tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52020956064946721812012-04-12T15:00:13.216-07:00Unleashing Ubuntu knowledge for the open source communitydefconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.comBlogger28212533.50711-112.084838http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifUbuntuUnleashedhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-52096381897515704992011-04-21T19:21:00.000-07:002011-04-21T19:21:49.327-07:002011-04-21T19:21:49.327-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Originally I was trying to find a grooveshark addon for Banshee Music Player, while looking for that I found a surprise in the Ubuntu Repositories which include Banshee Community Extensions. &nbsp;Here is the list of extensions included:<br /> <br /> </div>The following extensions are developed mostly by third-parties, and are not vetted by the core Banshee developers (though that will probably change over time).<br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Alarm Clock – You can use Banshee to wake up or go to sleep to a selection of your own music.</li> <li>Ampache – Browse and play your remote music with Ampache.</li> <li>AppIndicator – Use the new application indicator area available in Ubuntu.</li> <li>Awn – Sets the current album cover as banshee icon in awn.</li> <li>ClutterFlow – A CoverFlow clone that allows you to browse your album collection.</li> <li>Cover Wallpaper – Sets the current playing album cover as the GNOME desktop wallpaper.</li> <li>Jamendo – Download and listen to over 20,000 free albums.</li> <li>Karaoke – Filter the singers voice out of songs.</li> <li>Lastfm Fingerprint – Identify your music automatically, using the Last.fm online service.</li> <li>LCD – Display track info on a LCD using LCDproc.</li> <li>Lirc – Control Banshee via a normal (infrared) remote control. Requires LIRC.</li> <li>Live Radio – Another way to discover internet radio stations.</li> <li>Lyrics – Fetches and displays lyrics for the current song.</li> <li>Magnatune – Listen to streamed music from Magnatune.com.</li> <li>Mirage – Adds playback shuffle-by-similar and Auto DJ fill-by-similar modes, based on songs' acoustic similarity.</li> <li>OpenVP – Draws patterns to your music using the Open Visualization Platform.</li> <li>Radio Station Fetcher – Fetch radio stations from shoutcast.com and xiph.org.</li> <li>Random By Lastfm – Shuffle your library using information from the Last.fm online service.</li> <li>Stream Recorder – Record internet-radio streams.</li> <li>Telepathy – Browse your IM friends' music library, download or stream their tracks and share what you're listening to.</li> <li>Zeitgeist Dataprovider – Publish your Banshee activities into Zeitgeist.</li> </ul></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=lfQkd6laFdw:c-UALjq263I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=lfQkd6laFdw:c-UALjq263I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=lfQkd6laFdw:c-UALjq263I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=lfQkd6laFdw:c-UALjq263I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=lfQkd6laFdw:c-UALjq263I:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=lfQkd6laFdw:c-UALjq263I:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=lfQkd6laFdw:c-UALjq263I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/lfQkd6laFdw" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2011/04/extensions-for-banshee-music-player.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-27647345363558746272011-04-21T10:52:00.000-07:002011-04-21T11:01:01.635-07:002011-04-21T11:01:01.635-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Super Key(Windows Key)</b> - Opens dash.<br /> <b>Hold Super Key </b>- Invokes Launcher.<br /> <b>Hold Super Key</b> and hit <b>1, 2, 3</b> etc - Open an Application from Launcher. When you hold the Super Key, specific numbers will be displayed in order above each application.<br /> <b>Alt + F1 </b>- Put keyboard focus on the Launcher, use arrow keys to navigate, Enter launches the application, Right arrow exposes the quicklists if an application has them.<br /> <b>Alt + F2</b> - Opens dash in special mode to run any commands. <br /> <b>Super + A</b> - Opens up application window from launcher.<br /> <b>Super + F</b> - Opens up files and folders window from launcher. Both these shortcuts can be viewed by simply holding the Super Key as well.<br /> <b>Super + W </b>- Spread mode, zoom out on all windows in all workspaces.<br /> <b>Super + D</b> - Minimize all windows(acts as Show Desktop). Hitting it again restores them.<br /> <b>Super + T</b> - Opens trash can.<br /> <b>Super + S </b>- Expo mode (for everything), zooms out on all the workspaces and let's you manage windows.<br /> <b>Ctrl + Alt + T </b>- Launch Terminal.<br /> <b>Ctrl + Alt + L</b> - Lock Screen.<br /> <b>Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right/Up/Down </b>- Move to new workspace.<br /> <b>Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left/Right/Up/Down</b> - Place window to a new workspace.<br /> <b>F10</b> - Open the first menu on top panel, use arrows keys to browse across the menus.<br /> <br /> <b>Mouse Shortcuts/Tricks for Ubuntu Unity</b><br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Clicking and holding an icon and then dragging it around will allow you to reorder it on the launcher. You can also drag it off to the right of the launcher to move it around. Note that you need to make an explicit movement to the right to move the icon off the launcher before you can move it around.</li> <li>Dragging and Dropping an icon into the trash can will remove it from the Launcher.</li> <li>Moving and holding the cursor on the left side for a few seconds will launch Unity dock.</li> <li>Moving the cursor to top-left corner(near Ubuntu icon) will launch Unity dock as well.</li> <li>Scrolling the mouse wheel while over the Launcher scrolls the icons if you have too many and need to move around quickly.</li> <li>By Scrolling the mouse wheel while over the Sound icon on top panel helps you increase or decrease system volume.</li> <li>Middle click on an application's launcher icon - Open a new instance of the application in a new window. Very useful at times. In laptops with touchpads, hitting left/right click buttons together is akin to middle click.</li> <li>Maximizing - Dragging a window to the top panel will maximize it.</li> <li>Restore/Unmaximize - Dragging the top panel down OR double clicking on the top panel will do.</li> <li>Tiling - Dragging a Window to the left/right border will auto tile it to that side of the screen. One of the highlights of new Unity experience.</li> </ul><b>And Some Useful Window Management Shortcuts<br /> Alt + F10 </b>- Toggle between Maximize/Unmaximize current window.<br /> <b>Alt + F9</b> - Minimize current window.<br /> <b>Alt + Tab</b> - Toggle between currently open windows.<br /> <b>Alt + F4 </b>- Closes current window.<br /> <b>Alt + F7</b> - Moves the current window(both keyboard and mouse can be used).</div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=pczr17nE5U8:Srf6nt9L644:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=pczr17nE5U8:Srf6nt9L644:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=pczr17nE5U8:Srf6nt9L644:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=pczr17nE5U8:Srf6nt9L644:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=pczr17nE5U8:Srf6nt9L644:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=pczr17nE5U8:Srf6nt9L644:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=pczr17nE5U8:Srf6nt9L644:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/pczr17nE5U8" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2011/04/complete-list-of-ubuntu-unity-shortcut.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-91105357613364020732011-04-21T10:31:00.000-07:002011-04-21T10:31:07.949-07:002011-04-21T10:31:07.949-07:00Canonical has announced that Ubuntu 11.04 will be available on 28 April.<br /> <br />Canonical had always planned to ship Ubuntu 11.04 on 28 April, however with a week to go it has confirmed that everything is on track for a timely release. Gerry Carr, marketing manager at Canonical told The INQUIRER that <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2044033/canonical-releases-beta-ubuntu-1104-natty-narhwal" target="_blank" title="Ubuntu second beta">last week's second beta</a> was the final pre-production release of Ubuntu 11.04, adding that it is "good enough" not to require a release candidate.<br /><br />For Canonical, Ubuntu 11.04 is a major release, in that it will be the first where the default desktop will be Unity, instead of Gnome. Carr said that Canonical spent the past two years designing and engineering the multi-touch capable desktop system but added that Gnome will be available to users for years to come. Carr also pointed out that Canonical, through Ubuntu, is still the biggest shipper of Gnome desktops.<br /><br />When asked why Canonical took the major task of developing Unity when other distributions shipped with Gnome, KDE and Xfce, Carr told The INQUIRER that "other distributions are not as focused on bringing a free desktop to the market". As for whether other distributions might offer the open source Unity desktop in the future, Carr said that he didn't know of any other distribution and held no expectations.<br /><br />Aside from Unity, Canonical is working to increase that awareness of Linux and Carr said that Microsoft, not other Linux distributions, is the outfit's main rival. Carr said that he "does not mind if people choose other [Linux] distributions". To that end, Canonical will introduce a cloud based trial of Ubuntu 11.04.<br /><br />Ubuntu had pre-announced that it will be offering a cloud based trial service of Ubuntu 11.04, though Carr said that will come a little after the launch. A live trial version is vital to grow the popularity of Ubuntu, according to Carr, who said that even downloading LiveCDs is a barrier for some.<br /><br />Carr said that in order to try out Ubuntu 11.04 all users will need is a web browser, but he confirmed that due to rendering limitations, users will only have access to a 2D version of Unity. Nevertheless, being able to try a fully featured Linux distribution should dispel any myths about its supposedly steep learning curve.<br /><br />Canonical has enjoyed considerable success with its Ubuntu Linux distribution. It has made a brave move to rejig the user interface in order to attract more Windows users to Linux. Whether it will succeed remains to be seen, but Canonical certainly can't be faulted for a lack of effort.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=J5qrrOda7Ls:uOneqf_cxhQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=J5qrrOda7Ls:uOneqf_cxhQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=J5qrrOda7Ls:uOneqf_cxhQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=J5qrrOda7Ls:uOneqf_cxhQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=J5qrrOda7Ls:uOneqf_cxhQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=J5qrrOda7Ls:uOneqf_cxhQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=J5qrrOda7Ls:uOneqf_cxhQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/J5qrrOda7Ls" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2011/04/canonical-sets-date-for-ubuntu-1104.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-14710876529792555302011-04-21T10:00:00.000-07:002011-04-21T10:06:23.246-07:002011-04-21T10:06:23.246-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The Ubuntu One team are feeling the joys of Spring, because after several months working hard we’ve got some great news about updates to our Android Music app, which don’t forget works anywhere in the world!<br /> The first thing you’ll notice in the new UI is album art so you will now see any saved album covers. Managing your playlists is now even easier as you can create, edit and delete playlists straight from your device. Those of you with lots of music will notice the overall speed improvement, meaning you can enjoy your huge music collection without any long waits. Plus, we have also added support for non-DRM iTunes songs so that you can stream songs you’ve purchased from iTunes just as easily as your MP3s, bringing all your music together.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/album_view.png" style="color: #d30000; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Album view" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-891" height="200" src="http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/wp-content/uploads//2011/04/album_view-181x300.