On Passwords

After running live CD’s or installing Ubuntu and openSolaris several times, I keep on forgetting the default passwords for the default user and or root user.

openSolaris (2008.11 Live)

• root – opensolaris
• jack – jack

Ubuntu

• Runningthe LiveCD does not require login.
• The root account is not activated after installation. Better read this article on root and sudo (link)

Remark: After installation the passwords are your own business. But there are ways to reset a passwords (at least in Ubuntu, see link)

News: Ubuntu 9.04

Since a couple of hours you find the latest release of the popular Linux distribution ready for download. 9.04 comes, as usual, as a live CD (700MB), easy to try and easy to install. With most of the mirrors pretty busy right now, it might a couple of hours to get the iso image. I am looking forward to install it, and different from other OS, you can be sure there is no need to add additional CPU’s and memory to see the desktop.

There is also a new version/download dedicated to Netbooks. You might want to check the compatibility list first (link)

Download at Ubuntu.com (link)

Switch to Ubuntu

Using a fairly powerful Dell Vostro 1500 notebook running a Intel® Core^TM2 Duo Mobile Processor T8300 with 4 GB of RAM I decided to switch over from running fulltime XP PRO to Ubuntu ! I bought a sep. harddisk with a bezel and can switch between the 2 fulltime OS anytime. I still need Windows for some simulation and games using the NVidia 8600 horsepower.

Installing Ubuntu Desktop 8.10 (intrepid) tooks less than 15min plus another 20min downloading all the actual updates and patches.
Additional installed software:

• JDK 1.6.10  (How to install: Open Terminal and “$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk“)
• Netbeans 6.5 (How to install: Download from www.netbeans.org, make the netbeans-6.5-ml-linux.sh executbale (chmod +x fiename) and start it $ ./filename)
• Skype
• Virtualbox (link)

Using VirtualBox I run Windows XP (thanks to the licence that came with the notebook), Solaris 10, OpenSolaris 2008.11 smoothly and do development in Netbeans (which starts up much faster compared to Windows). Using Windows XP PRO with dedicated 2GB is smooth (except the NVidia card) at the same time I use Ubuntu.

I installed also third harddisk with a fulltime OpenSolaris, but I use USB harddisks for storage and OpenSolaris wont mount them (at the moment).

The only thing missing: JavaFX ! I will have a look at the receipe to do it (link) or just wait for the official release (whenever that gonna happen..?).