It shouldn't be news that Ubuntu worked all day without crashing
I ran the $0 Laptop (Gateway Solo 1450) all day today and didn't have a single crash, a single problem with X, or any other kind of problem.
Among the things I did today:
- I used rsync to bring the /home file from my previous Ubuntu 8.04 installation into the new one (which now has /home on its own partition). It only took me three tries to get the right rsync command to a) work and b) put everything in its proper place. Rsync is too geeky, but I was able to muddle through.
- I somehow managed to get Google Docs working offline with Gears. While the Docs/Gears offline thing came together immediately for me in Wolvix Hunter a couple of months ago, getting my documents to show up offline with Firefox 3 in Ubuntu 8.04 has been a bit of a challenge. Something happened today — I can't say what — but it appears to be working fine. We'll see what happens when I fire up the laptop later. P.S. Google Docs offline is still a bit too slow for comfort.
- Debian Lenny's X problems (artifacts on screen) persist. I remain unhappy in that respect.
- Three geeky cheers for Ubuntu, eh?
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Steven Rosenberg aims to learn what he does not know. He writes about it here.
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Last night I boot the Ubuntu laptop, start Google Docs offline in Firefox and walk away. I return 10 minutes later and the screen is locked up.
Here's what I'm looking at:
— The screen locked with an external USB mouse NOT plugged in
— Yesterday, I had the mouse plugged in all day and had no crashes
This is an easy variable to check.
Today I run Ubuntu with a Mac keyboard and mouse plugged into the USB, and the session runs fine the whole way through, including a couple of suspend/resume rounds.
It really could be having something plugged into USB that keeps the wheels running.