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Album view" width="121" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/wp-content/uploads//2011/04/playlist_view.png" style="color: #d30000; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Playlist view" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-892" height="200" src="http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/wp-content/uploads//2011/04/playlist_view-181x300.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Playlist view" width="121" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/wp-content/uploads//2011/04/playlist_playing.png" style="color: #d30000; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Playing paylist" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-894" height="200" src="http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/wp-content/uploads//2011/04/playlist_playing-181x300.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Playing paylist" width="121" /></a><br /> <br /> In addition many of you requested this next feature so we’re sure you’ll be pleased that we now support songs in Ogg Vorbis format so you can stream your collection of Ogg music natively, without the need to convert it to another format. If you’re a developer you may be interested in knowing that playlists are stored in your CouchDB database allowing you to write applications that read/write to them.<br /> So that’s faster access to more of your music wherever you are in the world. The latest version 1.2 is now available in the Android market, happy listening and watch this space for upcoming updates to our iPhone app.</div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WjU8Fvt7-Z8:go4XZmwURNk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=WjU8Fvt7-Z8:go4XZmwURNk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WjU8Fvt7-Z8:go4XZmwURNk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=WjU8Fvt7-Z8:go4XZmwURNk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WjU8Fvt7-Z8:go4XZmwURNk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WjU8Fvt7-Z8:go4XZmwURNk:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WjU8Fvt7-Z8:go4XZmwURNk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/WjU8Fvt7-Z8" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2011/04/ubuntu-one-music-on-android-just-got.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-46143132405311297952011-01-21T20:05:00.000-08:002011-01-21T20:05:13.709-08:002011-01-21T20:05:13.709-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Our recent article entitled <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-as-intended/2010/12/16" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Ubuntu As Intended</a> drew in a fair amount of discussion about the base software and configuration in the default Ubuntu install. Some readers pointed out a few alternatives that aim to take the standard Ubuntu desktop and give it more polish than the original. Some of these projects just include a few extra packages, some replace the standard software suite, and others are complete makeovers. Today we aim to sift through a few of the more popular Ubuntu variants to find the best ones of the bunch, and see what they can offer.<br /><span id="more-26694"></span></p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Linux Mint</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. <a href="http://linuxmint.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Linux Mint</a> is an extremely popular Ubuntu variant, and for good reason. Mint provides several desktop solutions including Gnome, KDE, Fluxbox and XFCE, and what they all have in common is a solid software base with several of Linux’s “trickier” packages already installed. This includes some non-free software so that you have support for MP3, DVD, and Flash right out of the box.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-linux-mint.jpg" alt="ubunturemixes-linux-mint" title="ubunturemixes-linux-mint" width="577" height="433" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26786" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-linux-mint.jpg" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Saner Defaults Remix</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">This is a fairly new project, but it’s beginning to gain a following. The basic idea of the <a href="http://ubuntu-sdr.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Ubuntu SDR</a> is that the stock Ubuntu is great, but some of the decisions regarding included software may not be ideal. While that is of course subjective, it’s hard to argue with some of the enhancements found in SDR.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-sdr.png" alt="ubunturemixes-sdr" title="ubunturemixes-sdr" width="577" height="426" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26788" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-sdr.png" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Some of the changes you’ll find include:</p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; ">Empathy IM replaced with Pidgin</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; ">Min/Max/Close buttons moved back to the right</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; ">Evolution mail replaced with Mozilla Thunderbird</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; ">Simple clean blue (Clearlooks) theme</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; ">Gufw firewall included and activated on install</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; ">All Mono-based apps removed (includes GThumb for photos and Gnote for notes)</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-type: square; ">Multimedia repos enabled by default</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">and more</p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Ubuntu Ultimate Edition</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">While some (including this author) find the intensity of the color scheme to be a bit jarring, <a href="http://ultimateedition.info/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Ultimate Edition</a> does have a bit working for it, and one of those things is speed. Several of the existing applications have been removed in favor of smaller and faster alternatives. Additionally, UE gives you some help with a few of the more legally or technically complicated packages like Flash and DVD support, either by bundling in to the default system or providing install helpers.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-UUE.jpg" alt="ubunturemixes-UUE" title="ubunturemixes-UUE" width="577" height="490" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26702" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-UUE.jpg" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Ultimate Edition is clearly the most “home made” of those on the list, but if you’re willing to tolerate or change the visual theme, it can quickly become a useful desktop.</p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Lubuntu</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">One common complaint about the normal Ubuntu release is that can sometimes be a bit slow, especially on older computers. <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/lubuntu-review-a-lightweight-ubuntu-variant/2010/05/06" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Lubuntu </a>aims to solve that by replacing the normal Gnome desktop with LXDE. Gnome apps like Nautilus and Gnome Terminal have been replaced with the liked of PCMan <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-remixes-4-of-the-best-alternatives-to-ubuntu/2010/12/30#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink0" style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-transform: none !important; display: inline !important; font-variant: normal; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; position: static; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span style="color: blue !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; "><span class="kLink" style="border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: blue !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">File </span><span class="kLink" style="border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: blue !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">manager</span></span></a> and LXTerminal. The system is also designed to reduce power usage over the standard install, making Lubuntu and excellent choice for <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-remixes-4-of-the-best-alternatives-to-ubuntu/2010/12/30#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink1" style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-transform: none !important; display: inline !important; font-variant: normal; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; position: static; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span style="color: blue !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; "><span class="kLink" style="border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: blue !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">laptops</span></span></a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-lubuntu.jpg" alt="ubunturemixes-lubuntu" title="ubunturemixes-lubuntu" width="577" height="462" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26787" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2010/12/ubunturemixes-lubuntu.jpg" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">There are certainly several other Ubuntu forks worth checking out, including <a href="http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_OS" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Super OS</a>, <a href="http://www.thinkgos.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">gOS</a>, and<a href="http://www.planetwatt.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">wattOS</a>. There’s certainly no shortage of high-quality Ubuntu variants out there, so if you’ve got any others to recommend, let us know in the comments!</p></span><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=XyXtu-hFV7o:jI8HYYZuekU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=XyXtu-hFV7o:jI8HYYZuekU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=XyXtu-hFV7o:jI8HYYZuekU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=XyXtu-hFV7o:jI8HYYZuekU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=XyXtu-hFV7o:jI8HYYZuekU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=XyXtu-hFV7o:jI8HYYZuekU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=XyXtu-hFV7o:jI8HYYZuekU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/XyXtu-hFV7o" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2011/01/ubuntu-remixes-4-of-best-alternatives.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-13475853160141785462011-01-21T20:04:00.000-08:002011-01-21T20:04:17.510-08:002011-01-21T20:04:17.510-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-small.jpg" alt="bodhi-small" title="bodhi-small" width="200" height="68" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-28080" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-small.jpg" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; display: block; max-width: 100%; " />In our recent discussion about <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-remixes-4-of-the-best-alternatives-to-ubuntu/2010/12/30" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Ubuntu Remixes</a>, there were a few names that kept popping up in the comments. One of them was a distro mostly unknown to MTE but immediately of interest, and that’s <a href="http://www.bodhilinux.com/" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Bodhi Linux</a>. With an Ubuntu base it’s got a solid core behind it, but the real kicker is the <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/run-enlightenment-e17-on-ubuntu-karmic/2010/01/14" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Enlightenment (E17)</a> desktop. Over the last few years many distros have tried to base their desktops around the notoriously unwieldy Enlightenment, and the success rate has been somewhat limited (though <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/you-want-a-beautiful-os-try-elive/2009/02/26" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Elive</a> is certainly worth a look). Bodhi seems to not only include a usable Enlightenment desktop, but a few extra options when it comes to choosing just how that desktop will look and act.