Jaunty Jackalope Released! ** Thursday, April 23, 2009 ** Ubuntu Linux version 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) has been officially released! For a complete list of features and information on how to toss your old Windows OS, check out www.Ubuntu.com. Don't delay, download your copy today!  Webmail Upgrades - Completed ** Saturday, April 11, 2009 ** Webmail upgrades have been completed. If you, as a user, experience any problems or difficulties; please send an email to Luke@DigitalEnigma.net with a detailed description of the particular problem(s) you are experiencing.  Webmail Upgrades ** Friday, April 10, 2009 ** Upgrades are being done to the webmail graphical login. The core engine has been upgraded, however the graphical content still needs to be customized. Users should be able to use the utility just fine. The only noticeable change is the appearance. The graphical portion will be upgraded over the weekend and brought back to the standard default look and feel.  Jaunty Jackalope Countdown ** Friday, March 27, 2009 ** The countdown has begun for Ubuntu Linux release 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, which is scheduled for a launch date of April 23rd. Although not an LTS release, we are proud to support this release as any Ubuntu Linux release and will offer it for download via our Ubuntu Linux mirror. And for those who just cannot wait or wish to assist the Ubuntu Linux Development team in debugging the beta version, you can download it from us here. Please note, the Ubuntu Linux team does not recommend the use of any beta or pre-release software in production environments.  Ubuntu Problems With Vintage Sparc's? ** Saturday, March 14, 2009 ** Are you having trouble getting newer versions of Ubuntu and newer kernels working on your vintage sparc's? Don't give up and throw them in the trash. Here is a little workaround for some booting problems using a Sun Ultra E1 w/Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) & kernel v2.6.24 done by Luke. "Well I have successfully updated to Hardy on sparc architecture. Had a few issues that were somewhat easily solvable. First, I could not get a virgin install of Gutsy to install (I figured out why later). So I installed a virgin install of Feisty. I then upgraded to Gutsy at which time I could not get kernel 2.6.22 to boot properly (was getting a UUID error). Thus I booted with kernel 2.6.20 and the system came up installed with Gutsy. I swapped the 'UUID' parameters for old style '/dev/foo/bar' and that got me to the point where the kernel was not loading the correct modules. Here is what was going on (also why a virgin Gutsy install would not work). Through some extensive research, it would appear the developer who wrote the 'esp' module for the kernel trashed it and re-wrote it as 'sun_esp' in kernel 2.6.22, which now depends on 'esp_scsi'. This seemed like an easy fix, just add it to '/etc/modules', however this did not work and I could only assume this was because of an order of operations. Since the module in question was the SCSI bus, the kernel could not read the drives and thus could not read '/etc/modules'. After a short timeout during the kernel load, once it dropped to a shell, I could issue 'modprobe esp_scsi' and 'modprobe sun_esp' and the system would come up. This was the workaround I came up with... [root@Lazarus ~]# echo esp_scsi >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules [root@Lazarus ~]# echo sun_esp >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules [root@Lazarus ~]# update-initramfs -k all -u This made the system boot up and become stable, however reverting back to the 'UUID' format rendered the system un-bootable again. So I left it with the '/dev/foo/bar' format and proceeded to upgrade to Hardy. Once Hardy was installed along with kernel 2.6.24, I was able to get the system to boot with the 'UUID' format w/ my workaround for the SCSI modules. In the end I believe the root cause was 'hw-detect' not seeing the ESP SCSI bus and/or the new modules that needed to be installed to the kernel. Hardy works fine now with the workaround and kernel 2.6.24, however with the 'UUID' problem in kernel 2.6.22, I believe 2.6.22 to be a bad kernel choice for the sparc architecture. Although, if one was to recompile it, it may work."  A Little Eye Candy... ** Sunday, January 18, 2009 ** The title says it all! We have updated the graphics on the website to be a little more pleasant on the eye, as far as contrast goes, while still retaining the "dark" look we love so much. Also, you may wish to check out the graphics we created for one of our sister sites, PacketGnome.net. And as always, all tools used are 100% homebrew open source.  DigitalEnigma v2.0 ** Monday, December 08, 2008 ** Well, it has been a long time coming, over a year and a half actually, but DigitalEnigma v2.0 is finally finished! One main reason it took so long is this site is 100% homebrew hand coded. No fancy web tools were used in this site creation (graphics aside). To celebrate the launch, we have included a Visio image of the current topology. This Visio image also includes server specs for the hardware we use. Enjoy!  New Website (v2.0rc1) Launched! ** Thursday, December 04, 2008 ** Our new website has reached RC status and has been launched! To the best of our knowledge, the site is "bug free", however it will remain in RC status until the official launch date as we test and debug. Please have a look around and poke at things. If you happen to find something, such as a link, that is broken, send an email to Luke@DigitalEnigma.net. Thanks for checking us out and enjoy!  Intrepid Ibex Released! ** Thursday, October 30, 2008 ** Ubuntu Linux version 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) has been officially released! For a complete list of features and information on how to toss your old Windows OS, check out www.Ubuntu.com. Don't delay, download your copy today!  New Website Launch Date Confirmed ** Thursday, October 30, 2008 ** The launch date for our new website has finally been confirmed after almost one and a half years of delays. This was caused by so many features we wanted to implement and have them as close to bug free as possible. The official release is scheduled for Monday, December 08, 2008. Check back then to see what we have done!  Intrepid Ibex Countdown ** Saturday, October 04, 2008 ** The countdown has begun for Ubuntu Linux release 8.10, Intrepid Ibex, which is scheduled for a launch date of October 30th. Although not an LTS release, we are proud to support this release as any Ubuntu Linux release and will offer it for download via our Ubuntu Linux mirror. And for those who just cannot wait or wish to assist the Ubuntu Linux Development team in debugging the beta version, you can download it from us here. Please note, the Ubuntu Linux team does not recommend the use of any beta or pre-release software in production environments.  New Servers Deployed! ** Thursday, August 07, 2008 ** Our new servers have been deployed for more robust redundancy and utilization. The new website launch will follow shortly in the days to come. If you notice anything odd about how this website draws, it's because this site is optimized for Mozilla Firefox and we suggest its use over Microsoft Internet Explorer. Thanks for checking us out and happy surfing!