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Arguments Against Rolling Release Ubuntu

Oli Warner — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:43:53 +0000

I've just read through Rick Spencer's argument for rolling releases in the Ubuntu Devel mailing list but I'm frankly less convinced than I was before.

Migrating Django's database

Oli Warner — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:06:42 +0100

Django is awesome but there's one job that can be a bit trickier than you're used to: moving from one database to another.

Why you should never log in with your Facebook account just to read news

Oli Warner — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:49:33 +0100

I've noticed a growing trend when you click an external link on Facebook from a desktop computer: you're asked to log in. While this might seem like it's only a minor inconvenience, in the long run this could be extremely dangerous.

Breaking the habit of a lifetime

Oli Warner — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:11:41 +0100

For the past 10 years, I've been a nicotine-dependent smoker. The unpleasant sort who can't go for an hour without really craving a cigarette, getting irritable when they can't have one. I recently quit but the strange thing is, not smoking is the easiest bit in this process.

How to back up PPAs

Oli Warner — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:51:43 +0100

Personal Packaging Archives are a popular method for sharing software not yet in the main repositories. You might be using one to gain a particular update you need. But how can you quickly get a list of all the PPAs you're using?

Humble Indie Bundle is the single greatest thing to happen to Linux in years

Oli Warner — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:13:17 +0100

I've been a full-time Ubuntu user for about five years and I don't own any consoles. If you approached me three or four years ago and asked which games I played, you might have received a rather defensive reply. High quality games were few and far between, that is, until May 2010 when things changed forever...

How to fix the 100% CPU issue in XBMC

Oli Warner — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:54:08 +0100

Long time users of XBMC and Boxee on Linux will probably be aware of a very annoying bug that essentially uses an entire CPU when just sitting at menus.

How to unblock Wikipedia

Oli Warner — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:16:00 +0000

I thought I could go without Wikipedia for one day and I was wrong. Less than an hour into the day and I needed to look something up. I could go and look it up somewhere else but I like Wikipedia!

DPD are terrible

Oli Warner — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:02:25 +0000

There are few things more tedious than waiting for a delivery. One of those is waiting for a delivery, seeing the van turn up and just drive off without delivering the item. Worse still when the driver says it was your fault.

The Death of Ubuntu

Oli Warner — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:07:33 +0000

It's happening again. Ubuntu is on its deathbed. Pundits and community members are exchanging blasts of statistics and in the crossfire people are getting dubious. Well I've one thing to say to Ubuntu community members: