Lotsa News Today
Well, it’s the day of X11R7, trumpeted as a means of bringing new developers into the xorg fold. I think the transition to modular X will be recognized in a year or two as a major stepping stone toward a much stronger *nix graphics system. Or, it’ll just get crushed underfoot. Who knows.
The first update to OpenOffice 2 is out, and the first service release to Debian Sarge hit the torrents. Ubuntu has filled its true hidden function, embarassing Debian and pushing them out of release-paranoia a la BSD.
I was actually a hype factory for Kubuntu, but after seeing how it choked my PII 400, I am squarely on the MEPIS boat. MEPIS is now my preferred newb distro, and I’ve looked at Mandriva (installer only – it errors out on my 400), too. No contest, actually. Installing from a LiveCD is brilliant.
Apt is not as good of a package manager as I had dreamed. I have experienced numerous bad downloads, which really busts my chops. MD5 checksums, anyone? Portage is my favorite, which is disappointing. My ambivalence about this stuff reveals my deep-seated Slackware loyalties. FreeBSD’s system balances security and Slackware-esque DIY mentality.
Slack is no desktop, even with KDE. It just doesn’t feel right; it’s too stock. The UI tweaks in MEPIS just blow it all out of the water.
I’m actually looking at some CGI server management scripts. I really have more stuff going on recreationally right now than I can handle. Learning Perl ain’t exactly what you want to occupy the clean-up position on a to-do list.
I have some good ideas for the Sigma combat system, that (at least in my mind) are successfully integrating the idea of “balance” (footing, etc.) to the mix. Time will tell on that…