New Ubuntu almost kills 1, so far.

As the resident linux guy in the lab, I have to deal with a few problems. However, today when i piloted the new Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex update on one of the machines, I was a little lost. Only for a bit, but it was annoying enough.

After a flawless install, I restarted. Then nothing. The machine hung after running a few boot scripts. After a couple reboots, I got it into a terminal and found out that the new install messed up my X configuration. Simple but annoying. After a few tweaks, up and running. It's very nice.

I got home and upgraded. No problem here. No annoying X misconfiguration or hanging boot. But I'd give it a couple months if you're uncomfortable with making changes to xorg.conf.

Testing out Ubuntu Blog Widget

Ubuntu Kung Fu has some great tips on configuring and tweaking your Ubuntu desktop. This is one of them, the Blog Widget that allows you to post to your blog without actually navigating to it. More tips are available here.