Ubuntu Feisty on IBM/Lenovo T60

I replace my old laptop (IBM T42) with Lenovo T60. Lenove T60 fixes the following T42 problem :

• T60 can display running video in Beryl cube with correct perspective
• T60 support dual screen (one builtin LCD screen plus one external projector)
• T60 support all sophisticated Beryl effect (i.e. rain, zoom, etc.) without CPU problem

Standard Ubuntu Feisty Fawn installation gives most functionality. I will post every single changes I made on my PC to this blog.

Sergio, Xena, Xelia, and Rex

Rosmala sent me some pictures this morning...

Xena (Sergio's sister) - 2007:02:17 16:22:10


Sergio - 2007:03:18 13:08:07


Rex (Flintstone) - 2007:03:12 13:04:59


Sergio - 2007:02:25 12:02:05


Sergio - 2007:02:25 12:04:13


Sergio - 2007:02:25 12:01:57


Sergio & Xelia - 2007:02:25 12:04:07

Ubuntu Edgy Eft

PCLinuxOS issue
The Beagle latest version was not available for PCLinuxOS, and my operating system already contained many garbage anyway, so it's good time to try other distro.

I have downloaded several distros last week : Ubuntu Edgy Eft, Foresight Linux, Sabayon, and Yoper....

I decided to give Ubuntu a trial before the others, because of the popularity, and also stability (I need this since I'll use my PC for real work).

Ubuntu Edgy smooth installation
Anyway, the installation to my T42 was very quick, and no problem at all. I was connected to the Internet via wireless in no time. Btw., the installation was performed on the same PCLinux partition with hd6 (contains old /home) not formatted. When the installation finished, all data at /home still intact and no data was missing :)

Turned out the open office application runs much faster than PCLinuxOS. Ubuntu also offers software update. Nice !

Tomorrow I'll install the VirtualBox, CrossOver, etc. and have them compared with my PCLinuxOS experience.

Update
Ubuntu was faster than PCLinuxOS because Ubuntu was not running Beryl, while PCLinuxOS was running Beryl. PCLinuxOS was faster if Beryl not active. The problem was : Beryl was one main reason why I wanted to migrate to Linux, so Beryl MUST RUN on my main monitor and external monitor (later found out it is impossible to run Beryl on two monitor using IBM T42 - and force me to upgrade T42 to T60)

Building Network Blueprint

Spaghetti Network
Many enterprise company did not have a comprehensive network blueprint that lasted many years as planned. Mostly because there were always a lot of business changes during the journey that were not predicted before.

And the network will end up like spaghetti... (or instant noodle without meat balls)

Actually there is a good way to build a comprehensive blueprint using a framework called SONA (Service Oriented Network Architecture), introduced by Cisco Systems. Building SONA based network does not require you to use all Cisco gears, but end-to-end solution from Cisco will help a lot, since network integration will be much easier, and no finger pointing when a problem occurred.

Ideal Network for Enterprise
According to Cisco SONA (Service Oriented Network Architecture), an Ideal Enterprise Network should contains the following services :

1. Security - network stay alive and operated normally under known or unknown attack
   
2. Mobility - network user able to connect anytime, anywhere
   
3. Storage - storage area network support for synchronous/asynch data replication
   
4. Unified Communications - integration of any communication means
   
5. Computing - support of computer clustering and grid computing
   
6. Identity - capability to identify anyone and anything when connecting to network
   
7. Application Delivery - optimize congested WAN network to support more applications
   
8. Application Oriented Network - recognize up to application message for more optimal routing
   
9. Virtualization - maximum flexibility and lower cost to accomodate business changes
10. Modular and Scalable Design - allow easy network grow to support growing business
    

Start Small and Simple
One thousand kilometer trip start with single step....
An ideal network does not have to be built all at once :

• Start defining our business and priority
• Draw timeline and define milestones
• Brainstorming to get detailed things that are required to achieve each milestone, and how are we going to support the network services mentioned above

Implementation
SONA could be implemented easily in any Enterprise type network such as : Financial, Banking, Government, Oil/Mining, IT department of Service Provider/Network Operators, Drug Research, etc.