I’ve started reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley
I wish there were folks here I could discuss it with, perhaps read it with, but I have a feeling, a fear, that I’d open my mouth during a book session and offend a lot of folks. So, I’ll just have a small group with me, myself and I. If you see me in a cafe talking to myself, we’re having a meeting.:-)
Ubuntu update
Slowly but surely I’m getting Ubuntu back up and running. This time, I’m sticking with Ubuntu and not the derivative Kubuntu. A couple of things though: I had problems with my DNS. The DNS I typed in wouldn’t save. When I woke my laptop up from sleep mode or rebooted, the DNS would pop back to 192.168.0.1, which is the base address of the router.
In any case, two folks on a listserv I’m on gave suggestions. Here’s the first one (thanks David):
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.auto
sudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
# append the following line to the document
prepend domain-name-servers (whatever your desired DNS addresses are);
# save and exit
sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0
Note: There is a space between “cp” and “/etc”" and “.conf” and “/etc” in that first line.
If the above doesn’t work, try this (thanks Gudy):
Disable IPv6:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Add this line:
blacklist ipv6
Save and reboot. By the way, if you need to dns server ip addresses, the following are of the opendns server (again, thanks Gudy):
208.67.220.220
208.67.222.222
I must admit something though. When I tried the first tip, I forgot to reboot. Since I didn’t think that one worked, I tried the second one and then rebooted. So, I’m not sure if the first method or the second did the trick.
Other Ubuntu stuff
Remote connection program a la Windows Remote Desktop Connection: Gnome-RDP.
FTP client: Ktfp Grabber. Even though it says it’s for KDE desktop, it worked with Ubuntu (Gnome). Don’t ask me why.
Discovered
Lunch over IP
Tweakfest (via the above site)
Image of Brother Malcolm from Wikipedia.