BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called “xenix”, which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people’s computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people’s stereos to steal their music, using the “mp3” program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as “telnet”, which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone.
Ubuntu Lunix 10 Review
I had heard about a new direction that Canonical was taking with consumer Lunix, so I decided to give it a try on the borrowed laptop I use exclusively for Friday (aka Sunday) game.
Here are the steps I took:
Backed up everything on Dropbox. I do nothing major to any laptop without making sure all my data is here. All my recent data is synced across all my computers and I can access it at any time. It’s really quite fantastic.
Downloaded and installed Ubuntu Lunix10, Netbook Edition. Installer was moderately better, but still ended up wiping out my old install. Given that Lunix doesn’t have the hideous Windows registry problem, why can’t it simply move the old install and leave my documents intact?
Downloaded Skype, Dropbox, Google Chrome, Flash, and several other proprietary programs I wish were listed in the nifty Ubuntu store.
Waited several hours for my Dropbox data to be synced.
Updated Lunix. Made the mistake of listening to the Lunix recommendation to use the NVIDIA driver for my laptop. This caused X to crash so badly that the LCD looked like it was bleeding. I imagine this is a common reaction to consumer Lunix.
Searched the Ubuntu forums for a solution.
Discovered that the Ubuntu forum search doesn’t work. Used Google to find a solution, involving the X config file and bringing Lunix into “recovery mode.”
Recovery mode was, in fact, a linear lie. Used the LiveCD to bring the system back up.
The LiveCD doesn’t automatically mount hard drives, so did more searching and talked to Dan (Blobbus) to find out how to do this in Ubuntu. In RedHat, the naming of the drives was a bit more logical. So it goes. We found out that, in fact, there is a GUI interface for this. Oops.
Had to open the file in sudo, as Lunix was still respecting the permissions.
Made the change and rebooted.
X no longer crashed, but now, the Netbook Edition window manager “thing” made every program I launched a background application.
Reinstalled Lunix and started over.
Hours later, I am back to square one.
So basically, this was my best experience with Lunix, ever!
I really like the Netbook simplified interface. I hope GNOME becomes this; the iPhone OS has taught us that most operating system components go unused and are just confusing.
Canononical is basically one of the few Lunix distributions that matter at this point, and I am glad they are finally moving in interesting directions. Cloud computing, video editing, window manager replacements, touchscreen optimizations, and more!
Final grade: D+
UPDATE: Since I wrote this, updates have broken the “Netbook” edition, and I had to switch back to the inferior “Windows 95” look. I replaced most of the menu UI with an application called “Docky” to make it work like Mac OS X and it’s slightly less annoying.
I’ve taken to writing down all my configuration changes for the inevitable reinstall.
