The Ubuntu 13.10 distribution is buggy beyond belief. I was trying to use a chroot to attempt to fix my Ubuntu 13.10 and I am having countless problems with the whole process. The chroot works very well with the Gentoo Linux distribution; why is 13.10 Ubuntu so bad? They hype this distribution as the next … Read more
With the demise of the Ubuntu distribution as a viable desktop alternative to Windows; I am thinking that this is a good chance for those of us who want a proper desktop environment to change over to the Linux Mint distro instead. That offers the Gnome 2.32.2 fork MATE and there are codecs already in … Read more
How to setup Ubuntu 13.10 with a proper desktop environment. I just installed Ubuntu 13.10 and I had to update the package repositories. This is essential to install software. homer@deusvult:~/Documents$ sudo apt-get updatehomer@deusvult:~/Documents$ sudo apt-get update After this I could install the initial set of packages to setup my system. homer@deusvult:~/Documents$ sudo apt-get install me-tv … Read more
Setting up Ubuntu 13.10 on a laptop. I have recently replaced the Debian 7.1 hard drive in my laptop with a new hard drive and I installed Ubuntu 13.10. After the installation; I was able to run sudo apt-get update and then I installed a nice new terminal and all of the extra codecs with … Read more
How to setup Ubuntu in Virtualbox and create a VM. Download Virtualbox Guest Addition ISO images here: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/. After installing Ubuntu in Virtualbox on a suitably sized VDI image; add the Virtualbox Guest Additions ISO as a CDROM disk and then start the Ubuntu VM. Install the build essentials in Ubuntu thusly: sudo apt-get install … Read more
Get daily builds of the new Ubuntu 13.10 distribution here. Saucy Salamander will be the next and best release of the Ubuntu distribution yet. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/. Daily builds page. 64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image. PC AMD-64 image. PC (Intel x86) desktop image. PC i386 (32bit) desktop image. 64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop image. x86_64 bit desktop image … Read more
The new Ubuntu 13.10 alpha 2 disc images have been released; these are cutting edge releases of the new and improved Ubuntu 13.10 distribution. Download the disk images below and give this Linux distribution a go. Following on from Alpha 2 the next development milestone is Beta 1 and is scheduled for September 5th. The … Read more