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Ubuntu 8.04 checkup, Part 1

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I booted the Toshiba 1100-S101 with Ubuntu 8.04 for the first time in 25 days, according to the Update Manager. Or at least it was 25 days since I updated the install. Either way, I've been running a nearly carbon copy of this laptop with OpenBSD 4.4, lately with the Xfce 4.4 desktop environment, and I'd gotten quite used to it. But last night, here I am, 10 p.m., working at home, and I discover that LogMeIn — the service that makes it easy to control an XP box from (allegedly) any other box in any other OS with a Web browser — just doesn't like OpenBSD.

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