Feisty Fawn

I upgraded my powerbook to the latest Ubuntu beta, Feisty Fawn. It's not too bad, but I'm still having issues getting the wireless working. I downloaded the alternate CD and installed off of it, thinking that would save me a lot of downloading time. The CD was ~500mb, which was better than 850mb downloading at slower speeds off the repositories. Turned out I still had to download 500mb of updates after I installed off the CD. So that fucked me. This was after failing to download the CD image the first time.

NB. Install new linux distros with a clean install.

If you don't know what Ubuntu is or even linux for that matter, you should check it out. Unlike Windows, you don't need to go through hours of installing before you can test it out. With a linux "Live CD", you can boot it up and try out the operating system without installing anything. You can do anything you want, but none of your changes will be saved unless you install the OS. You can check out Ubuntu @ http://www.ubuntu.com

That survey I posted prior to this ruins this blog. I won't post anything that big ever again.

Happy Easter.

Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Transport Tycoon has been one of my all time favourite games ever since it came out, which was a long time ago! If you don't know what it is, its a strategy game centred around transporting passengers and/or goods from one place to another. You can use trains, trucks, buses, boats...whatever tickles your fancy. Check out some screenshots.

Now...OpenTDD is a rework that has been out for a long while. Its made possible because the source code of Transport Tycoon was released a while back. The best thing about OpenTTD is that it runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac) which is great for me since I have all those running at one time or another. It has many other benefits over the original game, which you can read here. You can download it there too. Thats only the OpenTDD files though, you still need files which you can grab out of the Transport Tycoon Deluxe game, for download here. And its all legal, because its now considered Abandonware.

I must admit I've racked up thousands of hours playing this game, trying to get the perfect train system or making millions every year from an efficient airport setup. So if you do give this game a go, beware, it is addictive.

Also, if you do find it enjoyable but a little outdated, you could always buy Locomotion, the very belated followup. (Only for Windows though)