Monthly Archives: June 2006

sudo vs su

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Some time ago, there was a discussion on the Hantslug mailing list about the relative merits of Sudo verses su. At the time I was using Debian, and had not configured Sudo, so was therefore a su user.

Since then, I have installed Ubuntu 6.06. Ubuntu, for those that don’t know, does not setup a root password by default, and Sudo is the recommended method of gaining root privileges.

Having played with it for a little while, I an now converted. I like the idea of using Sudo to allow the execution of one off commands as root. I will still use su if I am going to do lots of work as root, but as Ubuntu is pretty well sorted out of the box, I don’t need to do that much.

Ubuntu, take two.

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Having installed Ubuntu on my desktop machine, I decided that it should go on my Laptop as well. The installation of Debian unstable was still working fine, but a change can be good for even it it is only for changes sake. The main reason for trying this is to enjoy the slightly higher polished finish that Ubuntu seems to have. Also, my wife uses Linux on the laptop, and she does get annoyed when things brake.

I am hoping that with Ubuntu, I can resist changing things too much, and then just suffer a bump with each new Ubuntu release.

Having now done a second Ubuntu install with this latest release, I have to say that it really is slick. Having the live install makes it simple to check partitions etc before starting. The end result is a very usable system.

Ive been sold!

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Well not me, but the section of the company that I work for has. Or should I say Disposed

I can’t say I am overjoyed by the prospect. For the last few years McMurdo has provided a decent working environment mainly due to the people that are there. Once this sale goes through, I will be the only person from the engineering department transferring with the business and will therefore be the sole engineer.

If anybody wants a mechanical engineer to be part of their team, I may very well be interested 🙂

Ubuntu

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With the recent release of what has been touted as the best Ubuntu yet, I decided to give it a go. I will give it a fair go. It will require I learn to use tools I don’t normally use, but I do like to try the defaults before I start tacking it apart. I will have to learn to use gnome, evolution, rhythmbox etc.

I have already made it over the first hurdle and got my usb dvb adaptor working. As for the rest, only time will tell….