My foray into Ubuntu 8.04 has been put on temporary hold. I ran into a snafu with running Azureus and locking in a static ip address. You see...I cannot live without my bit torrent access.
While attempting to find a replacement for MS Money in Ubuntu this weekend (which, BTW, I have determined cannot be done, despite what people say about this program), I was booting back and forth between Ubuntu and Windows. After I was finished with what I was doing, I went back into Ubuntu and found that Azureus was no longer working properly. So, I started checking into ports and IP addresses. After searching around, I found that Ubuntu uses dhcp addresses exclusively and every time I booted up, it would change my ip address, rendering any port and static ip I had set on the router useless.
I did a fair bit of poking around and found that I can change the ip address in Ubuntu, its just a bit more involved than I really ever become in my operating systems. Up to this point, Ubuntu had been surprisingly easy to use and learn...but this one item really threw me for a loop for a bit.
I booted back to Windows, because I know how to set the static ip up in there. Once I got it reset in Windows and my router all squared away with an open port, I left the desktop on Windows for the time being. With the Stanley Cup finals underway, I just don't want to run into any problems that could preclude me from hooking up with my next fix for a game. So, for now, I am back to Win XP...but, I miss my Ubuntu.