<br /><span id="more-28071"></span></p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">A Bit About Bodhi</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">As an Ubuntu spinoff, it’s got the same behind-the-scenes software as your average Ubuntu remix. The two design principles behind Bodhi could be summed up as:</p><ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">Users should make their own choices</li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">E17 is cool</li></ol><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">It doesn’t bundle in hundreds of helper applications, and the things it does include are generally pretty light. This keeps the ISO around 400MB.</p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Setting Up the Bodhi Desktop</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">When you boot the live CD, you’ll notice that you’re given a couple extra options on boot. This is part of the first principle mentioned above – there’s not <em>one</em> default Bodhi desktop, there are several, for different needs.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Once you’ve got past the language screen, you’ll choose which style of desktop you’d like.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-setup1.png" alt="bodhi-setup" title="bodhi-setup1" width="477" height="539" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28073" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-setup1.png" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">We’ll be going with Desktop Light for the examples here, which looks something like this:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-lightdesktop.jpg" alt="bodhi-lightdesktop" title="bodhi-lightdesktop" width="577" height="433" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28074" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-lightdesktop.jpg" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Whereas, for the sake of comparison, the Fancy Dark looks like this:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-darkfancy.png" alt="bodhi-darkfancy" title="bodhi-darkfancy" width="572" height="587" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28075" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-darkfancy.png" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">After that you’ll get to an Applications selection screen, but as it’s only got one option (XTerm), it doesn’t take much explanation.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">The <em>Quick Launch</em> screen, however is a bit more complicated, as many of the choices are named similarly and give no detailed explanation as to their function. For example, if you wanted to open Nautilus, would you want <em>File Browser</em>, <em>File Management</em>, or <em><a href="http://maketecheasier.com/getting-enlightened-with-bodhi-linux/2011/01/20#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink0" style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-transform: none !important; display: inline !important; font-variant: normal; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; position: static; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span style="color: blue !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; "><span class="kLink" style="border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: blue !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">File </span><span class="kLink" style="border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: blue !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Manager</span></span></a></em>? For the records, File Browser will get the job done.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-quicklaunch.png" alt="bodhi-quicklaunch" title="bodhi-quicklaunch" width="469" height="581" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28077" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-quicklaunch.png" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">These applications will be available on a <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/getting-enlightened-with-bodhi-linux/2011/01/20#" class="kLink" id="KonaLink1" style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-transform: none !important; display: inline !important; font-variant: normal; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; position: static; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span style="color: blue !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; "><span class="kLink" style="border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: blue !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">OSX</span></span></a>-style dock at the bottom of the screen.</p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Modules</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Much of E17′s functionality is contained in <em>modules</em>. Modules can be controlled from the Module Settings screen (<em>Main Menu -> Settings -> Modules</em>) and control nearly all the interactive aspects of your desktop. The taskbar, desktop monitor, clocks and even the main menu itself are all modules.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; "><img src="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-modulesettings.png" alt="bodhi-modulesettings" title="bodhi-modulesettings" width="469" height="446" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28078" original="http://images.maketecheasier.com/2011/01/bodhi-modulesettings.png" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-width: thin; border-right-width: thin; border-bottom-width: thin; border-left-width: thin; max-width: 100%; " /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">Some aspects of E17′s modules can be a bit confusing (such as remembering the difference between and iBox and an iBar) but they all have a purpose. Remember that many modules can exist independently on the desktop as well as from within other modules (like the iBar).</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">To create a new dock-type launcher bar, for example, you’d open the main menu by left clicking the desktop. From there you’d go to <em>Desktop -> Shelves -> Add a Shelf</em>. Your new shelf will show up on your desktop, where you can right-click it to view it settings and change the contents.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">This modular, layered approach leaves Enlightenment open to nearly unlimited flexibility, but can often cause confusion and frustration when trying to get used to the system.</p><h3 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', lucida, arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Conclusion</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; ">It’s hard to separate Bodhi as a distro from Enlightenment, its defining characteristic. Ubuntu is clearly a quality base to build on, and E17 has been improving for a (very, very) long time now. Along with Elive, Bodhi seems to be one of the few E17-based distros able to make a thoroughly useable system. While there are a few rough spots here and there, Bodhi seems worth while. If you’re willing to put in the time and effort to master Enlightenment (pun intended), this might the the distro for you.</p></span><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=7hTx9N7u_wo:LQTq4GhUb_I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=7hTx9N7u_wo:LQTq4GhUb_I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=7hTx9N7u_wo:LQTq4GhUb_I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=7hTx9N7u_wo:LQTq4GhUb_I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=7hTx9N7u_wo:LQTq4GhUb_I:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=7hTx9N7u_wo:LQTq4GhUb_I:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=7hTx9N7u_wo:LQTq4GhUb_I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/7hTx9N7u_wo" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2011/01/getting-enlightened-with-bodhi-linux.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-68128518985107908952011-01-21T20:02:00.000-08:002011-01-21T20:02:33.078-08:002011-01-21T20:02:33.078-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">Hard on the heels of the news earlier this month that Taiwanese firm Tenq has an <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=132mokmmu/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/215464/details_emerge_on_ubuntupowered_tablet.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; ">Ubuntu-powered tablet</a> on the way comes word of yet another iPad challenger running Canonical's popular Linux distribution.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">It's a dual-booting machine, this time--running both <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=12t66t6fh/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/207283/12_reasons_to_try_ubuntu_1010_now.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; ">Ubuntu 10.10</a> and Windows 7--and it's reportedly even closer to being an iPad twin.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">Featuring a 9.7-inch screen, the new device is reportedly much thinner than the Tenq machine is, according to a Friday <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=11u6tgg4q/*http://www.gizchina.com/2011/01/21/ubuntu-tablet-appearance/" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; ">report</a> on Giz-China. It also features a dual-core, 1.6GHz Atom Z530 CPU, 1GB RAM--expandable to 2GB--and an SSD hard drive, reportedly 16GB on the model Giz-China spotted</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">Compared with Tenq's P07, the new tablet is "based on a design more similar to an iPad," the publication reported.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=130nlksj2/*http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/manufacturers/1211878/main/shenzhen_Ruixin_technology_Ltd.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; ">Shenzhen Ruixin</a> is the manufacturer of the device, Chinese Newpad <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=119h6hbiu/*http://www.newpad.cn/archives/3295.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; ">noted</a> on Thursday. Newpad also features a number of photos of the new tablet.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">The Dual-Booting Trend</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">It's not yet certain whether this dual-booting device will make it to market, of course, as Giz-China points out. What is becoming increasingly certain, however, is the growing interest among <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110121/tc_pcworld/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink1" style="color: rgb(230, 123, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: verdana; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 2px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-left-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-transform: none !important; display: inline !important; font-variant: normal; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136) !important; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; position: static; "><span class="kLink" style="cursor: pointer; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(54, 99, 136) !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">tablet </span><span class="kLink" style="cursor: pointer; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(54, 99, 136) !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">makers</span></span></a> in the free and open source <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=13g1qoli1/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/216925/news_of_natty_narwhal_previews_whats_next_for_ubuntu.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; ">Ubuntu</a> operating system.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">In addition to these two latest tablets, we also saw last fall Augen's dual-booting <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=139o0uutg/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/207553/augen_tablet_will_dualboot_ubuntu_and_android.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; ">Gentouch Espresso Doppio</a>, which takes a different approach by dual-booting two Linux-based operating systems: Android 2.2 and Ubuntu.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">Dual-booting, I believe, is a growing<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=131gmt2n5/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/214927/7_predictions_for_open_source_in_2011.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; "> trend for 2011</a>, and will be seen on an increasing number of devices this year.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">A Natural on Tablets</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">But while Windows has been slow to adapt to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110121/tc_pcworld/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink2" style="color: rgb(230, 123, 0) !important; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; font-family: verdana; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 2px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136) !