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Linux “Time Machine” Clone: FlyBack
For the folks on Linux that are hankering for the Time Machine functionality in Leopard FlyBack might be what you were looking for. FlyBack works by creating snapshots of the filesystem using rsync and provides a UI to manage those snapshots and optimizes disk space usage by linking unchanged files back to the last known changed [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 Theme: Gelatin
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The snapshot above is of the new “Geltin” mockup theme that is being proposed as the default theme for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) and all releases after that until the next LTS (long term support) release (I believe they are on a 18 month or 2 year cycle for every LTS release. I don’t think it [...]
Continue reading...GNOME Murrine Theme Gets Transparent Widgets
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Andrea Cimitan, GNOME theme designer and author of the Murrine GTK theme engine, has implement transparent widget support to GTK, allowing for Vista-like transparencies for windows, buttons, etc. Ars explains that the implementation was done by adding RGBA maps to the theme engine and Andrea asserts that similar support for transparency can be added to other [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Hardy Heron Theme Work Begins
Monday, December 10, 2007
Work has begun on designing and developing the new theme for Ubuntu’s next release: Hardy Heron. The Ubuntu desktop has used the “Human” theme for quite a while now, and while it’s been quiet attractive, there is work to use a redesigned theme with the upcoming release to really mark the next LTS version (long [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Dev Gets MPAA Univ “Toolkit” Taken Down
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Ok for those that didn’t know about this, the MPAA released what they were calling the “University Toolkit” a few weeks ago. It was a customized version of Ubuntu, that sits on your network, sniffs all your traffic and reports all the information it finds using a standard Apache install with logs, charts, diagrams, etc. [...]
Continue reading...Guides
Friday, November 16, 2007
General Choosing a Toilet General – Technology Choosing a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo Laptop Choosing a Hard Drive & Should You Use RAID? Apple How to Install iPhone 2.0 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone How to Install iPhone 2.1 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone How to Install iPhone 3.0 Firmware on Jailbroken and Unlocked T-Mobile iPhone [...]
Continue reading...“Real” 3D Desktop with Compiz Fusion
Friday, November 2, 2007
This is pretty slick, it looks like Wondor hacked up an anaglyph plugin for Compiz Fusion to actually re-render the desktop pulling apart R/G/B to give it that 3D effect. The trick is you have to have a pair of 3D glasses laying around to see it in action. And yes, Compiz Fusion is what Ubuntu [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Power Saver Settings Could Damage Hard Drive
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
It seems that the default ACPI (power saving) settings for hard drives while running on battery power mode could be causing your hard drive to run an insane amount of load cycles, manifesting itself in “clicking” sounds and also the hard drive’s mechanical portions to be stressed quite a bit more than normal and life [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) To Get New Theme
Monday, October 29, 2007
Covered in brief detail (yet to be filled out) the Ubuntu Wiki describes that every LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, next of which will be the 8.04 release next year) should have a fresh theme to it. All previous releases of Ubuntu have had the very nicely done Human theme, but it looks like [...]
Continue reading...Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) Linux Support
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
How cool is this… Phoronix is reporting that Epic’s Linux/Mac guy, Ryan Gordon, has confirmed that there will infact be a Linux client for Unreal Tournament 3 at launch. It won’t be on the media in the box, but it can be downloaded from their site for free and you just pop the Windows version [...]
Continue reading...Vista to Ubuntu Migration Superguide
Monday, October 22, 2007
NOTE: Ashton’s guide is for Ubuntu 6.06, a lot of things he disliked in the guide have been taken care of in either 7.04 or 7.10, the newest release. While the guide has some good information in it, please keep in mind that some of the “wtf” gripes he may have may not exist any [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 7.10 Reviews
Friday, October 19, 2007
No that is not a Mac desktop you are looking at, that’s Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). While we covered the 7.10 release a few times before, now that it’s officially out, people smarter than me have coughed up some pretty great reviews of it. Lunapark6 has a in-depth review with a lot of screenshots covering the [...]
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Monday, January 7, 2008
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