{"id":272,"date":"2004-09-16T19:19:12","date_gmt":"2004-09-16T09:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2004-09-16T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2004-09-16T09:19:12","slug":"ubuntu-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2004\/09\/16\/ubuntu-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ubuntu Linux – Welcome to Ubuntu Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes… the super secret debian project is out of the bag!<\/p>\n

Installing on my crash-n-burn machine now…<\/p>\n

so far:
\n– text install will be replaced with GUI in next release (good thing)
\n– ext3 is default filesystem (eww).
\n– install taking an okay amount of time
\n– nice splash screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ubuntu Linux – Welcome to Ubuntu Linux Yes… the super secret debian project is out of the bag! Installing on my crash-n-burn machine now… so far: – text install will be replaced with GUI in next release (good thing) – … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-4o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":338,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/01\/14\/rt2500-wireless-pci-card-on-ubuntu\/","url_meta":{"origin":272,"position":0},"title":"RT2500 wireless PCI card on Ubuntu","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2005-01-14","format":false,"excerpt":"Got the two cards today. 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