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-transform: none !important; display: inline !important; font-variant: normal; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; "><span style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136) !important; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; position: static; "><span class="kLink" style="cursor: pointer; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; color: rgb(54, 99, 136) !important; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: auto !important; float: none !important; display: inline !important; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; position: static; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">ARM</span></span></a> and the era of tablets, Linux-based Android has been on the forefront, posing the first real competition to Apple's market-leading iPad.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; ">Now, it's particularly exciting to see Ubuntu stepping up as another mobile-friendly and<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/ipadlookalikedualbootsubuntuandwindows/39775365/SIG=139tgv8ee/*http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/214929/how_you_know_when_its_time_to_switch_to_linux.html" style="color: rgb(0, 88, 166); text-decoration: none; "> Linux</a>-based alternative. With its open source nature, its low resources requirements and its free price, Ubuntu may just prove to be the next tablet winner.</p></span><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=VS_WPTGsBoY:S6zlvE5AhQk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=VS_WPTGsBoY:S6zlvE5AhQk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=VS_WPTGsBoY:S6zlvE5AhQk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=VS_WPTGsBoY:S6zlvE5AhQk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=VS_WPTGsBoY:S6zlvE5AhQk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=VS_WPTGsBoY:S6zlvE5AhQk:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=VS_WPTGsBoY:S6zlvE5AhQk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/VS_WPTGsBoY" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2011/01/ipad-lookalike-dual-boots-ubuntu-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-19859910655272332862010-10-07T09:40:00.000-07:002010-10-07T10:15:53.732-07:002010-10-07T10:15:53.732-07:00<script src="https://www-sgw-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/ifr?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstoregadgetwizard.appspot.com%2Fservlets%2FgadgetServlet%3Fkey%3D0AmUsanWh1BpZdEVoc0xYZkJJMXdpRm8waVloaHhpVUE%26mid%3D515443263030803%26currency%3DUSD%26sandbox%3Dfalse%26gadget%3DLARGE&amp;container=storegadgetwizard&amp;w=500&amp;h=230&amp;title=&amp;brand=none&amp;output=js"></script><br /> <br /> Unleash your inner geek with this killer Desktop PC with a Powerful AMD X2 Dual Core Processor & Fast DDR2 1066 Gaming RAM by Kingston. 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If you are running an older version, you’ll need to <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading">upgrade</a> first.<br /> <br /> <ol><li>Save <a href="http://synapse.im/files/firerabbit-ppa-key.txt">this key file</a> to your desktop.</li> <li>At the top of your screen, select System → Administration → Software Sources.</li> <li> On the Ubuntu Software tab, make sure that both main and universe are checked.</li> <li> On the Authentication tab, click the Import Key File button and select the key file you saved in step 1.</li> <li> On the Third-Party Software tab, click the Add button, and paste the appropriate APT line for your version of Ubuntu:</li> </ol><br /> <b>Intrepid 8.10:</b> <br /> <code>deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/firerabbit/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main</code><br /> <b>Jaunty 9.04: </b><br /> <code>deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/firerabbit/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main</code><br /> <ol><li> After adding the source, press the the Close button at the bottom of the Software Sources window. When asked, click Refresh.</li> <li>Back at the top of your screen, select Applications → Add/Remove. Search for synapse, then in the results check the box next to Synapse Instant Messenger, then click Apply Changes.</li> <li>NOTE: Some users have reported Synapse does not show up under Add/Remove. If you are unable to find Synapse using Add/Remove or Synaptic, Select Applications → Accessories → Terminal, and then type sudo apt-get install synapse. We hope to have a solution to this problem soon. If you have any problems, please see the <a href="http://synapse.im/support">Support</a> page.</li> </ol>If you’re a GNOME user, you may want to enable the GTK theme for Qt using <b>qtconfig-qt4</b>. If on Intrepid, install the <b>qgtkstyle</b> package.<br /> <br /> You can learn more about <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/add-applications/C/extra-repositories.html#extra-repositories-adding">adding repositories</a> and <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/add-applications/C/gnome-app-install.html">installing software</a> in the ubuntu documentation.<br /> <br /> <b>Other (Source Code)</b><br /> <br /> For information on how to build Synapse from source, see the <a href="http://synapse.im/contribute">Contribute</a> page.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://synapse.im/">Developers Site </a><br /> <a href="http://synapse.im/download/">Other Os Download Locations/Install Documentation</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=-ORw2YUQFv4:Bx5-oCTxwsY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=-ORw2YUQFv4:Bx5-oCTxwsY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=-ORw2YUQFv4:Bx5-oCTxwsY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=-ORw2YUQFv4:Bx5-oCTxwsY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=-ORw2YUQFv4:Bx5-oCTxwsY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=-ORw2YUQFv4:Bx5-oCTxwsY:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=-ORw2YUQFv4:Bx5-oCTxwsY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/-ORw2YUQFv4" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/03/communicate-in-style-with-new-synapse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-84767298113527944322009-03-26T17:38:00.000-07:002009-03-26T17:53:45.116-07:002009-03-26T17:53:45.116-07:00As always the ubuntu developers have worked tirelessly to bring us another Beta release which should be stable enough to test for most people here are some of the features you can look at while downloading the iso or doing a release upgrade:<br /><br />To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '9.04' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.<br /><br />To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade; and follow the on-screen instructions.<br /><br />If you choose to download the iso be sure to backup your home directory to another partition and checkout ext4 filesystem for improved performance. <br /><br />Here are the new features since intrepid:<br /><br /><ul><li>GNOME 2.26 - For a Good review of the gnome changes look <a href="http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4373">here</a></li><li> Improved handling of multiple monitors with an updated gnome-display-properties by Federico Mena Quintero.</li><li>X.Org server 1.6</li><li>New style for notifications and notification preferences - for an example check out the flash video <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jaunty904_notifications_example1_web_092.swf">here</a></li><li>Boot performance - A number of improvements to the Ubuntu start-up process bring significantly improved boot performance to Ubuntu 9.04 Beta. Please open bugs if you experience any degradation, and tag them with <tt class="backtick">boot-performance</tt>.</li><li>Ext4 filesystem support - One of my favorite additions, it improves boot performance and overall filesystem performance</li><li>There is a ton of other bug fixes and misc features added, Its been stable for me since alpha 3.</li></ul><br /><p class="line874">Get it while it's hot. ISOs and torrents are available at: </p> <ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"> <p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/">http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/</a> (Ubuntu Desktop and Server)<br /><a class="http" href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/9.04/">http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/9.04/</a> (Ubuntu Education Edition)<br /><a class="http" href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/9.04/">http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/9.04/</a> (Kubuntu)<br /><a class="http" href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/beta/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/beta/</a> (Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Ubuntu MID)<br /><a class="http" href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/9.04/beta/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/9.04/beta/</a> (Xubuntu)<br /><a class="http" href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/9.04/beta/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/9.04/beta/</a> (UbuntuStudio)<br /><a class="http" href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/9.04/beta/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/9.04/beta/</a> (Mythbuntu)<br /><a class="http" href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/9.04/beta/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/9.04/beta/</a> (Ubuntu ARM) </p> </li></ul><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=LcbDl3uBM_Q:Zbi5fxP7yWo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=LcbDl3uBM_Q:Zbi5fxP7yWo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=LcbDl3uBM_Q:Zbi5fxP7yWo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=LcbDl3uBM_Q:Zbi5fxP7yWo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=LcbDl3uBM_Q:Zbi5fxP7yWo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=LcbDl3uBM_Q:Zbi5fxP7yWo:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=LcbDl3uBM_Q:Zbi5fxP7yWo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/LcbDl3uBM_Q" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/03/ubuntu-jaunty-hits-beta.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-70263744865883117172009-03-22T19:04:00.000-07:002009-03-22T22:30:59.232-07:002009-03-22T22:30:59.232-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PqI9QqUU5zo/ScbzIAd6MwI/AAAAAAAAEuk/xu796fgjqKo/s1600-h/Screenshot.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PqI9QqUU5zo/ScbzIAd6MwI/AAAAAAAAEuk/xu796fgjqKo/s320/Screenshot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316203729047401218" border="0" /></a><br />For the past couple of years I have been waiting and waiting for the possibility for a Google Browser, there has been rumors over the years and finally Google came out with Chrome. Unfortunately Google Chrome was only released for windows, only until now there is a semi working gui that is actually usable!! Yea I just logged into my gmail account 5 minutes ago with Chromium for Linux! Im impressed, I thought it would never get to this stage, but it has, currently there is allot of issues to be resolved like the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxSandboxing">sandboxing for example</a> There is also quite a few issues that you can follow <a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list?can=2&amp;q=os%3Alinux">here</a> <br /><br />If you would like to help with its porting efforts you can go <a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxDevelopment">here</a><br /><br />FAQ: no native 64bit debs planed for now. The amd64 package is using ia32-libs.<br /><br />Anyways let me show you how easy it is to install and start browsing!