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Since this blog is not strictly restricted to IPython subject matter, here’s a good tip: firefox 3 beta on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is quite slow, at least on nvidia cards. Especially scrolling around gmail can be a pain. A good solution is installing firefox 2 (sudo apt-get install firefox-2). Then, you can set firefox 2 as your default browser from System -> Preferences -> Preferred applications, select “Custom” web browser and enter “firefox-2 %s” as the command.
Problem solved. Otherwise, 8.04 LTS pretty much rocks on all departments, at least for desktop use.
To navigate back to on-topic realm, IPython 0.8.3 is pretty much ready; release candidate 1 has been built, and there should be no more bugfixes, provided that the installers (that have seen some changes) work correctly. Try them out at launchpad
Tags: ubuntu
May 23, 2008 at 7:57 pm |
Actually, I think this has nothing to do with nvidia. See http://jasondclinton.livejournal.com/66509.html (be sure to see the update at the bottom of the page). I’m glad to see I can revert to firefox 2 for the time being, though!
May 23, 2008 at 8:15 pm |
FYI, your post’s titles in planet python aren’t links to the entry on ipython0 (posts from other blogs on the planet link to the original blog entry).
May 23, 2008 at 9:46 pm |
Yeah, I noticed this, along with the fact that our posts only have short snippets of text, as opposed to other entries on planet python. I don’t really know how to fix this with wordpress.com though…
May 24, 2008 at 1:49 am |
I noticed there are a few others in the python planet (just grepped the OPML download from the planet). Based on that I think that if the planet subscribed to your ATOM feed it might work ok (http://ipython0.wordpress.com/atom)