Monthly Archives: August 2007

Weather wallpaper on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Arun

I tried the weather wallpaper in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. They have a deb package for Ubuntu, so the installation went fine. The instructions though were not clear on how to use it. Once I installed it, I tried starting the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft admits bribing partners to vote for OOXML

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Arun

You might have already read my blog post titled One more proof of Microsoft’s ugly face where I quoted the news report that Microsoft gathered a bunch of partners to vote for OOXML in Sweden. Microsoft now admitted openly that … Continue reading →

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BulletProofX – It’s about time

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Arun

I wrote many times about X server failed to start properly while using the Live CD and I blogged yesterday about X server failure in Gutsy Gibbon using Live CD and also using alternate CD. Live CD failed to start … Continue reading →

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German universities embrace Linux

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Arun

North Rhine-Westphalia, a German state has selected Novell for the supply of its IT infrastructure. Novell already supports 300,000 students in the states of Bavaria and Thuringia; the new deal will add another 560,000 students and thousands of employees. Forty … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 5 in my laptop

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Arun

I installed Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3 in my Acer Travelmate laptop few weeks back. The X server stopped working couple of weeks back after the regular updates. I reinstalled Tribe 5 last weekend. The combination of ATI and Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu’s next release – Hardy Heron

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Arun

Ubuntu has named the next release (after Gutsy Gibbon) Hardy Heron. This will be released as Long Term Support (LTS) release after Ubuntu Dapper and will be supported for 5 years on servers and 3 years on desktops.  Source: Jonobacon. … Continue reading →

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One more proof of Microsoft’s ugly face?

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Arun

OS/2 World reports that 23 new companies applied yesterday to Swedish Standard Institute to take part in the voting on OOXML and as expected, most of them voted in favor of OOXML. What happened was that Microsoft gathered together a … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.3 Beta 1 released

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Arun

WordPress team has released their first beta of WordPress 2.3. Some of the features of 2.3 include plugin and core update notification, built-in tags support, faster javascript, and SEO-friendly URL redirection. It’s still in beta, so it might be little … Continue reading →

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Acer to acquire Gateway

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Arun

Acer computers is planning to buy Gateway in a $710 million deal. This deal, if it goes through, will make Acer the world’s third largest PC vendor. Under terms of the agreement announced Monday, Acer will purchase all of Gateway’s … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Mail to drop beta tag and add SMS

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Arun

Yahoo Mail is coming out of beta today and sports some new features like free SMS from Yahoo Mail to cell phones. According to CNet, It’s supposed to show a button on top of the page with an option to … Continue reading →

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