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- An update on the wife’s computer – Ubuntu does it again
- It’s official – my wife likes Ubuntu, too
- 7 Reasons to Pick Ubuntu and When Not to Choose It
- PC help: Install Ubuntu’s firewall
- Ubuntu manager releases open source metal album
- Ubuntu 8.10 ‘Intrepid Ibex’ feels more like a service pack than a …
- Customize Conky for Ambient Linux Productivity
An update on the wife’s computer – Ubuntu does it again
ZDNet
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not averse to fiddling in the name of free (as in both beer and speech), but when it comes down to it, I just want something that satisfies as many requirements as possible out of the box. It’s one thing to fiddle with a computer at home; it’s quite another to fiddle with 30 computers in a lab. I briefly flirted with the idea of just giving her Vista Business (an upgrade to Home Premium, at least), but then I couldn’t resist pulling out the Ubuntu CD I had used for my oldest son’s computer last night. 45 minutes later, Ubuntu was installed and updates were flying down. A quick restart and Ubuntu was telling me that proprietary drivers were available for a Broadcom wireless card. Enable the drivers, restart, and presto! Ubuntu did it again. Everything just worked.
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It’s official – my wife likes Ubuntu, too
ZDNet Blogs
She hates computers in general and change in particular, using computers for simple communication, Internet research, and basic productivity tasks. She didn’t like Fedora or OpenSUSE during her brief sojourn with each over the last few days. So when I tossed on Ubuntu (even after I found that the latest beta worked like a champ on her finicky laptop), I didn’t hold out a lot of hope. Guess what she told me this afternoon, though? “I really like Ubuntu…it’s very intuitive and I was able to do everything I needed to do today with no problem. Everything seems to be faster, too. You can leave this one on my computer. ” This is high praise indeed from a neo-Luddite who finds nothing intuitive about computers.
7 Reasons to Pick Ubuntu and When Not to Choose It
LXer (press release), TX
0 would deserve my attention, I think I’ll cover it tomorrow. So instead of a review or a tutorial, I decided to write something more like a lecture, so you won’t need any technical knowledge to read it. Surfing on the web got me an idea: how about an article to pick up a Linux distribution? And, to be more precise, what about an article to explain why Ubuntu or Debian? Since these are also the only two distributions I’m familiar with, here I am, writing this. Today I was not in the mood for testing applications and making some review, and although the new Flock 2. 0 would deserve my attention, I think I’ll cover it tomorrow. So instead of a review or a tutorial, I decided to write something more like a lecture, so you won’t need any technical knowledge to read it. Surfing on the web got me an idea: how about an article to pick up a Linux distribution? And, to be more precise, what about an article to explain why Ubuntu or Debian? Since these are also the only two distributions I’m familiar with, here I am, writing this.
PC help: Install Ubuntu’s firewall
What PC?, UK
10, but could find no mention of a firewall or means of configuring one. This was worrying because of the importance of this security software. I attempted to find help on the internet, but I was astounded by thecomplexity of the technical answers supplied to other beginners. How can I stayprotected?Lynne WoodwardA A firewall can be quickly installed on Ubuntu using theSynaptic Package Manager. As new software is installed over the internet makesure that the computer is connected before starting.
Ubuntu manager releases open source metal album
IT Examiner, India
Denied by Reign is part of his solo project, called Severed Fifth, which he intends to use as a springboard for testing music economics and promoting awareness of open content distribution models. The album is made up of eight tracks, is available for free in OGG and MP3 formats from the Severed Fifth website. The tracks can be downloaded individually or together in a compressed archive and are also being distributed via Bit Torrent. Bacon said he selected the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (CCSA) licence because it will enable users to share and modify the content as long as they properly attribute it and make derivatives available under the same licence.
Ubuntu 8.10 ‘Intrepid Ibex’ feels more like a service pack than a …
ZDNet
10 is released I decided to take a look at the latest beta to see what the new release has to offer. Oddly enough, “Intrepid Ibex” feels more like a service pack to me than a new release.
Customize Conky for Ambient Linux Productivity
Lifehacker, CA
conkyrc files tell Conky everything you want displayed, and how to display it. Proud users post and trade them all the time, and they’re easy to import. So if you see a nice layout and color scheme at the.
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