Ubuntu on hasufel
It's time to put aside windows as much as possible. I've finally acquired licenses to VMware workstation and server, so now I can install Linux as the base/boot operating system on hasufel, then install VMware so I can create virtual partitions to play with Mac OS X and also to run Windows for those things that just won't run on Linux.
I downloaded and burned both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu's "feisty feline" release. The original plan was to put the i386 version on arod (just a re-install), and the 64-bit on hasufel. The install went off without a hitch, other than the vaunted "Ubuntu migration wizard" that is supposed to read your "documents and settings" folder on XP and import it to a linux user didn't work. Still, the 64-bit version went on just fine.
I ran into a complication pretty quickly, though. Two of them, actually, almost at the same time. I'm enjoying iGoogle, the customized version of a Google home page. I set it up on Windows the other day, but hit a snag, because Google Talk requires the Flash add-in for Firefox. Unfortunately, Adobe doesn't make a 64-bit version of Flash. Neither does Real make a 64-bit version of their player (nor does the Helix project, which is the open-source media player upon which the linux version of Real is based).
So, I back-tracked to the i386 version for hasufel. Install went smoothly, flash is working nicely, and I'm blogging under linux just fine.