Connection speed test

Yes I posted a bulletin with the same thing but this is for those who missed it. Just click on the pic there to go to the site and run the test. I want everyone who reads this to post their speed from the same mirror I did, in Los Angeles. Not only is that where Myspace's server is that location is also accross the country from me. Most big name sites' servers are in CA. You also get a more accurate reading of your ping doing it from as far as physically possible from you.

Blogged with Flock

Flock, a FireFox-esque web browser

This browser runs on Ubuntu and is compatable with photobucket and blogger accounts.  It's really nifty so far, with similar extensions to firefox, but no Yahoo toolbar.  Alas, perhaps i will do without for now.

Blogged with Flock

Finding a torrent client

I have had to do yet another re-install. I tried to use Easy Ubuntu to get everything I needed, but I wouldn't initialize right when I selected everything I wanted. So I used Automatix to get the essential stuff and went back to Easy Ubuntu to get some codecs and a rar packager. It works great for ".rar" files (i.e. Winrar). So after getting that I set up my static IP. I put my custom firewall my buddy wrote for me on and opened the ports I wanted to. Once all was said and done I could only get BitTornado and Azeurus to transfer at any kind of respectable speed. I was hoping to use ktorrent, as it looked a lot like utorrent I love so much for windows. I couldn't seem to get that or utorrent through wine working right so I have gone with Azeurus. I wish it were just a little easier, like utorrent, but it works fine. Reading online Azeurus also seems to be the favorite of most other linux users, so I would say that is the way to go. You should get java anyway.

TALUG

Toledo Area Linux User's Group

It's a local group for people to meet and exhange linux know - how.

Easy ubuntu

Click on the title to this post for instructions on installing easy ubuntu, and what it's used for. Very handy, especially for n00bs.