Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" is now available! Major new features in this release include...

I've been thinking a lot about backups recently and am starting to implement what I see as a fairly comprehensive backup system. Since it doesn't seem like there is enough good information about realistic backups systems and how people really use them, I am going to keep posting anything useful I learn. Before I get in to all the technical bits, I'm going to start with the planning stage.

MEPIS LLC has released SimplyMEPIS 8.0.06, an update to the community edition of MEPIS 8.0. The updated components on the SimplyMEPIS ISOs include recent updates from the Debian Lenny pool and also Linux kernel 2.6.27.21, Firefox 3.0.9, jbidwatcher 2.0.1, and gutenprint 5.2.3.

Did you ever downloaded a single APE or FLAC file consisting of multiple songs? If so, it's quite annoying to try and listen to only one song. But you can split the files into multiple songs exactly like in the cue file (each song's start and end time are saved in the cue file, so we'll know where to cut the big file).

Microsoft Windows remains the dominant desktop operating system with approximately 90% of the client operating system market. If Microsoft's monopoly is ever going to be challenged by Linux, there has to be an easy way for Windows' users to be able to learn about this rival operating system.

Jo Shields posts about his intention to propose switching Rhythmbox for Banshee in Karmic. (I'm trying to convince him to apply to be a MOTU, or at least an Ubuntu member, so he can be on Planet Ubuntu.) He's not the first to suggest it, but he is in the right place to make the proposal for this release.

Unlike proprietary platforms - and some Linux distributions - Ubuntu doesn't identify primarily with any single country or language.  The operating system's developers are spread around the world, and aim to make their product equally available to all users, regardless of their locales.  But how well have the challenges of localization been met?