Category Archives: Linux

My involvement and discoveries relating to running Linux. Written by an active Ubuntu and ex-Gentoo Linux user and fan, me.

Old is the New New

Posted on 2010 - August - 23 by Dorian

Or at least it seems that way. After all the fun that was summer, it looks like I will be going back my old pace of life and digs. So does that mean? First of all, no real changes in … Continue reading →

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MeeGo 1.0 and Maemo5 PR 1.2 Released

Posted on 2010 - June - 4 by Dorian

While I was busy with the randomness of life, awesomeness hit the world of mobile Linux. Maemo5 PR 1.2 Released For all you proud owners of Nokia N900s, go and upgrade to the recently released PR 1.2 update for Maemo5.  … Continue reading →

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Migrating to openSUSE

Posted on 2010 - April - 19 by Dorian

If you’ve followed my dents on identi.ca, you may have noticed that I asked people for their recommendations for a good KDE4 Linux distribution.  Well after a bit of thought I decided that I would move away from Kubuntu to … Continue reading →

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We have a Go for MeeGo

Posted on 2010 - April - 1 by Dorian

6 days after I blog that the MeeGo project should start with a release of MeeGo as a first step… well they do exactly that.  Now before everyone goes off and tries to flash their nifty Nokia N900, please don’t.  … Continue reading →

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Nokia N900 – The Penguin Has Landed

Posted on 2010 - February - 8 by Dorian

You may have noticed that I’ve dropped off the side of the Internet somewhat. Life can get busy at times, especially for someone who sometimes gets muddled up with time management and priorities. Another compelling reason for this is that … Continue reading →

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News – Google Chrome for Linux, Thunderbird 3.0 & Malware for Ubuntu

Posted on 2009 - December - 9 by Dorian

Dorian is currently concentrating on writing and getting things ready for Christmas.  So in the meantime, here are some new stories to tide you over: Google releases Google Chrome for Linux. The fine folks at Mozilla release Thunderbird 3.0 The … Continue reading →

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Tech News – Canonical Bringing Music to Ubuntu, LH Strikes Again & Affero GPL Can’t Fix the Cloud

Posted on 2009 - November - 24 by Dorian

Canonical Launching a Music Store? Rumours on the world wild web point to the possibility of Canonical building an iTunes-like music store.  Works for U thinks such a move would add another viable revenue stream for Canonical, even if it … Continue reading →

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News – Chromium OS is Here

Posted on 2009 - November - 20 by Dorian

Chromium OS is Here Google just announced their Chromium OS project.  This will act as the open source precursor to Chrome OS.  And the folks at Canonical are helping Google build it.  Exciting times ahead, especially for netbooks users and … Continue reading →

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News Flash – Linux Desktop Suck, Android is Not Linux and the Nokia N900s Dropping Out of Orbit

Posted on 2009 - November - 10 by Dorian

These past few days have seen Dorian scrambling to catchup and not blogging.  Dorian still feels the need to fight his e-mails, update his “other” sites and organize his cluttered life, rather than update his readers on exciting developments he … Continue reading →

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Review of Ontario Linux Fest 2009

Posted on 2009 - November - 4 by Dorian

Two weekends ago I went to Ontario Linux Fest 2009, held here in chilly Toronto for the third year in a row. And for such a young conference, it was quite good.  In fact good enough, that longer review of … Continue reading →

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