A Linux Experience - Having a couple of hours to kill one day, Lionel decided to download a copy of Ubuntu's Live CD. When everything worked from the boot, he was intrigued and decided to try the dual boot option. Needing to run some priority software for his writing, he did some research and found that Virtual-Box could run everything he would need. After 45 days of testing, he found that didn't need to ever boot in to the Windows partition. Now his computer is an Ubuntu only machine and he is a full time Ubuntu use...
read more
Mark Shuttleworth says: Ubuntu Is Enterprise Friendly - Mark Shuttleworth's keynote at the Ubuntu Live Conference centered on the fact that the Ubuntu server is capable of bringing the same values of its desktop version to the server market -- ease of use, performance and compatibility. With Linux already driving the enterprise market through thin clients and dedicated systems, Ubuntu needs to maintain its ability to preform well as a virtual machine. Canonical will therefore be putting more resources behind Landscap...
read more
Mark Shuttleworth says: Ubuntu Is Enterprise Friendly - Mark Shuttleworth's keynote at the Ubuntu Live Conference centered on the fact that the Ubuntu server is capable of bringing the same values of its desktop version to the server market -- ease of use, performance and compatibility. With Linux already driving the enterprise market through thin clients and dedicated systems, Ubuntu needs to maintain its ability to preform well as a virtual machine. Canonical will therefore be putting more resources behind Landscap...
read more
I was sent a web link today that contained a great article about how to speed up web browsing by locally caching DNS name resolution results using dnsmasq. That article is great and it is here: Local DNS Cache for Faster Browsing. I like it because it is equally simple to do and works, but the results (of DNS lookups) are not saved after your PC or laptop "session" is finished.
To clarify, in my opinion, one of the drawbacks (someone correct me if I'm wrong), seems to be that the cache is lost after the lapt...
read more
Kung Fu Robots (kungfurobots.com) has posted some beneficial experiences particularly the brief synopsis of Ubuntu, LinuxMint and Sabayon. One thing that I note is the greater amount of applications available. Prior to using Ubuntu, I was a Fedora Core user, who found that the Debian track (out of which Ubuntu is borne) has a far greater and arguably superior amount of applications. Here is what Kung Fu Robots has to say...
So I have been gaining nerd points as of late. I have been toying with a few differentCD di...
read more
Web 2.0 in 5 minutes
"Web 2.0" in just under 5 minutes.
mediatedcultures.net
This is a slightly revised and cleaned up version of the video that was featured on YouTube in February 2007.
The video was created by Michael Wesch, working alone from his house in St. George, Kansas. He used CamStudio for the screen captures and Sony Vegas for the panning/cropping/zooming animations.
read more
Instant Messaging in Ubuntu
This video is a quick primer on how to use Gaim with Ubuntu. If you're not familiar with Gaim, it's an application which enables you to connect to friends and colleagues using the chat/instant messaging protocols, such as MSN, ICQ, IRC and Yahoo, all in one program. The protocols/services handled by Gaim are:
MSN
ICQ
IRC
Yahoo!
Jabber
Gadu-Gadu
Zephyr
Gaim is now called "Pidgin" and you can obtain the install information here: How to install Pidgin 2.0 (former GAIM) . The official pa...
read more
Microsoft Extensions in OpenOffice
Also, for those of you interested in using your Microsoft core fonts, here's an easy way to install them...
Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
and follow any prompts if given.
Easy to do!
read more
Add/Remove Software in Ubuntu 7.04
Adding and removing applications using Ubuntu Linux v7.04 from PCMechTV
In Ubuntu 7.10 you can do the same as in the video (for Ubuntu 7.04) by using the Synaptic package manager.
You can find Synaptic in the "System" toolbar menu option.
One thing of importance is that (in my opinion) it's good to use the Synaptic package manager and avoid installing or using Automatix for package management. Why? It seems that Automatix is breaking people's Ubuntu systems as reported by some ...
read more
Mark Shuttleworth & Ubuntu
Brief interview with Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu Foundation. You visit the Ubuntu Foundation to learn more. The Foundation was established on July 1st 2005 with an initial funding commitment of US$10 million, to ensure the continuity of the Ubuntu project and create a legal vehicle that represents the community structures of the project.
One driving factor behind the creation of the Foundation was the need to ensure that an Ubuntu release can be deployed on servers, which d...
read more