<br /><br />First lets add the chromium ppa, head over to <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Echromium-daily/+archive/ppa">here</a><br /><br />Select your Ubuntu version in the drop down where you see:<br /><code>Display sources.list entries for:</code><br /><br />Then input those apt sources into System->Administration->Software Sources-> Click Third-Party Software Tab, then click +Add to add the apt sources<br /><br />Now press ALT-F2 and enter gedit, paste this into gedit(<a href="http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xFBEF0D696DE1C72BA5A835FE5A9BF3BB4E5E17B5&amp;op=index">its the ppa key for security</a>)<br /><code>-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----<br />Version: SKS 1.0.10<br /><br />mI0ESaSPtAEEAK1nJtoDZ0ewpOOf0ET6Vp28LqO9mB4ubWjzXyRSbiha5pCvnnSIU1K+7Gzb<br />t3r0iUV9eKLUmf8pqfF/9kwsoqFqFSCjp+XjUzXsEChcGBWvyfGdTX8ClFfwNxSVLvGSqmdX<br />gZhs0F8tQB0lPWHGy3VvEt7wG/VHqpcOYpdNYRqxABEBAAG0IExhdW5jaHBhZCBQUEEgZm9y<br />IGNocm9taXVtLWRhaWx5iLYEEwECACAFAkmkj7QCGwMGCwkIBwMCBBUCCAMEFgIDAQIeAQIX<br />gAAKCRBam/O7Tl4XtV/2BACs/RTpEWB/NUlluJmp1e6iFoyyfbT+HOD3hg35aQMzbdcmijsA<br />iY9MvIfZ0YKWyqNUdGpDj5n0bUNO0IcvKBBkOn5o4CiBsMp4DJHdrgJU4S00nAJK00E8I/yA<br />v+x4C9uOacW3yrzSHs7Hv/vG6Z1Jh+1JrabK13hdhwOL8+aY6Q==<br />=3GDx<br />-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----</code><br />Now save the file and click +Import Keyfile on the Authentication tab of Software Sources, then click close. Then refresh your sources.<br /><br />Click these packages to install them<br /><a href="apt://chromium-browser">chromium-browser</a><br /><a href="apt://chromium-browser-dbg">chromium-browser-dbg</a><br /><a href="apt://chromium-testsuite">chromium-testsuite</a><br /><a href="apt://chromium-testsuite-dbg">chromium-testsuite-dbg</a><br /><a href="apt://python-tlslite">python-tlslite</a><br /><br />Once installed Execute Chromium via Applications->Internet->Chromium Web Browser<br /><br />Now enjoy using Google Chrome in linux, and watch it progress!<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=uDohlfruLk8:guC2623vFd0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=uDohlfruLk8:guC2623vFd0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=uDohlfruLk8:guC2623vFd0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=uDohlfruLk8:guC2623vFd0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=uDohlfruLk8:guC2623vFd0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=uDohlfruLk8:guC2623vFd0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=uDohlfruLk8:guC2623vFd0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/uDohlfruLk8" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/03/howto-install-google-chrome-alpha-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-41536315039837499752009-03-21T19:39:00.001-07:002009-03-21T20:34:30.275-07:002009-03-21T20:34:30.275-07:00Did you know you could get almost anything off of usenet/newsgroups? Yea you can get 0day movies, music, games, apps, linux distro's and anything else you could imagine right off of newsgroup servers. I have been using newsgroups for years to get what I need, torrents are too resource intensive and sometimes crash routers and modems. So here I will share how you can setup Sabnzbd with a few newsgroup providers that offer 100+days retention at a completely free price :)<br /><br />First you'll need to grab Sabnzbd, I currently use a premade deb from <a href="http://www.mbastiaan.nl/sabnzbd.php">here</a> <br /><br />The latest version is version 0.4.7 which can be directly downloaded <a href="http://www.mbastiaan.nl/downloads/sabnzbd/stable/sabnzbd_0.4.7_all.deb">here</a>, be sure to check the above url for an updated version if this post gets old.<br /><br />Once installed run sabnzbd from the command line and open a browser window to <a href="http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/config/server/">http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/config/server/</a><br /><br />Now enter one of these free servers for ipv6 access:<br />If I didnt specify a port its 119<br /><br />1. freebin-auth.readnews.com<br />password: anything<br />Username: anything<br />threads : 8<br /><br />2. newszilla6.xs4all.nl<br />threads : 3<br />speed : 50 per thread<br /><br />3. readnews<br />Server:freebin.readnews.com<br />Threads: 8<br />Speed: 5 kb per thread<br />Retention:40?? days<br /><br />4. Eweka.nl <span style="font-weight:bold;">(I use this one)</span><br />news.ipv6.eweka.nl<br />Retention 120 days. Unlimited speed.<br /><br />5. XSNews.nl<br />reader.ipv6.xsnews.nl<br />Retention: around 100 days too, Unlimited???<br />Signup for Xsnews <a href="http://www.xsnews.com/ipv6/ipv6_aanvraag.php">here</a> and enter your email address, they'll send u a username/password<br /><br />Free Trials:<br />Yottanews:<br />Server: free.yottanews.com<br />Threads: 1<br />Username & password: see http://www.yottanews.com/freeaccount.php<br />Speed: 60 kB/s<br /><br />News-Service<br />Server: test.news-service.com<br />Port: 23<br />Threads: 4<br />Username & password: make something up, more than 6 characters.<br />Retention: 25 days<br />Speed: 25/30 kB/s per thread<br /><br />Ok Now input one or all the servers in sabnzbd<br /><br />You can get free IPv6 access through Freenet6. Visit <a href="http://go6.net/4105/register.asp">Freenet6</a> and register yourself to obtain username and password.<br /><br /><br />Now lets set up ipv6<br /><br />Click <a href="apt://tspc">Here</a> to install tspc or:<br />sudo apt-get install tspc<br /><br />Press Alt-F2 then do:<br />gksudo gedit /etc/tsp/tspc.conf<br /><br />Find the userid line and enter your useid for freenet6, then find the passwd line and enter your password you set, then set the server as broker.freenet6.net<br />Like this:<br /><code>userid=your-name<br />server=broker.freenet6.net<br />passwd=your-password</code><br /><br />Save the file and exit, then open a terminal:<br /><code>sudo /etc/init.d/tspc restart</code><br /><br />Now lets check if tspc created a new ipv6 interface:<br /><code>ifconfig</code><br />You should see something like:<br /><code>sit1 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 </code><br /><br />Lets use ping6 to ping google to make sure its working...<br /><code>defcon@pc:~$ ping6 ipv6.google.com<br />PING ipv6.google.com(2001:4860:b002::68) 56 data bytes<br />64 bytes from 2001:4860:b002::68: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=117 ms <--good stuff :)<br />64 bytes from 2001:4860:b002::68: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=131 ms<br /></code><br /><br />Ok now we got ipv6 setup in ubuntu, this worked perfectly for me with Jaunty. <br /><br />Now head over to <a href="http://www.newzleech.com">Newzleech</a> or <a href="http://www.binsearch.info">binsearch</a> and leech away!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sixxs.net/misc/coolstuff/">Here</a> is some other Cool Stuff you can do with ipv6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=DqaOMf4TuGg:XTojGzxaJNA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=DqaOMf4TuGg:XTojGzxaJNA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=DqaOMf4TuGg:XTojGzxaJNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=DqaOMf4TuGg:XTojGzxaJNA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=DqaOMf4TuGg:XTojGzxaJNA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=DqaOMf4TuGg:XTojGzxaJNA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=DqaOMf4TuGg:XTojGzxaJNA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/DqaOMf4TuGg" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/03/howto-easily-get-free-newsgroup-access.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-34803275841358634612009-03-18T09:14:00.000-07:002009-03-18T10:02:56.233-07:002009-03-18T10:02:56.233-07:00Thank you Richard H for your donation to Ubuntu Unleashed!<br /><br />Richard H From Austria- $5.00<br /><br />I will continue to share Donations to this site in weekly posts, thanks allot for your support!<br /><br />Ubuntu Unleashed wouldn’t exist without support from readers. Thank you for deciding to keep Ubuntu Unleashed up and running.<br /><br />Currently Ubuntu Unleashed makes around $100.00 usd per month with adsense, my total costs per month to survive are $1000.00 usd, This covers things like: food, rent, internet and electricity. My website hasnt been updated because im doing side jobs and other things to survive right now, but hopefully Ubuntu Unleashed can help support me more so I can continue to share great articles and news which I love to do. <br /><br />I have been wanting to improve the user interface of Ubuntu Unleashed and create a user generated part of this site. I would like this site to be more of a news oriented site that developers can go to to share their new project. Possibly with a rss feed of new releases from project sites all over the web. If you are a web developer and share my passion in open source and Ubuntu, and want to help me improve Ubuntu Unleashed, Contact me below<br /><object width="100%" height="100%"><param name="movie" value="https://clients4.google.com/voice/embed/webCallButton"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="FlashVars" value="id=43c81c3143ffcbf608cdadfb172d88d81ec62deb&style=0"></param><embed src="https://clients4.google.com/voice/embed/webCallButton" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"wmode="transparent" width="100%" height="100%" FlashVars="id=43c81c3143ffcbf608cdadfb172d88d81ec62deb&style=0"></embed></object><br />Or via email @ defconoii at gmail dot com<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=YpksOKHDKbg:-eR39Fl5yg4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=YpksOKHDKbg:-eR39Fl5yg4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=YpksOKHDKbg:-eR39Fl5yg4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=YpksOKHDKbg:-eR39Fl5yg4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=YpksOKHDKbg:-eR39Fl5yg4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=YpksOKHDKbg:-eR39Fl5yg4:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=YpksOKHDKbg:-eR39Fl5yg4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/YpksOKHDKbg" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/03/march-donations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-68595918852422508752009-03-14T11:34:00.001-07:002009-03-14T12:00:51.676-07:002009-03-14T12:00:51.676-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.google.com/voice/resources/3147798491-GoogleVoice_03.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 37px;" src="https://www.google.com/voice/resources/3147798491-GoogleVoice_03.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Omg I am so happy Google Voice is out, and it got released in perfect timing, cell phone rates are high, home phone rates are high and people are getting broke quicker, including myself(already broke) Google voice also has the ability to send/recieve free texts!, and you may be able to get free calls by adding your number to your service if you are allowed to call certain favorite people for free :) Now I'll explain how to make free calls with Gizmo5 and Google Voice to save you some money!<br /><br />Google voice also had the ability to send/recieve free texts!<br /><br />Ok First and foremost you need to have a Grandcentral account as of this moment for migrate over to Google Voice.<br /><br />If your an existing Grandcentral user you will need to login <a href="http://grandcentral.com/">here</a> and click upgrade to google voice<br /><br />Or create an account at <a href="http://google.com/voice">Google.com/voice</a> if it lets you yet, because Google Voice will be rolled out slowely all over the united states.<br /><br />Once you got a Google Voice account all set up, grab Gizmo5 from <a href="http://gizmo5.com/pc/download/linux/">Here</a>(There is also other os versions at that link as well!)<br /><br />Grab the debian .deb<br /><br />Double click it to install, click Accessories->Internet->Gizmo5<br /><br />Follow the directions to create a gizmo5 account.<br /><br />Once created Click Home->Edit Profile<br /><br />Now Copy your Sip #<br /><br /> 1. Sign in to Google Voice.<br /> 2. Go to the Settings link at the top right of the page.<br /> 3. Click the Add/Edit Number link right above your phones, to the right of the page.<br /> 4. Click the Phones tab.<br /> 5. Click Add a new number.<br /> 6. Select Gizmo in the Phone Type drop-down menu.<br /> 7. Enter your SIP number without 1.<br /> 8. Enter a name for that phone, if you want.<br /> 9. Click Save.<br /><br />Woohoo ok now we are all done setting it up, now lets get to calling :)<br /><br />You will need to place all your calls with your Google Voice account, you click Call, Enter the number you want to call, select Gizmo with the dropdown list of phones you want to ring, then select Place Call.<br /><br />Gizmo will ring and connect you to any United States phone number for Free.