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Ubuntu Tutorials | 17th May 2008

I just ran across a very nice set of Ubuntu tutorials by psychocats. They’re very well written and are often accompanied by lots of pictures. Awesome resource!

Wubi | 24th Apr 2008

I just read a great little article on the new Wubi (Windows UBuntu Installer) installer, found on the new Ubuntu Live CDs. Looks like they’ve really nailed it. Now switching from Windows could not be any easier for non-technical users.

Ubuntu Day 8.04 | 24th Apr 2008

Today marks the release of Ubuntu 8.04, code named “Hardy Heron”. This is the day that occurs twice a year to celebrate the culmination of 6 months of hard work from the folks at Ubuntu, Gnome, Linux Kernel, and the thousands of other free software organizations who’s work is combined to make Ubuntu possible. [...]

Selling free software | 13th Apr 2008

I think one of the best examples of how free software can work great (and be even be sold) is Dell’s adoption of Ubuntu. They can take free software (Ubuntu) and custom-tailor it to work on their specific laptops and desktops. They can even custom-compile their own Linux kernels that they don’t contain [...]

Upgrades | 29th Mar 2008

Lots of upgrades for me over the past 24 hours. The most relevant one is that WordPress 2.5 was officially released today, so my blog is now running on 2.5. What does this mean? Well not a whole lot for you readers unfortunately, given that the big changes occurred on the back-end [...]

What’s this Linux thing? | 16th Mar 2008

What’s This “Linux” Thing and Why Should I Try It?. A pretty good description. Another real reason is because it’s fun and productive.

Amazon MP3 now officially for Linux | 12th Mar 2008

I just saw that Amazon MP3 now officially supports Linux. Packages are available for the latest versions of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. Sweet! Even though it’s not an ideal free software solution, it’s still exciting to see a service selling DRM-free music to the free software community. Seems like a [...]

Eye Candy | 10th Mar 2008

The following video is of my computer, running Ubuntu 7.10, with some of the new features and applications I’ve been playing around with, including compiz-fusion, avant, and amarok. Best part? This is all free software! Enjoy!

A more detailed video, more features.
Can your computer do that?

GetDeb | 10th Mar 2008

Have you ever read about a cool new linux application, but it’s not available out-of-the-box with your current version of Ubuntu? You can go searching online only to find a bunch of instructions telling you how to compile the program yourself. That’s not very helpful if you’re unfamiliar with Linux. I’m leery [...]

Free to apply | 7th Mar 2008

I need to renew my FAFSA for next year so that I am eligible for federal loans for school. I attempted to log in to the FAFSA website to do this, and I was greeted with the following message: “We have detected that you are using a non-certified browser.”
They proceeded to give me [...]

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