Moved to Kubuntu 9.04

 

 

I've switched both our laptop and desktop/server to Kubuntu 9.04. Great, great distro.

Boot time is fast. Really, fast -- maybe 30-45 seconds. And system is very responsive given the change to the ext4 file system and KDE 4.2. Stable, and runs everything. Devices found and drivers loaded out of the box (just had to enable the 3rd party ones). No problems found whatsoever.

The cutover from Mandriva 2009 to Kubuntu was pretty seamless. I actually wiped the /home directories in favor of reformatting with ext4 from ext3 and recovered them from backups.

Best part about Kubuntu: so many people are using (k)ubuntu that all problems found so far are solvable with a quick google search.

http://www.kubuntu.org

Star Trek (2009)

 

I consider this a reboot, not of the Star Trek series as a whole franchise, but of the Original Series. Same campy feel, humour, and rolicking fun. 

They've changed everything down to blowing up vulcan, Spock getting down with Uhura, and Kirk as a punk. But they left Pike in the wheelchair, Kirk sleeping with Orion Slave Girls, and nasty bad guys out for revenge. 

Very, very good move. And it's great to put the downright geriatric next-gen cast to bed.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/