<br /><br />Also if you have a Android Based G1, in a few days Evan will have an app released for the G1 to make calls with Google Voice More Info <a href="http://evancharlton.com/thoughts/google-voice">Here</a><br /><br />Feel free to donate any small amount to Ubuntu Unleashed by clicking donate on the top right, right now this is my only job ;\<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=48dMW6WF_AE:L2QU4qkKJrY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=48dMW6WF_AE:L2QU4qkKJrY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=48dMW6WF_AE:L2QU4qkKJrY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=48dMW6WF_AE:L2QU4qkKJrY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=48dMW6WF_AE:L2QU4qkKJrY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=48dMW6WF_AE:L2QU4qkKJrY:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=48dMW6WF_AE:L2QU4qkKJrY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/48dMW6WF_AE" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/03/howto-save-money-in-this-recession-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-80182627613879836422009-02-26T17:58:00.000-08:002009-02-26T18:01:21.653-08:002009-02-26T18:01:21.653-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Upgrading from Ubuntu 8.10</span><br /><br />To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '9.04' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">New features in Jaunty</span><br /><br />These features are showcased for your attention. Please test them and report any bugs you find on Launchpad:<br /><br /> http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu<br /><br />Updated packages<br /><br />As with every new release, packages--applications and software of all kinds--are being updated at a rapid pace. For a list of all packages being accepted for 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, please subscribe to Jaunty-changes:<br /><br /> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/jaunty-changes<br /><br />X.Org server 1.6<br /><br />The latest X.Org server, version 1.6, is available in Jaunty. For a little while, this will again cause increased instability for some users while the proprietary video drivers catch up.<br />Font size optimization<br /><br />Font dot-per-inch settings are now optimized based on your monitor's capabilities, rather than defaulting to 96 dpi. You can further customize your dpi settings via System → Preferences → Appearance → Fonts → Details...<br />New style for notifications and notification preferences<br /><br />Included in Jaunty is a simple menu which can be used to set preferences for notification icons, such as where they pop up on the taskbar. There is a possibility that Ubuntu 9.04 will get a whole new notification system, as shown in the Flash movie here:<br /><br />http://www.markshuttleworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jaunty904_notifications_example1_web_092.swf<br />Linux kernel 2.6.28<br /><br />Alpha 5 includes the 2.6.28-8.26 kernel based on 2.6.28.7.<br />Ext4 filesystem support<br /><br />Alpha 5 supports the option of installing the new ext4 file system. ext3 will remain the default filesystem for Jaunty, and we will consider ext4 as the default for the next release based on user feedback.<br /><br />Alpha 5 adds Ext4 support to gparted (Curtis Gedak).<br />Download Alpha 5<br /><br />Get it while it's hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:<br /><br /> <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/</a> (Ubuntu)<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/ (Ubuntu Education Edition)<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/ (Kubuntu) Kubuntu release notes<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/ (Xubuntu)<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/ (UbuntuStudio)<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/ (Mythbuntu)<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-netbook-remix/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/ (Ubuntu Netbook Remix)<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mid/releases/jaunty/alpha-5/ (Ubuntu MID)<br /> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/jaunty/alpha-5/ (Ubuntu ARM)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Known issues</span><br /><br />As is to be expected at this stage of the release process, there are several known bugs that users are likely to run into with Jaunty Alpha 5. We have documented them here for your convenience along with any known workarounds, so that you don't need to spend time reporting these bugs again:<br /><br /> The installer sometimes fails to tell the kernel to reload the partition table during partitioning. This is a race condition, so not everyone will be affected, but if you are then you may have to re-try partitioning a few times before it completes successfully. We believe that the main problem lies in udev, and will be fixing that immediately after Alpha 5. 334278<br /><br /> A new XServer, version 1.6, is included in Alpha 4. The binary proprietary fglrx driver is not yet supported for this server and will exhibit various serious issues if run against it. Users of this driver are encouraged to wait or to switch to the open source -ati driver in the meantime. 313027<br /><br /> Users of Intel i845 or i865 video chipsets are unable to load X, getting an error message of "Fatal server error: Couldn't bind memory for BO front buffer". Users on these systems are advised to wait for a resolution to this bug before upgrading. 304871<br /><br /> OEM configuration fails in Jaunty Alpha 5 due to a repeating error pop-up when setting up the end user. This bug will be resolved for Jaunty Alpha 6. 334281<br /><br /><br /> Users testing the ARM images on NSLU2 systems will need to take special measures to avoid time-consuming locale generation. Use the 'Go back' button in the installer, select "Change debconf priority" from the main menu, and select medium priority; once at the detailed locale selection screen, de-select all locales. Detailed instructions can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/NSLU2. In Jaunty Alpha 6, this will be handled by default.<br /><br /> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is now disabled, to reduce issues experienced by users who accidentally trigger the key combo. Users who do want this function can enable it in their xorg.conf, or via the command dontzap --disable.<br /><br /> Font sizes may be abnormally small or large on monitors which mis-report their capabilities. If you suspect this may be the case, please see X/Troubleshooting/HugeFonts for steps to troubleshoot this issue.<br /><br />Reporting bugs<br /><br />It should come as no surprise that this alpha release of Jaunty Jackalope contains other bugs. Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help fix bugs and improve future releases. Please report bugs through the Ubuntu bugtracker<br /><br />If you want to help out with bugs, the Bug Squad is always looking for help.<br />Participate in Ubuntu<br /><br />If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at<br /><br /> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/<br /><br />More information<br /><br />You can find out more about Ubuntu on the Ubuntu website and Ubuntu wiki.<br /><br />To sign up for future Ubuntu development announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's development announcement list at:<br />http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Uhw825cowUc:YvqlQbMiI80:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=Uhw825cowUc:YvqlQbMiI80:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Uhw825cowUc:YvqlQbMiI80:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=Uhw825cowUc:YvqlQbMiI80:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Uhw825cowUc:YvqlQbMiI80:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Uhw825cowUc:YvqlQbMiI80:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Uhw825cowUc:YvqlQbMiI80:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/Uhw825cowUc" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/02/jaunty-jackalope-alpha-5-has-been.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-73854389589625106802009-01-30T11:54:00.000-08:002009-01-30T11:59:02.948-08:002009-01-30T11:59:02.948-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://do.davebsd.com/images/logo.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 80px;" src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/logo.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Announcing <strong>GNOME Do 0.8</strong>. With 20 new plugins, faster search, better results,<br />animated themes, and 111 fewer bugs, your desktop's killer app just got killer-er.<br /><br /> <div class="yui-u first"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Awesome New Plugins</span></h2> <img src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/highlight_02.png" /> <p>Banshee, Bibtex, Cl.ickable, Claws mail, Google search, Opera, Ping.FM, Remember the Milk, System services, TinyUrl, Tracker search, and Translate to name a few. Plugins also install much faster now.<br /></p><div class="yui-u"> <h2><span style="font-size:100%;">Faster Search, Better Results</span></h2> <img src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/release/search.png" /> <p>Memory usage is down, and searches are noticably snappier. Our relevance algorithms are also better than ever -- Do will learn your habits and offer personalized search results immediately.</p><h2><span style="font-size:100%;">Animated Themes</span></h2> <img class="mshot" src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/release/mini.jpg" /> <p>Do's themes -- Classic, Mini, Glass, and the newly added Nouveau and Docky -- now sport gorgeous animations and dropshadows. Watch for falling jaws.</p> <div class="yui-u"> <h2><span style="font-size:100%;">Docky</span></h2> <img class="mshot" src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/release/docky2.jpg" /><br /><br /> <img class="mshot" src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/release/docky1.jpg" /> <p><a href="http://do.davebsd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Docky">Docky</a> is our attempt to make Do more discoverable and memorable. It's the same Do you know and love, just a little friendlier.</p> </div> <div class="yui-g highlights content"> <div class="yui-u first"> <h2><span style="font-size:100%;">File Previews</span></h2> <img src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/release/file_preview.png" /> <p>We've added preliminary support for viewing file thumbnails, so you can better recognize the images, movies, and documents you encounter in Do. If your file manager displays thumnails, Do will attempt to show them.</p> </div> <div class="yui-u"> <h2><span style="font-size:100%;">Improved Text Entry</span></h2> <img src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/release/text.png" /> <p>With support for copy, paste, and longer lines of text, Do's new extended text entry mode is perfect for composing emails and tweets. Activate text entry mode by pressing your period key.</p> </div> </div> <div class="yui-g highlights content"> <div class="yui-u first"> <h2><span style="font-size:100%;">Many Bugs Exterminated</span></h2> <img src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/release/bug.png" /> <p>82 core bugs and 29 plugin bugs have been meticulously tracked and squished. There's still a lot of work to do, but Do 0.8 is one well-oiled machine.</p> </div> <div class="yui-u"> <h2><span style="font-size:100%;">New Plugin API</span></h2> <img src="http://do.davebsd.com/images/development-csharp.png" /> <p>In creating a more cross-platform codebase, a wonderful, platform-agnostic plugin API emerged. Plugins now have extensive access to notifications, logging, relevance information, threading tools, and much more. </p></div> </div> <!-- end of #bd --> <div id="ft"> <div class="yui-g bottom"> </div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Howto Install:</span><br /><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> 8.10 (Intrepid) </span></h3> <pre>$ sudo aptitude install gnome-do<br /></pre> <a name="8.04_.28Hardy.29"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> 8.04 (Hardy) </span></h3> <p><b>If you are upgrading from an old installation of Do, please be sure to completely remove your old version.</b> </p> <pre>$ sudo aptitude purge gnome-do gnome-do-plugins gnome-do-plugin-rhythmbox<br /></pre> <p>and remove the Do plugins configuration directory </p> <pre>$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-do/plugins/<br /></pre> <p><b>Once you have removed your old installation, or if this is your first time, follow these instructions.