Realplayer 10 for Feisty

By Mike Basinger

[This is a third party package that can not be supported by the Ubuntu Developers or Canonical]
I have built a .deb package using Feisty dependences for Realplayer 10 with pbuilder.

Download the Realplayer .deb.package
Install with gdebi or
sudo dpkg -i realplay_10.0.8-0ubuntu3~feisty3rdparty_i386.deb

Full sources can be found at http://mikesplanet.net/feisty/realplay/
Contact me if you have any problems with this […]

Installing Ubuntu 7.04: ATI X**** Cards

By Mike Basinger

Many people are having problems installing Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on machine with ATI X**** series video cards. This is caused by this bug that unfortunately could not fixed before the release of Ubuntu 7.04.
This quick guide will get Feisty installed and X.org 7.2 up and running.

Boot using PC (Intel x86) alternate install CD for […]

Humor: Don’t Call Us Grandpa

By Mike Basinger

I turn 40 in July, and found this rather funny.

Cartoon done by Scott Johnson, a local (Utah, USA) web cartoonist and podcaster.
Website: http://myextralife.com/

One Community – One Login

By Mike Basinger

This is a rough draft of an idea I have had for a while now, and would like some community feedback.
RFC: Central Forums Login
One problem I see with forums in the Ubuntu is most areas of the community have their own separate forum with a separate login account. Each Ubuntu variant (official and unofficial), each […]

Feisty Is Great, But It Is Still Beta

By Mike Basinger

Yesterday there was an oppsie with linux-image (linux-image-2.6.20-14-generic 2.6.20-14.23 ) that caused many computers not to boot after dist-upgrading. The Ubuntu Kernel devs had a fix released within 18 hours, that is now working its way to all the update servers. Let see Microsoft response and fix a bug so quickly.
I have seen various posts […]

I For One Welcome Our New Gibbon Overlords

By Mike Basinger

Mark Shuttleworth released the name for the Ubuntu 7.10 release, the Gutsy Gibbon.
According to TheFreeDictionary.com:
guts·y (gts)
adj. guts·i·er, guts·i·est Slang
1. Marked by courage or daring; plucky.
2. Robust and uninhibited; lusty: “the gutsy . . . intensity of her musical involvement” Judith Crist.
gib·bon (gbn)
n.
Any of several small arboreal apes of the genus Hylobates of southeast […]