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Countdown to Ubuntu 7.10
To build up even more excitement to the release of Ubuntu 7.10, I am added this neat little countdown javascript app to the side of the blog. <img id=”countdownimage” src=”http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_default.png” mce_src=”http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_default.png” width=”199″ height=”164″ alt=”Ubuntu 7.10 – Coming soon” /> Share and Enjoy!
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Settling in with the Gutsy [BETA]
For past few days I have been beta testing Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. Overall, I have this beta release running on my main production system without too much breakage. By the time the real release occurs, most users will be grateful for a stable, reliable and increasingly user friendly release of Kubuntu. Update Nightmares Having…
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Slight Delay in Review
I regret to inform you, that the second part of the review of the Kubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” beta release will be delayed until Monday. I had a great deal of work today, and I will away tomorrow. I started writing up the review. But I need some more time to thoroughly look at the…
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Initial Impressions of Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy [BETA]
Yesterday, I updated my main desktop system to Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. This release adds a number of exciting and useful features to Kubuntu. While not a revolutionary feature set, this new release promises to evolve Linux as a desktop OS. So, for the next few days I plan on experimenting and reviewing this new…
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Laptop Ubuntued and the Quest for Desktop Searching
After my lengthy post on the issues of installing Ubuntu on my Toshiba Satellite 2410 laptop, I am pleased with the results. I managed to fix the suspend issue that plagued me with this post. So I am almost ready to “give back” the laptop to my brother. After hearing yesterday about the Google XXS…
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The Penguin and the Rusty Wrench
Day 2 of installing Ubuntu Linux 7.04 on my brother’s Toshiba Satellite 2410 laptop. I have done this before, but boy is this irritating. I mistakingly took the wrong approach of installing all the applications that he would need/want before doing a thorough hardware check. So after I ran into the infamous “poltergeist” problem of…
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Penguin Redux
This week swept by at a crazy pace. Did not get much headway in my long term project, because I had to deal with too many urgent issues. Hopefully thats over. Before I left for Europe, I wanted to install Linux on my brother’s laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2410). But I ran out of time then.…
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Dell and Ubuntu! w00t!
I know this like old news by the time I post this. But dude, you can get Ubuntu from Dell! While Dell only officially supports three models right now, I can say that Ubuntu runs just great on my Dell Dimension 9150. Anyways, enough about my stuff. Everyone who likes Linux and especially Ubuntu, you…
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Attack of the Lettuce Monster, and the Return of Work
After disappearing for a few months, I went back to the justCheckers website again. Much to my horror I discovered a group of spammers decided to “borrow” my forums. Now I have to engage in anti-spamming. The forums are cleaned of NSFW content, and I began the process of deleting and banning users. Joy. I…
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My First (Ubuntu) Linux Convert
On Monday, I converted my friend Robert into a Linux fan.Without getting into details, Robert needed to access the Internet and Windows XP just would not cut it. So he proposed, that I should install Ubuntu Linux on his desktop. I agreed to help him out, since I had considerable installing and configuring different Linux…