"Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'"
 
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1248415&cid=28126731
 
thanks for the link stefan!

How to install Vista fonts in ubuntu (with shell script).
Consolas is a nice monospaced font for programming and shell use:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3376019&postcount=1

Since apple stubbornly refuses to release an updated mac mini I decided to switch back and buy a pc.
I didn't regret my decision. The new ubuntu release (8.10 intrepid) works just fine. Everything ran right out of the box without debugging or tweaking (sound, graphics, tv).
Then I played around with the system monitor conky, avant window manager and the ubuntu dust theme.
I think my desktop is even pretier then the OS X one (well maybe I was a bit tired of the look after ~3 years).
Well you may judge for yourself.

Here are some links if you're looking for the conky config or the theme:

• conky config
• Gtk Dust Theme

I wanted to install the newest version of the terminal client terminator in ubuntu hardy.
You can find terminator here:
http://www.tenshu.net/terminator/
However after I added the apt-source and ran "apt-get update" I got stuck a the following error:
"W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 978228591BD3A65C"
After some searching I found this solution:

gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 978228591BD3A65C
gpg --armor --export 1BD3A65C | apt-key add -

then run apt-get update && apt-get install terminator