Just upgraded one of the computers here to Wheezy (currently Debian Testing).
The machine is an HP Proliant Microserver - 1.3GHz AMD Neo II processor, integrated graphics and 250G disk - so low power and low spec. I' ve added three more 250G hard disks.
Very impressed indeed by KDE 4.6 and the general speed of response of a desktop environment on a low spec system. No audio subsystem on the system - it's a server - so I can't speak for sound quality.
I say this every time round about now in the release cycle: the next release of Debian (due later this year sometime) will be excellent :)
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
/etc/apt/sources.list
Since we have people posting to various lists for the correct format for an /etc/apt/sources.list file, here's one including the non-free repositories (which are not part of Debian proper but provided for the convenience of Debian users). Hope this helps somebody sometime.
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deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
and, of course, it wrapped in the browser. There's a single space between squeeze and main and between main and contrib and between contrib and non-free for example. There are six lines in total - three pairs.
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deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
and, of course, it wrapped in the browser. There's a single space between squeeze and main and between main and contrib and between contrib and non-free for example. There are six lines in total - three pairs.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Engaged to be married
A heads up to my Debian family - before I get to tell some of my other family :) I'm engaged to a wonderful girl. We've known each other off and on for almost 30 years, having met on the first day at university.
Lots of life has happened in the middle - including Debian - but we're now very happily together again.
(amacater@debian.org)
Lots of life has happened in the middle - including Debian - but we're now very happily together again.
(amacater@debian.org)
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Debian 6.0 release is happening now
Debian Squeeze 6.0
As predicted - the release is starting this weekend 5/6 February 2011. IRC channels are starting to buzz -- irc.debian.org #debian-release - and there's also a live commentary session at http://identi.ca/debian
For many people, this is yawn-worthy: Debian stable is seen as old, outdated, outmoded. This is the climax of two years work.
Debian 6.0 will be supported for the lifetime of this release + one year if the past few releases are a guide.
A wrap up release 5.0.9 is planned for the previous Debian 5.0 [Etch Lenny] which will be supported for another year.
Debian works on many machine architectures: it's the upstream for Ubuntu and many other Debian derivatives: it works in many languages, has 1034 developers and maintainers maintaining 28693 packages [last number may vary fractionally depending on machine/architecture].
This is big - and I'm pleased and proud to be part of it. Oh, and there's now over 80 parties worldwide to celebrate :)
[UPDATE - Thanks to my colleagues who pointed out my mistake - Debian 4.0 was Etch, 5.0 is Lenny, 6.0 is Squeeze and 7.x will be Wheezy. Developer/maintainer and party numbers also updated]
As predicted - the release is starting this weekend 5/6 February 2011. IRC channels are starting to buzz -- irc.debian.org #debian-release - and there's also a live commentary session at http://identi.ca/debian
For many people, this is yawn-worthy: Debian stable is seen as old, outdated, outmoded. This is the climax of two years work.
Debian 6.0 will be supported for the lifetime of this release + one year if the past few releases are a guide.
A wrap up release 5.0.9 is planned for the previous Debian 5.0 [Etch Lenny] which will be supported for another year.
Debian works on many machine architectures: it's the upstream for Ubuntu and many other Debian derivatives: it works in many languages, has 1034 developers and maintainers maintaining 28693 packages [last number may vary fractionally depending on machine/architecture].
This is big - and I'm pleased and proud to be part of it. Oh, and there's now over 80 parties worldwide to celebrate :)
[UPDATE - Thanks to my colleagues who pointed out my mistake - Debian 4.0 was Etch, 5.0 is Lenny, 6.0 is Squeeze and 7.x will be Wheezy. Developer/maintainer and party numbers also updated]
Monday, 24 January 2011
Debian 6.0 [Squeeze] nearly due
Debian 6.0 is scheduled to be released on the weekend of the 5th/6th February 2011 - almost two years after the last release on Valentine's day 2009.
I've just reformatted and re-installed a netbook. I'm very pleased to say that the installation was flawless and I've gained a clean installation with KDE 4.
I'm proud, as ever, to be associated with such a great family of developers.
I've just reformatted and re-installed a netbook. I'm very pleased to say that the installation was flawless and I've gained a clean installation with KDE 4.
I'm proud, as ever, to be associated with such a great family of developers.
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
What you can learn from watching and listening
I'm in hospital, taking an enforced rest from work and normal life.with much too much time to think. Luckily I have relatively slow 'Net access.
I've just spent about three weeks in a specialist orthopaedic hospital which is also a centre of excellence, a research and teaching hospital. Some lessons for FLOSS:
Research methods matter: open communication matters more
The hospital was apparently doing various research projects, some minor, some major: whether cooling a knee joint in surgery improved recovery and aftercare, whether complete pain relief and comprehensive analgesia stimulated recovery, trying to standardise on a pain score to measure subjective pain - " On a scale of 1-10 how does it feel?"
The knee joint research was being written up and would be shared worldwide - if it proved worthwhile, hundreds of patients could benefit. If it wasn't worthwhile, it would still be written up just as comprehensively with testing methodology, evidence from double-blind trials or whatever as appropriate to save someone else from having to re-invent the wheel.
The analgesia study sounded just like the application of a doctor or nurse's intuitive commn sense and experience - but it was being carried out scientifically and measured. also answering supplementary questions like "If pain is sometimes a helpful indicator of problems, how should you guage reactions when all pain is dulled?" Additionally, the ward had dispensations to use different and more flexible drug regimes to include the use of oral morphine derivatives. Again, everything was being noted, measured and shared.
I've just spent about three weeks in a specialist orthopaedic hospital which is also a centre of excellence, a research and teaching hospital. Some lessons for FLOSS:
Research methods matter: open communication matters more
The hospital was apparently doing various research projects, some minor, some major: whether cooling a knee joint in surgery improved recovery and aftercare, whether complete pain relief and comprehensive analgesia stimulated recovery, trying to standardise on a pain score to measure subjective pain - " On a scale of 1-10 how does it feel?"
The knee joint research was being written up and would be shared worldwide - if it proved worthwhile, hundreds of patients could benefit. If it wasn't worthwhile, it would still be written up just as comprehensively with testing methodology, evidence from double-blind trials or whatever as appropriate to save someone else from having to re-invent the wheel.
The analgesia study sounded just like the application of a doctor or nurse's intuitive commn sense and experience - but it was being carried out scientifically and measured. also answering supplementary questions like "If pain is sometimes a helpful indicator of problems, how should you guage reactions when all pain is dulled?" Additionally, the ward had dispensations to use different and more flexible drug regimes to include the use of oral morphine derivatives. Again, everything was being noted, measured and shared.
Saturday, 9 January 2010
Temporary files hurt :(
Just had to spend some time with my 11 year old daughter to explain why her homework had disappeared - MS Office had saved her word document to a temporary file - which had,, of course, vanished.
A little lesson in how to save (and a lecture from others in how I should take more interest in what she's doing).
Watching the snow - which is also temporary - and enjoying catching up with the rest of my emails and reading.
A little lesson in how to save (and a lecture from others in how I should take more interest in what she's doing).
Watching the snow - which is also temporary - and enjoying catching up with the rest of my emails and reading.
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