Trying out Ubuntu

Hi guys,

Now I'm trying out Ubuntu OS on my old desktop.

Current Config:
P3 700 MHz
256 DDR RAM
10GB HDD
CD ROM Drive
Wireless USB Adapter

My old PCI LAN card isn't recognized by Ubuntu. An attempt to install the driver has proven unsuccessful. But hey! I could use the wireless usb adapter! That's even better as I could place this desktop away from the router.

Experience:
The operating system boot up time was quick and fast. A little change to the boot sequence is a must to allow the wireless usb adapter to work all the time( it took me half an hour to make it work properly). While using the firefox beta that's installed on default. It is quite slow and laggy. Not a very smooth operation. I would recommend you to get at least 512mb of memory to make it real nice.

Why? Firefox 3 may boast of a better memory managment but on my Windows XP Pro laptop, even with 2GB of memory, the initial start up of firefox is still slow and laggy. On the other hand, my laptop has been used for 3 years without any reformatting but I got tons of other stuffs to load too.

In the baseline, Ubuntu is a nice OS to use for free. But! Before you whip out any old PC to use. Please at least consider these settings.

1) At least 1GHz computer processer (Intel is favored over AMD)
2) At least 512Mb of RAM (to make multi-tasking smoother and web browsing better)
3) At least 20 to 40 GB hard disk.
4) Able to play sound ( mine can't T-T)
5) Mouse and Keyboard

Lastly, the most important one...
A working Internet connection. Ubuntu relies heavily on the internet!

Bird aka kxh

25 july 08 fri

Well... Today's friday.

What did I done?

1) Called the lab my home again ( my senior called it his house. He sleeps there. Monday to Friday, and he goes home on friday evening. Repeat it again on the following Monday. Btw, he took back our self declared 'my' drawer to store his clothes and shaver. )

2) Downloaded some Mobile Java games. ( currently playing some guitar game, O2 Jam mobile and some rally car racing game. )

3) Looked and researched into WebDeveloper.com

4) Returned to TP to look for more books in the evening.

5) Switched off my coding mode and spend time surfing net ( Hey! That's what I have done in the day! )

Nights...

New resolution!!!!!!

While looking at Devin's new blog,

I had an idea.

Why not blog my logbook inside it? In this way...

1) A causal report on my work done
2) Helps me remember stuffs!!!

MUahahah...

Flash back

I was reading the BBC news and then I saw this article:

Police say UFO was just the Moon

it reminds me when I was young. I was going to give my elder cousin a call that afternoon. I dialled the number from my memory and then a uncle picked up the phone. Thinking that he was my uncle... I when:

Me: Hello? Uncle ah? Jie Jie in a not???
Uncle: Er... Huh?
Me: (got blur... His daughter also don't know) Er... Valerie ah...
Uncle: Orh... Wait ah.
Me: Ok!
Fake Valerie: Hello?
Me: Er... (Sensing that something is not right)
Me (again): Jie ah...
Fake Valerie: huh? Hello little boy. This is the police post. Don't anyhow play with the phone.
Me: (sian)

Called my cousin in the tampines and it became tampines police post.

I'm not as busy as everybody thinks it is...

Phew... It has sometime I had posted something in this bloodly blog of mine.

May stuff has passed, and my project is giving me headache. Nobody knows about it, cause my face doesn't show it.

Pretending that it's going well seems to be my style for now.

Lately, the mrt rides from Simei to Boon Lay became a time for me to do some reading and some project brainstorming. It's only in the mrt I got the mood to read a book or a magazine(mostly on games, cars and toys, lol). And it's the only time I get the idea to solve problems in my project(how I wish my laptop's battery is working).