Ubuntuos "Core" and Ubuntuos "Extras"

As tribute to Fedora 6, the Ubuntu Podcast is going to be in two parts this week.

The first part "Ubuntuos Core" is the actual podcast. The second part "Ubuntuos Extras" is our pre-cast discussion, which is actually more interesting than the show (lol).

When I release the "extras" episode, keep listening; I've included the bit at the end of the podcast where I drop out :-)

Today I finally got the latest issue of Linux Format magazine - the only thing is, it's the March issue, so I'm missing the Februrary one. It looks to me like there's a rising demand for the magazine, because this was the last copy left on the racks and it would have only been in the shop for a day or two. This would explain why I couldn't get a copy of Feb's issue (The newsagent in Joondalup will have a copy, so don't worry).

The cover DVD has a great game called Warzone 2100. It was a commercial game, but the development house GPL'ed it. Warzone 2100 is a RTS (real-time strategy) game with nice 3D graphics and futuristic technology. Very good. Plus, it focuses more on the battle than on building bases and managing supplies - always a plus. I'll review it on the podcast next time.

I figured out (I think) why GDM was constantly crashing on Copland. Somehow, the files in the GDM theme folder were all readable [i]by root only[/i]. GDM runs in its own account, "gdm", so it couldn't read the theme's data files, so it kept crashing. I'll build another disc image and test it out. This is likely to be my first real release candidate, as almost everything else either works to specs or is broken upstream as well.