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Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 Theme: Gelatin
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...Technology Reviews
Friday, November 16, 2007
Welcome to the Technology Reviews section. Below you will find reviews for computer software, hardware, online services and anything else related to technology. Hardware Dell 3008 WFP 30″ LCD Review OLPC (On Laptop Per Child) Laptop Review Onkyo DS-A2 iPod Dock Review Software Adobe Captivate Review and Screencasting Alternatives Blu-ray Profile 1.1 Features & Functionality Review Box.net: Great setup, huge let down Vongo [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 7.10 Gets Compiz by Default
Friday, September 14, 2007
After much debate it looks like the Ubuntu committee has voted to have Compiz turned on by default in the 7.10 release. NOTE: Compiz is the compositing technology that allows for the eye-candy effects like 3D desktops, fading-windows, transparencies, etc. For the folks saying “it’s about time!” the problem is that Compiz has never been 100% stable [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu to Work with Intel on Embedded / Low Power Devices
Sunday, May 6, 2007
OSNews pointed me over to this announcement on the Ubuntu mailing list, and it looks like Ubuntu will be working to get a low-power/embedded version of Ubuntu on some new Intel platforms. When you combine that announcement with the Dell announcement, the light at the end of the tunnel of Hardware on Linux issue is starting [...]
Continue reading...Dell + Ubuntu == Official
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Nice, it looks like it’s official now.
Continue reading...Dell to Start Offering Ubuntu Linux (7.04)
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Slashdot and just about everywhere else is pointing to the official announcement that Dell will start offering Ubuntu (7.04) as a pre-install OS option later this May on some of it’s lower end PC models; to test the waters. I’m hugely excited for what this means for Linux, mainly from the aspect of hardware support. Canonical [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 6.06 + ThinkPad T60 Wifi (ipw3945) + WEP/WAP
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Ok the short story here is that the wireless adapter on the ThinkPad T60 series of notebooks (ipw3945 driver) work fine with Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) IF you are using no encryption or WEP encryption. I put “if” in bold back there because I’m a moron, let me explain: I received my ThinkPad T60 from UPS [...]
Continue reading...Linux Hardware on Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
A while ago I blogged about my experience installing Ubuntu and configuring/using it to replace my Windows desktop. Then using that information I put together a guide for new users on what to expect when setting up Ubuntu and how to create the best “first timer” experience I could think of. I also ran across this [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Edgy Eft (6.10) Knot2 Released
Friday, September 1, 2006
For those that are confused by this, the “Knot” releases are basically alphas that you can download and try out to see progress until the next release. A lot of the major eye-candy related items that are planned for Edgy Eft (full list) have been done for the Knot2 release, that includes the updates to X.org [...]
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