Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 88 for the weeks April 20th - April 26th, 2008. In this issue we cover: Hardy Heron Release Parties, Forum Interviews & Tutorials, Preinstalled Ubuntu PCs for Russia, Ubuntu UK Poadcast, Full Circle Magazine, Team Meeting Summaries, and much, much more!
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How to set up Compiz Fusion 0.7.4
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This guide has specifically been written for the latest version of Compiz and Compiz Fusion, which can be found in e.g. Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Although this guides mentions the default options in Hardy from time to time, it is mostly distribution-independent and you should be able to use it on every Linux install.
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Top 10 Lesser Known Linux Games
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We’ve all heard of open source games like Tuxracer and Wesnoth, and of commercial games like Quake and Unreal Tournament but there are a number of lesser known Linux games that deserve some more attention. Not all these games have the latest 3D graphics but what they lack in state of the art visuals they more than make up for in depth of gameplay and replayability.
Read more »Hardy Heron – my odd first experiences
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A Linux Ubuntu 8.04 virgin no longer, I popped my own cherry last night, installing Hardy Heron for the first time, with some odd installation experiences I can only hope aren’t the ‘norm’. So, what happened?
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Things to do on your new Ubuntu 8.04 Hard Heron Installation
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Ubuntu 8.04 was released a few days back and like the previous releases of Ubuntu,Ubuntu 8.04 does not include a number of essential codecs, applications etc because of number of licensing restrictions and also the limitation of accommodating more and more applications on a single CD. Though undoubtedly Ubuntu 8.04 is one of the most user friendly release of Ubuntu with inclusion of Firefox 3...
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Building a Linux digital picture frame, part 1
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Last year I bought both of the Linux Toys books. One of the projects inside that caught my eye was the digital picture frame. I'd just been in an unnamed large department store where I saw a picture frame that would be perfect for this kind of a project - the catch was I didn't have the "spare" notebook required by the project.
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Building a Linux digital picture frame, part 2
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In this part I want to stress how important pre-planning is with respect to the entire project. I took the project right through to the end - with a working digital picture frame as an end result, but I learned some things about what frame to choose, matting and other non-geek aspects that would make building a digital picture frame simpler.
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Open Source Model Rocket Simulator
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Lawndart is an open-source model rocket simulation for Linux, designed to accurately simulate the flight of a model rocket from launch to landing. Lawndart will be released in stages to test more fundamental components of the software, and adding capability as those components are tested and verified.
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which is the most complete multimedia stack?
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For the Kiwilinux derivative of Ubuntu one of the main goals has always been including reasonably complete support for multimedia content on the CD so the user does not need to search and install the bits needed for restricted formats.
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Configuration Mania aids access to some Firefox settings
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Firefox lets you tinker with many of its internal settings by entering about:config in the address bar. The preference settings exposed on that page let you make many changes, but the tabular interface is not exactly user-friendly. One alternative, the Preferential extension improves matters only slightly.
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Three utilities for automatically converting audio for portable music players
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While large cheap hard disks allow you to keep your audio collection in a lossless format such as FLAC on your home network, when you are on the move you probably want to squeeze the most out of every gigabyte by using a compressed format. This article takes a look at three tools aimed at making audio conversion for portable music players a painless task.
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Get rid of your Linux bloat. Part 2.
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So in part one we disabled unwanted or unneeded programs from starting up when we turn on our computer. However those programs are still installed and taking up space. This space could be better used for other things. Important things like music, movies, recipes or maybe even some work related stuff.
Read more »Hardy Heron: Best Distro Ever?
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It was with great anticipation that I downloaded Hardy Heron to install on my notebook. As is my usual custom, I downloaded the alternate install CD from the mirror and burned it, then booted from it. I won't go into the steps of the install as most Linux users know how this works.
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Warning: Hardy Heron May Cause Linux Addiction
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The Linux blogs were abuzz with accounts of Ubuntu's newly released version, Hardy Heron. The distro has pushed the envelope of capabilities and appeal with nearly every release, and the latest version has Linux fans speculating that it will attract more users away from Windows.
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Five Softwares to Install in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron [Recommendation]
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The much-awaited 8.04 version of the Ubuntu Desktop named ‘Hardy Heron’ was released yesterday. I downloaded the 699 MB ISO and managed to install it today. There have been really worthy improvements. We can only hope that this latest version brings a lot of users into the Linux World.
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