</b> </p><p>Add the Gnome Do PPA Repository to your sources list. (See the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Repositories/Ubuntu" class="external text" title="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Repositories/Ubuntu" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Repositories</a>). </p> <pre>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" class="external free" title="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" rel="nofollow">http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu</a> hardy main<br />deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" class="external free" title="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" rel="nofollow">http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu</a> hardy main<br /></pre> <p>In Synaptic Package Manager, search 'gnome do' or install from the terminal: </p> <pre>$ sudo aptitude update &amp;&amp; sudo aptitude install gnome-do<br /></pre> <a name="7.10_.28Gutsy.29"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> 7.10 (Gutsy) </span></h3> <p>Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu" class="external text" title="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu" rel="nofollow">here's how</a>) </p> <pre>deb <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" class="external free" title="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" rel="nofollow">http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu</a> gutsy main<br />deb-src <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" class="external free" title="http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu" rel="nofollow">http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu</a> gutsy main<br /></pre> <p>then run </p> <pre>$ sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install gnome-do<br /></pre><br /></div> </div> </div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=w0IGy_MaWtc:I-_36NdDPUU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=w0IGy_MaWtc:I-_36NdDPUU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=w0IGy_MaWtc:I-_36NdDPUU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=w0IGy_MaWtc:I-_36NdDPUU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=w0IGy_MaWtc:I-_36NdDPUU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=w0IGy_MaWtc:I-_36NdDPUU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=w0IGy_MaWtc:I-_36NdDPUU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/w0IGy_MaWtc" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/01/announcing-gnome-do-08-with-20-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-39241185361236024752009-01-23T10:38:00.000-08:002009-01-23T10:39:07.441-08:002009-01-23T10:39:07.441-08:00<pre>The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, the<br />second maintenance update to Ubuntu's 8.04 LTS release. This release<br />includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the<br />i386 and amd64 architectures.<br /><br />In all, over 200 updates have been integrated, and updated installation<br />media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded<br />after installation. These include security updates and corrections for<br />other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and<br />compatibility with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.<br /><br />To Get Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS<br />------------------------<br /><br />To download Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, or obtain CDs, visit:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download">http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download</a><br /><br />We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document<br />caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804">http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804</a><br /><br />About Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS<br />-----------------------<br /><br />This is the second maintenance release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, which<br />continues to be supported with maintenance updates and security fixes<br />until April 2011 on desktops and April 2013 on servers.<br /><br />Over 200 post-release updates have been integrated, and a number of<br />bugs in the installation system have been corrected. These include<br />security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a<br />focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.<br /><br />See <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/usn">http://www.ubuntu.com/usn</a> for a full list of Ubuntu security updates.<br />As of 2009-01-20, all updates affecting packages on the CD have been<br />applied.<br /><br />A summary of notable updates follows. See<br /><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu</a> for specific information about a<br />particular bug number. A complete list of post-release updates can<br />also be found at:<br /><br /> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/8.04.2">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/8.04.2</a><br /><br />Installer Updates<br />-----------------<br /><br />* Create sambashare group and add the initial user to it (#238224)<br /><br />* Permissions on some system files and directories were set wrong when<br /> installing from Desktop CDs. For users tracking the recommended<br /> hardy-updates repository, this issue has already been corrected<br /> post-install (#288479)<br /><br />* Record the partition table as changed when a single partition's file<br /> system type has changed, fixing bootloader installation failures<br /> when installing onto existing partitions (#149832)<br /> <br />* Fix writing of /var/log/installer/oem-id in OEM mode (#251751)<br /><br />* Use the correct mirror for -security in the event of<br /> apt-setup/security_host being preseeded (#306356)<br /><br />Desktop Updates<br />---------------<br /><br />* Fix a race which can lead to a gvfs-fuse-daemon crash when closing<br /> session (#235698)<br /><br />* Prompt for restarting session when installing samba to take into<br /> account sambashare group membership and the need for libpam-smbpass to<br /> create NTLM password hash (#212098)<br /><br />* Fix undeletion of menu items with the alacarte menu editor (#225941)<br /><br />* Stop/start anacron on suspend/resume and on power-cycle (#249220)<br /><br />* Fix hang on "Loading..." when opening a PDF file (#256048)<br /><br />* Fix incorrect handling of authentication cases leading to excessive<br /> gnome-keyring CPU usage (#236171)<br /><br />* Fix printing to remote ipp:// printers (#258104)<br /><br />* Don't look for a Trash directory on autofs mounts (#210468)<br /><br />* Fix GNOME session blow-up when using GUI to join a Windows domain<br /> (#222224)<br /><br />* Fix ICQ connections in pidgin (#244591)<br /><br />Server updates<br />--------------<br /><br />* Fix race with mdadm/devmapper while looping for the root filesystem<br /> (#244926)<br /><br />* Revert "TC action parsing bug fix", which broke shorewall and<br /> wondershaper<br /> (#194623)<br /><br />* Support booting degraded RAID devices (#290885)<br /><br />General Updates<br />---------------<br /><br />* Set hdparm power management to 254 for all hard drives while on AC, and<br /> 128<br /> while on battery (note that suspend/resume still breaks this, and a more<br /> complete fix will be forthcoming for Ubuntu 8.04.3) (#59695)<br /><br />* Support CDs with no uncompressed Packages files, only compressed ones,<br /> enabling upgrade to future releases using CDs (#255545)<br /><br />* Conflict with old mysql 4.1 packages to ensure smooth upgrades from<br /> Ubuntu 6.06 (#208695)<br /><br />* Backport cifs.upcall, to support Kerberos-authenticated CIFS kernel<br /> mounts<br /> (#236830)<br /><br />* e1000 checksum recheck after reset (#60388)<br /><br />Helping Shape Ubuntu<br />--------------------<br /><br />If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways<br />you can participate at<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/</a><br /><br />If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but<br />aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu channel on IRC.FreeNode.net, on<br />the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:<br /><br /> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br /> <a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/">http://www.ubuntuforums.org/</a><br /><br /><br />About Ubuntu<br />------------<br /><br />Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and<br />servers, with a fast and easy install and regular releases. A<br />tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and<br />an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.<br /><br />Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and<br />hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about<br />support, visit <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/support">http://www.ubuntu.com/support</a><br /><br />More Information<br />----------------<br /><br />You can find out more about Ubuntu on our website:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">http://www.ubuntu.com/</a><br /><br />To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's<br />very low volume announcement list at:<br /><br /> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce</a><br /></pre><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WEFvbJ-wNcc:xo2PsFT6idI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=WEFvbJ-wNcc:xo2PsFT6idI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WEFvbJ-wNcc:xo2PsFT6idI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=WEFvbJ-wNcc:xo2PsFT6idI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WEFvbJ-wNcc:xo2PsFT6idI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WEFvbJ-wNcc:xo2PsFT6idI:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=WEFvbJ-wNcc:xo2PsFT6idI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/WEFvbJ-wNcc" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/01/ubuntu-8042-lts-released.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-88322851648449518102009-01-06T20:31:00.000-08:002009-01-06T20:36:20.925-08:002009-01-06T20:36:20.925-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.getdeb.net/media.php?id=240&type=screens"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.getdeb.net/media.php?id=240&type=screens" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />There is a brand new PokerTH 0.6.3 version, check it out!<br />These are the major changes:<br />We introduced a new startwindow separate from the gametable. There is also a new chance tool which shows the chance of the current hand. The ingame kick was redesigned, introducing a vote kick procedure. You can start a vote to kick a user by right clicking on the player's avatar. Some new translations were added (finnish and danish). PokerTH is available in 18 languages now! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerth.net">More info</a><br /><a href="http://www.getdeb.net/app/PokerTH">Download Here</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=970sEjiSyS0:RzPqoLRF-S0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=970sEjiSyS0:RzPqoLRF-S0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=970sEjiSyS0:RzPqoLRF-S0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=970sEjiSyS0:RzPqoLRF-S0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=970sEjiSyS0:RzPqoLRF-S0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=970sEjiSyS0:RzPqoLRF-S0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=970sEjiSyS0:RzPqoLRF-S0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/970sEjiSyS0" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2009/01/play-texas-holdem-poker-in-ubuntu-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-69055731535008147302008-12-29T08:00:00.001-08:002008-12-29T08:06:58.915-08:002008-12-29T08:06:58.915-08:00Jaunty Jackalope is currently in the Alpha 2 phase as of this post, you can follow the development release schedule <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=971232">here</a><br /><br />To upgrade simply Press ALT-F2, and type in update-manager -d<br /><br />A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release. <br /><br />Click upgrade.<br /><br />Just a note, since this is alpha it isn't suggested to run on Production machines. Run it only if you care about bleeding edge software and don't care about system crashes and your confident your data is backed up safely.<br /><br />I personally use a separate /home partition so I don't loose my valuable data, you can use the site search on this site to find information on that as well :)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Y-I-fJY05UQ:DNSdszZee0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=Y-I-fJY05UQ:DNSdszZee0Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Y-I-fJY05UQ:DNSdszZee0Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=Y-I-fJY05UQ:DNSdszZee0Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Y-I-fJY05UQ:DNSdszZee0Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Y-I-fJY05UQ:DNSdszZee0Q:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=Y-I-fJY05UQ:DNSdszZee0Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/Y-I-fJY05UQ" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/12/howto-upgrade-to-jaunty-jackalope.