From my own blog: “I’m a long time OSS fan: I’ve been using and recommending Firefox from when it was called Phoenix, OpenOffice.org since its StarOffice days, and The GIMP since version 1.0 or so. I also frequently use VLC, Inkscape, Miranda IM, TortoiseSVN, Hugin and of course, Wordpress. So, with all the Ubuntu fanboyism going on these days, I decided to install Ubuntu 6.06 on my 2 year old Toshiba Dynabook CX: the installation was a breeze — my CX was suddenly sexy again. And surprise, surprise: in contrast with earlier Linux installation attempts, everything worked out of the box. That is, almost everything… Some things needed additional tweaking (1). And more tweaking. And more. And in some cases, I simply gave up (2).”

Continue reading 14 days of Ubuntu and feel free to share your own Ubuntu story in the comments or on my blog.

Update: I’ve updated my entry with some extra tweaks and reader suggestions. Included: installing Aptana, controlling CPU with cpufreq and the discovery of Swiftfox.

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