Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #123 for the weeks December 21st - January 3rd, 2008. In this issue we cover: Notification, indicators and alerts, Making LoCo Teams Rock, Planet Ubuntu and Corporate Blogs, Ubuntu live on TV, Ubuntu Berlin review of 2008, Tunisian Team Events in December, 12 days of Launchpad, Full Circle Magazine #20, Meeting Summaries, and much, much more!
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Dell sells Ubuntu boxes that cannot run Ubuntu
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Guy has problems installing non-Dell version of Ubuntu on Dell Mini 12.
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7 Best Free/Open-source Backup Software for Linux
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A computer application utilized to perform a complete backup by duplicating the original source of data is called backup software. Obviously, the main purpose of backup software is to create order out of chaos by recovering essential files in the event of a disaster.If you are using Linux, there are plenty of backup software to choose from.
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Turn Your Firefox into an Arcade
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After all the stress of the holidays, and before you start getting stressed about taxes - you need a way to relax. How do I relax? I play games. Want to turn Firefox into your own personal arcade? Here are a more than a few extensions to help you along the way.
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Blackberry tethering (and more) on Linux
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This article explains how to tether a Blackberry phone - use it as a modem, via a USB cable - in Linux, covering Mandriva, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE and Fedora. It also mentions some other things that the Barry project lets you do with your Blackberry.
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Why I use Linux.
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Today while trawling around on the opensuse mailing list I found this gem of a quote from one of the user's answers that summarize really well why I love and continue to use Linux and why any other thing would feel wrong ....
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VBoxSDL - The simplified VM displayer for Virtualbox
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VBoxSDL is a simple graphical user interface (GUI) that lacks the nice point-and-click support which VirtualBox, our main GUI, provides. VBoxSDL is currently primarily used internally for debugging VirtualBox and therefore not officially supported.
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Ubuntu Linux on the laptop
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You may not have gotten up this morning wondering; “What is Linux up to these days?” But while we weren’t looking, it began seriously kicking windows’ ass. Or at least Windows XP; my laptop doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for Vista.
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Ease into Linux from windows.
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So many times people have told me that they don't want to use Linux because it is too big of a leap. They say that there is too much to learn at once. That is not true.
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12 handy tips for your new Linux netbook
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The netbook trend has been called something of a Trojan Horse for the spread of Linux; we're not about to disagree... check out our tips to help you get the most out of your low-cost laptop.
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REVOLUTION OS: A REVIEW
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...here’s a review for a documentary about Linux I just got my hands on, relatively speaking. The documentary: REVOLUTION OS.
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Myth: Linux Doesn't Need a Registry Cleaner
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Some say Linux's .rpm and .deb installation packages uninstall cleanly, so there is no need for any registry cleaners like CCleaner. Here are a few counterexamples to the myth
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Evolution vs Kontact - Part 1 - Evolution
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A Personal Information Management (PIM) suite is supposedly a single application that gives you your email, contacts, calendar and other important information. Bringing Mail, Contacts, Calendar and more into one application is something that many find useful.
Read more »Review: GoblinX 2.7
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GoblinX is a LiveCD distribution built around Slackware Linux, and designed for ease of use. The flexibility of GoblinX is worthy of mention, as even its boot options show this ability. But is GoblinX an angel in disguise, or a troll under the bridge? Let's find out.
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Review: Linux Mint 6
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Linux Mint is one of those distributions you just can't help but love. Easy to use, stable, flexible, and so much more. Built from Ubuntu, it's been my mantra for a while that Linux Mint is “Ubuntu done right”, as I've had issue with Ubuntu and it's quality for a long time. But the better Mint gets, the bigger the shoes it has to fill each time.
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