes and pinging the kids computers so I know when time the 'really' shut down last night.
Submitted by dave on Sun, 02/05/2010 - 16:01
With the release of Ubuntu 10.04 on 29th April I was keen to blow away my existing installation (Ubuntu 9.10) and perform a fresh installation. Not because there was anything wrong with that release but as I am still finding my feet with Linux in general there were numerous redundant packages and general cruft laying around.
Submitted by dave on Tue, 09/06/2009 - 22:03
I recently bought an 'old' PC to use as a test system, running XP for my .NET development and Ubuntu Server (Jaunty 9.04) for my investigations into Linux. I have a few spare drives kicking around so having a totally separate installation of XP and Ubuntu would be a doddle.
Submitted by dave on Mon, 05/01/2009 - 13:54
In a previous post I stated that have installed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) alongside Vista on my Toshiba laptop but this was not as straightforward as I had hoped.
I had upgraded the laptop with a 160GB hard drive and Vista was reporting that there was about 90GB free. Great, I only want about 20-30GB for Ubuntu so I should have no problems at all - should I?
Submitted by dave on Mon, 05/01/2009 - 13:12
Ok - now that I have decided that I'm going to do this and how I'm going to do it, it's time to get things organised.
I already have a reasonable laptop (a Toshiba A100-147 which I have upgraded with a 160GB HDD, 2.5GB RAM and Vista Home Premium [although some may not see that as an upgrade!]) for my Windows development and although I could develop using Python/PHP within Windows I though that this was not (in my mind) TRUE Open Source development. To make the environment truly Open Source I would have to go to a Linux distribution of some description.
