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Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Ubuntu has released 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. Personally, I think the name sounds odd, but I guess it has always been that way. Although I've never personally tried it, I have heard that it contains quite a few prominent and annoying bugs, such as Nautilus and the menu bars crashing. Of course, it still costs less than Windows, since it's free.

Picture from UbuntuManual.

Video Game Cats Comics

I've comic strip that seasoned gamers will find hilarious, VG Cats. Its not the most widely known comic strip, but it'll give you a good laugh if you get their references. Basically, the author makes fun of various video games, such as Mario, Final Fantasy, Halo, and various Steam Games. Be advised, some comics may not be suitable for young children and parents.

Wallpaper taken from VG Cats.

Black Screen Installing AMD/ATI Catalyst Drivers on Ubuntu

When I tried installing the Catalyst driver for my Radeon 6870 on Ubuntu, I ran into a whole bunch of problems. Twice I ended up with a black screen at restart. First of all, the fglrx driver included in the Ubuntu repositories may be outdated, or may not support your chipset. Secondly, when searching for the proper driver on the AMD website, the result may not be right. When I searched for drivers, the result was Catalyst 9.3, when at the time of writing this post, the most recent version was actually 11.9.

To Install Catalyst on Ubuntu:

1. Download the most recent version here.

2. Then follow the instructions here, replacing the version number with the most current version. Basically, the commands are as follows, replacing the words in red italics with what applies to your system:

cd /where you downloaded the driver/

sudo ./ati-driver-installer-*-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/version name (e.g Natty)

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

sudo aticonfig --initial

Reboot your system and you're done.

ArmA 2 Free Realistic Action FPS

I've stumbled across this cool first person shooter: ArmA 2: Free. It's in my opinion the most realistic war simulator game that's also free. The free version lacks a local singleplayer campaign, but there's a lot of online co-op and team vs team servers. It features a wide array of weapons, vehicles, and a semi-destructible environment. You can destroy buildings and vehicles, even make craters in the ground from artillery, but of course there's limits. The downside to this game is that there's no permanent ranking or level system. Individual servers may implement their own ranking system, but scores are usually wiped every server restart.

Windows 8 Developer Preview

Keeping this short, Windows 8 is designed for touch screen tablets, not normal desktop PCs.

Here's a screenshot of the new menu system

Apple Launches iOS 5

Apple has recently launched the new iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Although I'm not an Apple hipster, but it does seem impressive, adding a few cool new features. However,  there have been a few reports of updates failing and phones being bricked. I think I'll wait a bit until they iron out the bugs before I update my iPod Touch 4G.

Picture from the Apple Gallery.

Minecraft!

Its Minecraft! An awesome sandbox game where you can build anything you want with blocks. Beware of creepers though, they blow up your stuff.

Here's a screenshot from play.thetaylormc.com:27965

Day 1!

Today is the birth of this blog! I'll be posting whatever piece of information I think would be interesting. Be sure to visit often! I'll also be uploading the posts from my previous blog.