a couple of newer entries on the Linux astronomy scene: Stellarium and Celestia use hardware graphics acceleration.

Just created the following Ubuntu Brainstorm idea called “Translation workflow and collaboration with upstream“. It is based off the blueprint I created a while back in an attempt to improve the relationship between Ubuntu and upstream translation projects.

One of the great joys about using Linux full time is the fact that I can also appreciate other operating systems like BSD. Like Linux, BSD is open source, provides the user with the freedom to distribute the code to others at no cost, and allows users tremendous freedom with regard to tweaking it to meet their needs.

Devil-Linux might sound hellish for a Linux distribution, but this live CD offers many blessings for your server needs. Originally developed as a router/firewall distribution, Devil-Linux has expanded its functionality to include nearly every service that a server might offer.

On Sunday I installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD on my friends laptop, an Acer. I won’t go into detail how easy the installation and tweaking was. I was done within an hour.

I installed Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 6 on both of my laptops over the weekend, and it looks very good. In the original announcement of the Intrepid Ibex development, Ubuntu spoke of giving priority to "pervasive internet access", and it appears to me that they have made good progress on that.

KDE's Konqueror is as multifunctional as a Swiss Army knife. It works as both a file manager and a Web browser, and you can enhance it even further by adding new commands to its repertoire by means of service menus.

Many applications need to graphically display the relation between two data axes. Common examples are how one resource such as CPU load or an exchange rate varies over time. GtkDatabox makes presenting such information in a GTK+ desktop application much simpler.