Linux on the Desktop
I’m back to running Linux on the desktop. I took a few months hiatus due to some overheating issues that seemed to coincide with my update to Ubuntu 9.10. Others running various laptops had the same problem. The problem as it turned out was caused by an out-of-date BIOS in the laptop. Once I flashed it to the latest my fan started spinning up and down as required and my Acer notebook was useful once again.
Since the occurrence of the overheating I was using a MacBook Pro for my day to day computing. I’ve since dedicated that wonderful machine to recording studio duties specifically. (More on that in another post.) While I was dependent on the Mac I fell in love with Ecto for blog posts. It’s really a wonderful tool and today I went on a quest for an open source equivalent for my Ubuntu system. It took me awhile. Most of the available clients just don’t measure up. In the end I installed Bilbo, a KDE client which has most of the features provided by Ecto. It does not currently support addition of categories, unfortunately but it seems to be quite capable of managing posts. I’m using it to write this post. So far I’m satisfied but I will miss Ecto.