August 03, 2005

Any interest in an Ubuntu BOF?

A question for the OSCON blogosphere: is anybody interested in an Ubuntu BOF? Things that I think we could talk about:
  • Upgrades:
    • How do I rollback patches that come out for Ubuntu?
    • When should I reboot after applying a patch?
    • When it comes time to upgrade to Breezy, how will I do it, and how will I ensure that my system doesn't blow up?
  • Startup scripts: what is the chkconfig equivalent on Debian/Ubuntu?
  • Documentation: aside from Ubuntu Guide, what other definitive documentation repositories exist? Is there anything like the FreeBSD Handbook?
  • Where is the best place to go with Ubuntu questions?
If there is interest, I'll write the BOF up on the board, probably for later in the evening either tonight or tomorrow.
-Andy. Posted by andyr at August 3, 2005 09:08 AM
Comments

Dude, yeah! I was wondering the same thing - I'm here from Sydney, would love to catch up with Ubuntu lovers while I'm here. :-)

Posted by: Jeff Waugh at August 3, 2005 01:59 PM

I'm new in ubuntu but I will try to answer your questions. (sorry for my bad english)

> * How do I rollback patches that come out for Ubuntu?
I think: apt-get remove

> * When should I reboot after applying a patch?
You soudn't reboot normaly if you don't change your kernel

> * When it comes time to upgrade to Breezy, how will I do it, and how will I ensure that my system doesn't blow up?


> # Startup scripts: what is the chkconfig equivalent on Debian/Ubuntu?
man update-rc.d

># Documentation: aside from Ubuntu Guide, what other definitive documentation repositories exist? Is there anything like the FreeBSD Handbook?
There are a lot like this:
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cd /etc/apt/ && mv sources.list sources.list.orig && $/usr/bin/wget http://download.ubuntuforums.org/ubuntusetup/sources.list%20%20%20%20*%20How%20do%20I%20rollback%20patches%20that%20come%20out%20for%20Ubuntu?%20%20%20%20*%20When%20should%20I%20reboot%20after%20applying%20a%20patch?%20%20%20%20*%20When%20it%20comes%20time%20to%20upgrade%20to%20Breezy,%20how%20will%20I%20do%20it,%20and%20how%20will%20I%20ensure%20that%20my%20system%20doesn't%20blow%20up?%20http://download.ubuntuforums.org/ubuntusetup/sources.list
gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 1F41B907
gpg --armor --export 1F41B907 | sudo apt-key add -
---

># Where is the best place to go with Ubuntu questions?
I think it's in ubuntu's forums.

Posted by: Jep Rubio at August 24, 2005 07:46 AM
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