But we have too much history and there were rumors that 13.04 would fix many of the problems. And indeed, the first impression is that Raring Ringtail seems to be one of the better Ubuntu releases. Installation went smoothly, except for the system not restarting properly in the end. Well, that didn't seem to matter really. In about an hour I had the NVIDIA proprietary drivers working and Steam installed. The performance improvements are really helping. For the first time, Unity desktop does not feel sluggish.
I wanted get myself more up-to-date and started looking for some fresh Ubuntu customization tips. While searching for security info I came across Easy Linux tips project. The pages actually contain a lot of useful information on Ubuntu, Linux and the applications. Definitely worth checking out. Another one of my Ubuntu release traditions is reading the 10 Things To Do article by OMG! Ubuntu!
It's should be easy to find some useful tips from those sites. My first picks this time were:
- Turn on the firewall with sudo ufw enable spell.
- Install NVIDIA's drivers to make the system slicker and meaner.
- Install Chromium as I'm going to miss it anyway.
To relax a bit, I chose to test drive the system with recently released Portal Beta for Linux. I didn't really notice any issues with the beta either. As Valve is being serious about Linux gaming, I hope more developers will follow. I wouldn't mind spending more of my time on Linux side. About 20% of my current Steam games library seem to be available for Linux. Quite a lot actually, but indie games from Humble Bundle purchases are increasing my numbers quite a bit.
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