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Intrepid Ibex Alpha 2 was released for download on the 12th of July. Here I am, writing a blog entry using an Alpha Release.

And I must say, judging on first impressions I am impressed.

Now if you have followed my blog, you will know that I am not an early adopter – not by a long shot. The earliest adoption that I indulged in was installing Hardy Heron a week after it was released. Why the jump to install Intrepid Alpha 2?

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Hardy Heron comes equipped with Compiz Fusion. If you read my review of Hardy Heron, you will know that Compiz Fusion is somewhat hamstrung by the absence of Compiz-config Manager.

Here’s how to get it, and unleash Compiz Fusion in all its fury on your desktop. continue reading…

I guess that after all the Microsoft Bashing I have been doing these last two posts I need to focus on something else for a change.

See, the time is arriving where geeks all over the world are getting ready to drool over the next release of Ubuntu. Yes Intrepid Ibex Alpha 2 is available for download. In fact a disk is lying on the couch next to me ready and waiting.

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Just a quick note, a follow-up to yesterday’s blog on the breakage Microsoft Products cause with Microsoft products if you will.

Proby (you know who you are) called me over to assist with a client’s computer today. The crux of the matter is this: Client had Office with Outlook 2003, client bought new computer and bought Office Home and Student. continue reading…

Right, I promised myself that I would not revert to being a rant blogger in order to get attention. Hence I will keep this as rant free as possible, and as an added bonus I will keep it informative as well – so you could maybe learn something helpful. continue reading…

In the last two months I have had the pleasure of working with some interesting scenario’s regarding security needs and the implementing of security practices.

From implementing an open but secured wireless network at a school, to managing webservers for an Internet Service Provider, I have seen a lot in a short time.

What became readily apparent – as I sit here on the couch on a Sunday afternoon – is that security begins and ends with the human factor. continue reading…

This is my first entry at my blog’s new home. Soon I’ll have the homepage up and running, as well as a forum and a wiki. I hope to have all of that finished in a few days…

Now on to the issue at hand. The desktop ready debate.

All too often I hear this comment: Linux will never be desktop ready until you do not need the command line to do stuff.

Well I have a question then. Is Windows desktop ready?

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Look, I am a patient guy. About as patient with non-geeks as a geek could be. So at the school where we installed the wireless network these past few weeks I generally enjoyed a pleasant rapport with the resident non-geeks.

Where I AM having problems though is with those who are better equipped than most to work with computers and networking, but who just don’t care to implement sensible practices or take responsibility for their property. In this case that would be the network we installed.

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Right, I haven’t blogged in a while.

Working at Interexcel has really taken up a lot of my time, and I made a point of not touching the Laptop after work during week nights to ensure that I spend time with the family.

To add to my time away from them I am in Mafeking fairly regularly these past few weeks, and I had the pleasure of spending two days with a colleague and buddy of mine.

While working on-site we hatched a scheme to spoof the office from the site. It needed to be creative, epic and deniable. After a bit of throwing ideas around we hit on the perfect scam.
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