Few hours ago latest version of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) was released. After three days without Internet connection, today evening the damaged optical fiber was patched just in time for the release.

Essentially this is just an abbreviation of the word “distribution”, which according to dictionary.com means “an act or instance of distributing” and also “the delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients”.

List of Repositories for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

So you are enjoying the new Ubuntu 9.04 but maybe you notice some issues. Like at times your desktop seems slow…why? Or maybe your are just curious to know what is happening under the hood. Ubuntu provides an easy to use interface to take a look at resources and what is happening.

Select System/Administration/System Monitoring.

I found this old code while I was going through my war chest. It still works on some older boxes.

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Jochen Weiland and Riona Kuthe of JWeiland.net in Germany gave a very good presentation on some TYPO3 best practices last year in Berlin at the TYPO3 conference.

You use PCs, but don’t particularly love them. They are just a basic convenience, on a par with telephones, washer and dryer, refrigerator, etc. You are easily the majority of Americans who own a PC, and perhaps a big part of the rest of the world.