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Today I had the opportunity to install Intrepid Ibex on two machines. A high end monster with a 47″ HD monitor and our mid-to-bottom range pc in the bedroom

This is not an in depth review – these are my impressions after configuring and fooling around for a bit.

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Okay, so it is a week into my foray into Intrepidville, and it is not all good news. Since my entry last week on my experiences with Intrepid Ibex, two of my colleagues have also installed it on their machines.

They went the upgrade route – and while some things worked better, there was a lot of breakages. Both of them went back to Hardy, and it would seem that I am the only one soldiering on with Intrepid Ibex.

Here follows a short list of problems encountered this week:

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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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