I won't discuss about some complex Internet tweaking here, not that I know any :) Just a simple way to get the fastest speed you can get to download updates for your Ubuntu. How?
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Top 10 Ubuntu Downloads
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The reviews are in, and the just-released Ubuntu 9.04, i.e. "Jaunty Jackalope," rates as a slick, fully-formed Linux desktop. Looking to get started or upgrade your system? We're recommending 10 downloads for everyone to try.
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Xfce is light ... but Fvwm is lighter
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Now that I've pretty much got my Xfce 4.4 desktop where I want it in OpenBSD, I've been spending more and more time not in Xfce but in the Fvwm2 window manager that's the default for this OS.
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The Wine development release 1.1.20 is now available.
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What's new in this release (see below for details):
- Show a dialog on application crashes.
- Much improved OLE copy/paste support.
- Various listview improvements.
- More Direct3D code cleanups.
- Various bug fixes.
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K9Copy - Powerful DVD Backup Tool for KDE4
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K9Copy is a KDE application which allows to transcode and backup your DVDs. K9Copy is one of the big players when it comes to DVD transcoding, together with dvd::rip and AcidRip, allowing to encode DVD ISO images and mounted DVDs too.
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The future of PowerDevil (and of power management)
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PowerDevil has proven to be quite a solid software, and I’m both proud and happy about it: the 4.2->4.3 transition has happened almost with no maintainance. The problem is that PowerDevil GUI does suck, big time, because it’s way too cluttered.
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ReactOS works! Sort of …
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On a whim, I installed the latest pre-release release of ReactOS today. I tried it a long time ago and had no luck whatsoever — black screens, nonbooting or just generalized irregular behavior — and so I rarely give it a thought.
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Adobe Releases 64-bit version of Air - Linux Only!
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That’s right Linux only, if you want it for 64-bit Windows you will have to wait a while. According to Adobe’s Matt Rozen ”We have seen much stronger interest from the Linux community for a 64-bit version of Adobe Air, so that has been the focus of our efforts.”
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Gnote Enters Fedora
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Gnote will be included in Fedora 10 and Fedora 11, which is out shortly
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A Taste of Spring: The Mandriva One 2009.1 Experience
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I just got the news last week that Mandriva released their latest and greatest version, 2009.1 a.k.a Spring. For convenience sake, I decided to get the Mandriva One KDE CD image.
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Overview of Ubuntu in the Highstreet
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I’m constantly vigilant, assesing how much of the general public who are not technically minded use Ubuntu. Here I found an interesting anti-Linux movement forming.
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Emacs identica-mode with multiple timelines and direct messages
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"Emacs identica-mode, a way to read and post to Identi.ca microblogging site and any Laconi.ca installation from Emacs, now has support for several (friends, replies, public and user) timelines. Also added support to send direct messages..."
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Firefox: Some security tips
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There are several reasons why Firefox is the Web browser of choice for many of us. Providing a safe Web surfing experience is one of the more important ones. I’d like to offer some tips.
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A Battle For Good Open-Source Game Graphics?
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An area where open-source games have traditionally lacked is with regard to delivering high-end graphics capabilities that can compete with modern day commercial games.
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