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This is Why Linux Will Never Compete on the Desktop
About a year ago I started writing an article titled “Linux on the Desktop: 10 Years of Wasted Time”. I was trying to summarize why Linux does not compete on the desktop for the mainstream computer user. As a Linux user since RedHat 5.0, then a Gentoo user for years then a Mandrake user for [...]
Continue reading...HP Mini 1000 “Mi” Netbook Uses Custom Ubuntu Interface by HP
Friday, February 6, 2009
HP has just dropped news about their upcoming netbook the “Mi”, and besides running Ubuntu 8.04 it is actually rocking a completely custom UI designed by HP specifically for the Netbook. Looking nothing like Canonical’s Ubuntu Netbook Remix distribution, it seems that HP went back to the drawing board with this and implemented their own interface [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Will Never Understand Usability – Vista Device Driver Security Example
Monday, November 17, 2008
We took our first look at Microsoft’s inbility to create something genuinely useful and a minature review of Vista when we evaluated Windows Vista Backup at the beginning of the year. The premise of that article being that by evaluating a single program, and all the usability/functionality flaws it had, you got an impression of [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 3, Screenshots and New Theme Proposals
Sunday, July 27, 2008
We don’t normally start tracking the Ubuntu releases until they hit about the Alpha 3 stage; after all the big software updates have made it in, any theme work is mostly done and the final release is starting to take shape. Well, that happened yesterday: Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” Alpha 3 was released.
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...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...“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...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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Friday, April 10, 2009
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