Posts Tagged ‘intrepid ibex’

Fixed my Gwibber

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Since I got back from UDS, Gwibber has been broken on my main machine. I knew it was something to do with WebKit, but I just didn’t get around to looking any further into it until today.

…and I didn’t have to look far – there’s a question and bug for exactly this problem, with a simple 2-step fix:

  1. Make sure you don’t have the WebKit Team PPA enabled
  2. Make sure you downgrade the libwebkit package is version 1.0.1-2 (the default version in 8.10), not 1.0.1-4 (the WebKit Team version)

That’s it – restart Gwibber, and it should be working again.

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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is out!

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

It’s official – it’s out:


= 14:07:11 -!- mode/#ubuntu-release-party [+o slangasek] by ChanServ
= 14:09:03 <@slangasek> good morning, everyone! I'm pleased to announce that our menagerie of Ubuntu releases has a new member today
= 14:09:28 <@slangasek> the Ibex you've all been waiting for has capered its way over the gate - Ubuntu 8.10 is now out

Congratulations to all of the Ubuntu team.

Head on over to http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10/ and grab your copy. Oh, and don’t forget to seed!

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24 hours with Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Around this time yesterday I was most of the way through upgrading my main laptop to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).

So far, everything seems to be working as well as if not better than before, with a couple of exceptions.

The good

Besides the obvious improvements, a couple of things stand out for me so far:

  • Suspend/hibernate “just works” for me now. This always used to be a problem, but not any more
  • I love the NewHuman theme (but see “The bad”)

The bad

  • Network Manager – although greatly improved – will enable both wired and wireless simultaneously (good I hear you say), but the icon only shows the wired status with no indication of the wireless signal strength. Confused the hell out of me earlier when I thought my ADSL connection was playing up, but in fact was connected to a very weak wireless connection
  • Claws is my MUA of choice because of it’s superior IMAP handling, but when combined with the NewHuman theme is unusable thanks for the pale, pale grey text on a white background in folder/message views
  • The same text color problem afflicts Firefox, particularly when using Wordpress (like I am to write this post!)

    • The last two correspond to bug #243957, but I haven’t found (or reported) the right bug for Network Manager yet and #262152 seems like the right candidate for my Network Manager problems.

    Overall I’m more than happy with Intrepid, and have had no stability problems either.

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Help make Ubuntu gr-r-r-eat!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Monday October 6th 2008 is the second Ubuntu Testing Day where we will be focusing on testing of upgrades of 8.04 (Hardy Heron) to 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).

What is a testing day?

The Ubuntu Testing day is a special day where the Ubuntu Community comes together with a shared goal of testing an specific set of ISO images (Alpha, Beta, RC, Gold or Point releases). Taking the idea from the Ubuntu Bug Day, we want to apply the same concepts to ISO testing.

Who can join in?

Everyone. You don’t need to be a developer. You don’t need to know how to code. Everyone is welcome. If you don’t know how to help, then just stop on by and we’ll explain everything to you. In fact, one of the objectives of the Testing Day is to help people willing to start testing Ubuntu to make it better.

How to join in?

Come to #ubuntu-testing on freenode IRC. We will be there all day and night helping to resolve any testing queries you might have. Normal testing activity takes place in #ubuntu-testing at other times also.

What we will be testing?

This time we will be focusing on testing distribution upgrades. If you want to upgrade your Hardy system (*buntu 8.04) to Intrepid (*buntu 8.10) this is a great way to help on your way.

Also, my colleague Marc Tardif (cr3) will be giving a session at the #ubuntu-classroom IRC channel at 15:00 UTC about the testing infrastructure, giving an overview on the tools available to make Ubuntu testing easier and more fun.

Please, join us tomorrow and help make Ubuntu even better!

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