[…] There are several public nethack servers that let you play via telnet. The biggest and most popular one is located at alt.org. Or at least they are the one that shows up on Google results first. You simply telnet in, create an account and play online. This is such an awesome concept that I decided I need some of that. I want my own public server! This would be a perfect new role for that funky old Compaq Presario sitting under my desk and currently running Ubuntulite. So I started digging around for a solution. […]

Right now feisty should be relatively stable, but dapper is a little shaky in terms of installing. However, at this point of the project, updates to the meta-package might break some things so that is why I have the warning on the instructions. I am hoping to freeze packages at 0.8 on the way to out stable release 1.0

I think I did mention that, but I edited the post to make it even clearer. For the most part everything is working without a hitch even in my very early beta version.

Great job guys!

I hope everyone keeps in mind that ubuntulite is being beta tested now. It is not a final version. We haven’t selected the final packages we intend to install, and we haven’t got the kinks worked out yet. The thing is we need to spread the word in order to get a testing base. It’s warty warthog level right now, but Shae is working very hard on it.

If you would like to help out come to the list or the website. We need developers, graphic artists, testers and boosters.

If you would like to give it a try, you can. Technically it should work right now, but I will be updating the how-to soon. The install script is a ‘unified installer’ in that you use the same install script for both feisty and dapper (As of version ubuntulite-install-1.sh).

Thanks. Seems like a good move, because since Dapper is LTS tons of people will keep using it at least until Hardy comes along.

I will be adding support for dapper hopefully this weekend.

I quietly removed the registration link some time ago, because I noticed that:

a. few real people actually post from registered accounts
b. bots love to register 20-30 accounts per day.

So I killed it. Maybe I’ll bring it back with a CAPTCHA one day. As I suspected, hardly anyone noticed it was gone.

But yeah – if you want the name in blue, you just have to put some sort of URL in the URL field. ;)

Oh, and if you want the avatar icon, go to http://gravatar.com, sign up with the email you use here, and upload a picture. Side bonus – it will work on every blog that supports gravatars, not just mine. :)

And, holly crap! Now that you mention it, the Ubunulite logo looks like it’s made out of Candlejacks! But I better not say his name or he will come and kidna-

Ah, I see, it’s not what I thought it was.

So… why are the people in the ubuntulite logo sporting quiffs? What’s common between psychobillies and low-spec hardware?

Although I suppose it explains why it might be a bit rough around the edges but fun to use.

In other news… am I blind, or is there nowhere to create an account on your site, Luke? I feel so lonely and unloved seeing my name in black instead of the serene blue of your regulars…