OK so the Hardy heron has been released for a few weeks now and the exams are pretty much over. I would like to take this opportunity to issue ‘The 30 day Ubuntu Challenge’.

The challenge is to install Ubuntu on your computer and during the 30 day period attempt to run Ubuntu as your primary system. I will provide install media and any support/help you require. Help will also of course be available through ubuntuforums.org for times when you want to try and solve the problem yourself or if the problem beats me.

This is the perfect opportunity to take the challenge owing to the lack of coursework and exams. You can learn how to get around without any stress and may find some aspects easier to live with. The main trouble I had when switching was that Linux isn’t windows (well duh) and so I was still trying to do things the windows way (when in many cases Linux had a much better/faster/simpler method) and the windows way was just making my life difficult. The hope is that I can help guide people past these stumbling blocks.

On the day Ubuntu
releases hardy heron, I have decided to set up this blog.

The main
intention of this exercise is to document ideas, hints and tips with
technology. I hope that this will not turn into a whining exersize
about everyday life, for that, you’ll just have to stalk me on facebook. I hope to cover things like my experiences with LaTeX
and in particular its use within the School of Engineering and
Electronics at Edinburgh University, my idea and development of a lightweight
‘Chemical Engineers Toolbox’, to report any developments with ImpAmp and anything else along these lines.

For now though, I have just finished an exam 2 of 6 and need to do get out of the flat.