Monthly Archives: June 2008

Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha1 released

Ubuntu team has released the 1st alpha of Ubuntu 8.10, code named Intrepid Ibex. As of now, the alpha 1 contains re-merging of changes from Debian and the upgrade of the Linux kernel to a pre-release version of 2.6.26. Alpha … Continue reading

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Going to Vegas

I’ll be in Las Vegas next week to attend the OHUG conference. They had the conference in September last year, so the weather was very nice. It’s in 108 F range all of next week. It’s not humid there luckily. … Continue reading

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Gobuntu to merge with Ubuntu?

The Gobuntu (Ubuntu with open source software only) development team has announced that the project will merge most of the Gobuntu changes into mainline Ubuntu starting with Ubuntu 8.10. That includes an option to install “Free Software only”. According to … Continue reading

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Firefox 3.0 to be released at 10.00 a.m. PDT

Mozilla is planning to release Firefox 3.0 at 10.00 a.m. PDT (Pacific time) and attempting to set Guinness world record (maximum number of downloads in 24 hrs). Update: 10.02 a.m.: PDT. It looks like Mozilla’s site is terribly slow or … Continue reading

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Screenlets – Desktop eyecandy for Linux

Screenlets is a desktop widget engine similar to gDesklets and Google Gadget. It’s simple to install and use. I installed it through Synaptic package manager. Open Synaptic by selecting System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. Search for screenlets. Click … Continue reading

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Bill Gates – Ballmer clash out in open

The Wall Street Journal has an article describing the power struggle between Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in the last few years. Here are some excerpts from that article: It was early 2000, and Bill Gates had relinquished the chief … Continue reading

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Acer to install Linux on it’s laptops and netbooks

Acer is planning to push Linux aggressively on it’s laptop and Netbooks. Netbooks are smaller version of the laptop, similar to ULPC. Acer has already started selling Linux on Media PC business and netbooks and they are planning to add … Continue reading

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Google Gadgets for Linux released

Google today released Google Gadgets for Linux which provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux. Google gadgets for Linux is compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle. … Continue reading

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Religionizing softwares

After spreading through people, land etc., religion is now invading software. I first came across the Ubuntu Christian edition several months back and I ran into Ubuntu Muslim edition today. There is also Ubuntu Satanic edition, which is more of … Continue reading

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