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-21758464559250646522008-12-29T07:53:00.000-08:002008-12-29T07:56:50.796-08:002008-12-29T07:56:50.796-08:00Previously I made <a href="http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/05/howto-install-latest-wine-in-ubuntu.html">this howto</a> for Ubuntu Hardy, here is an updated post for Intrepid<br />Here is a quick way to add the winehq repository so you dont need to wait for the ubuntu community to add the latest wine.<br />Open up a terminal Applications->Accessories->Terminal<br />Now copy/paste these commands:<br />Adding the gpg apt key:<br /><code>wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -</code><br />Lets add the Repository via wget:<br /><code>sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list</code><br />Now lets update our apt sources and install the latest wine!<br /><code>sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install wine</code><br />Ok now you will always have the latest development wine package installed!<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=or5Eo5ZLBDk:ZTNarYkC5lQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=or5Eo5ZLBDk:ZTNarYkC5lQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=or5Eo5ZLBDk:ZTNarYkC5lQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=or5Eo5ZLBDk:ZTNarYkC5lQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=or5Eo5ZLBDk:ZTNarYkC5lQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=or5Eo5ZLBDk:ZTNarYkC5lQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=or5Eo5ZLBDk:ZTNarYkC5lQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/or5Eo5ZLBDk" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/12/howto-install-latest-wine-in-ubuntu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-75638362750666683462008-12-29T07:46:00.000-08:002008-12-29T07:51:02.958-08:002008-12-29T07:51:02.958-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://google-gadgets-for-linux.googlecode.com/svn/images/ggl-standalone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 240px;" src="http://google-gadgets-for-linux.googlecode.com/svn/images/ggl-standalone.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a name="Project_Description">Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. It's compatible with the gadgets written for </a><a href="http://desktop.google.com/" rel="nofollow">Google Desktop</a> for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on <a href="http://www.google.com/ig" rel="nofollow">iGoogle</a>. Following Linux norms, this project is open-sourced under the Apache License. <p>An important area where <a href="http://desktop.google.com/linux" rel="nofollow">Google Desktop for Linux</a> is different from its siblings on other operating systems is support for gadgets. Now, the Linux version of Google Gadgets will extend the gadgets platform to Linux users. By enabling cross-platform gadgets, a large library of existing gadgets are immediately available to Linux users. In addition, gadget developers will benefit from a much larger potential user base without having to learn a new API. </p><p>There's two main components to the application: one is a common gadget library responsible for running and presenting a gadget, and the other is a host program that allows the user to choose gadgets and run them on the desktop. Currently we have hosts written for GTK+ and QT, with the GTK+ host offering a sidebar similar to that of Google Desktop for Windows.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.getdeb.net/app/Google+Gadgets">Download Google Gadgets for Ubuntu</a></p><p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-gadgets-for-linux/">Follow the Open Source Initiative here</a><br /></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=MllM9BEe0nA:bvpIHE7eM9Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=MllM9BEe0nA:bvpIHE7eM9Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=MllM9BEe0nA:bvpIHE7eM9Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=MllM9BEe0nA:bvpIHE7eM9Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=MllM9BEe0nA:bvpIHE7eM9Y:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=MllM9BEe0nA:bvpIHE7eM9Y:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=MllM9BEe0nA:bvpIHE7eM9Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/MllM9BEe0nA" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/12/new-google-gadgets-for-linux-0104.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-45817542892762419522008-12-29T07:39:00.000-08:002008-12-29T07:43:45.648-08:002008-12-29T07:43:45.648-08:00AssaultCube, formerly ActionCube, is a <b>free first-person-shooter</b> based on the game <a href="http://cubeengine.com/" target="_blank">Cube</a>. Set in a realistic looking environment, as far as that´s possible with this engine, while gameplay stays fast and arcade. This game is all about team oriented multiplayer fun.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_S6u-pRudAM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_S6u-pRudAM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://assault.cubers.net/index.html">More info about Assault Cube</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.getdeb.net/app/AssaultCube">Download Assault Cube</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=yxZ3DqsVAPA:D0M_ibPycjA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=yxZ3DqsVAPA:D0M_ibPycjA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a 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width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/12/games-check-out-assault-cube-10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-45984323373872746702008-12-29T07:35:00.000-08:002008-12-29T07:38:38.342-08:002008-12-29T07:38:38.342-08:00<span style="font-size:6;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Ollie the Oligocheata is a worm on a mission.</strong><br /><br /><br /><a class="imagelink" href="http://www.charliedoggames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/goollie1small.jpg" title="goollie1small.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img id="image72" src="http://www.charliedoggames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/goollie1small.jpg" alt="goollie1small.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><strong>He’s on a mission to bring mouse controlled platforming fun to everyone!</strong></span><br /><br /></span></span> <p><span style="font-size:6;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a class="imagelink" href="http://www.charliedoggames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/goollie3small.jpg" title="goollie3small.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img id="image72" src="http://www.charliedoggames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/goollie3small.jpg" alt="goollie3small.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>Go Ollie </em></span></span></strong><span style="font-size:100%;"> is another great free game from <strong><em>Charlie Dog Games</em></strong> and features:</span></span></span></p> <ul><span style="font-size:100%;"><li>It’s completely free and so represents infinitely good value for money<br /><br /></li><li>Beautifully rendered scenes and animations<br /><br /></li><li>The latest in innovative mouse controlled platform gaming featuring a unique fusion of platform and match three gaming mechanics<br /><br /></li><li>Two gameplay modes: <ul><li>Story Mode with over 60 individual levels each with three different objectives </li><li>Fast and furious action game with unlimited re-playability and high score table </li></ul> <p><br /></p> </li><li>A compelling story featuring romance, excitement and fairy duplicity<br /><br /></li><li>Only 16 Meg download and very low system requirements<br /><br /></li><li>Windows XP and Vista compliant (Linux version coming soon)<br /><br /></li><li><strong>Did I mention the game is completely free??</strong> </li></span></ul> <p><span style="font-size:6;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><a class="imagelink" href="http://www.charliedoggames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/goollie2small.jpg" title="goollie2small.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img id="image72" src="http://www.charliedoggames.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/goollie2small.jpg" alt="goollie2small.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:6;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="http://www.getdeb.net/app/Go+Ollie%21">Download Go Ollie!</a> </span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="feedflare"> <a 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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/3JnbXE5kivI" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/12/new-linux-game-go-ollie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-55383045946722546212008-12-28T00:22:00.000-08:002008-12-28T00:24:55.272-08:002008-12-28T00:24:55.272-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.wyzo.com/ft/spot_title.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 197px;" src="http://i.wyzo.com/ft/spot_title.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The FireTorrent extension strives to offer the most user-friendly BitTorrent experience. We've integrated the torrents manager as a seperate tab in your browser's download manager, and torrents can be downloaded from any website with a single click.<br /><br />This results in a great user experience and should be attractive to both people that are new to downloading torrents and advanced users. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.fireaddons.com/iamchosen/">Install Firetorrent</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=ec0TZ3NX_F0:XuJhiN6d3WU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=ec0TZ3NX_F0:XuJhiN6d3WU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=ec0TZ3NX_F0:XuJhiN6d3WU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=ec0TZ3NX_F0:XuJhiN6d3WU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=ec0TZ3NX_F0:XuJhiN6d3WU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=ec0TZ3NX_F0:XuJhiN6d3WU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=ec0TZ3NX_F0:XuJhiN6d3WU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/ec0TZ3NX_F0" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/12/introducing-firetorrent-bittorrent.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202095606494672181.post-77602601600138758172008-12-27T20:23:00.000-08:002008-12-27T23:37:39.995-08:002008-12-27T23:37:39.995-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://openarena.ws/center.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 512px;" src="http://openarena.ws/center.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Openarena is one of my favorite games for Linux. I cant believe I havnt shared it on this site yet, if you like fps games definitely check this game out!<br /><br />OpenArena is a violent, sexy, multiplayer first person shooter based on the ioquake3 fork of the id tech 3 engine. It has many game types beyond deathmatch and a lot of characters. Due to violent and racy content, it may not be suitable for children under 17.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.getdeb.net/app/OpenArena">Download Openarena</a><br /><br /><a href="http://openarena.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page">Openarena wiki, tweaks & other info!</a><br /><br />If you got an extra machine with extra bandwidth you may want to consider contributing a gaming server to the openarena community, you can find more information on that <a href="http://openarena.wikia.com/wiki/Servers">here</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=p3blcimdFMY:Nos91uPuxkM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=p3blcimdFMY:Nos91uPuxkM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=p3blcimdFMY:Nos91uPuxkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?i=p3blcimdFMY:Nos91uPuxkM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=p3blcimdFMY:Nos91uPuxkM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=p3blcimdFMY:Nos91uPuxkM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?a=p3blcimdFMY:Nos91uPuxkM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UbuntuUnleashed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UbuntuUnleashed/~4/p3blcimdFMY" height="1" width="1"/>defconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09599163021880670254noreply@blogger.com0http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/12/openarena-081-for-ubuntu.html