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Create a Modern Windows 7 Like Menu with GnoMenu 2.0

GnoMenu 2.0 was recently released as a .tar.gz file. GnoMenu fixed many bugs with the previous versions, adds a new default menu, theme sounds and much more. GnoMenu creates a Microsoft Windows like menu that includes the ability to search for an application as well as creates easy to read menu links to Music, Videos, [...]

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I’ve added an alternative download link in case there is an issue with Mediafire. Download Sources Mediafire Alternative Source

The Marketing Has Begun

The marketing has begun for Ubuntu Apps. Ubuntu Apps is being marketing differently from most other books. Rather than going through a publisher and having them provide much of the marketing, I’ve chosen to self-publish and do the hard work myself. The main part of the marketing is going to be using social networks to [...]

Self Publishing Profit Spreadsheet

For those of you curious about how much money is made on books, I’ve created a spreadsheet which shows exactly how much money is made self-plublishing e-books and print books. The spreadsheet compares most of the major self publishing services: Lulu, Create Space, Lightning Source, Amazon Digital Text Platform (Kindle), Amazon e-docs, as well as [...]

e-Book Moving to MediaFire

The e-book will be hosted on MediaFire in the future as I gear up for the official launch of Ubuntu Apps. Currently it is being hosted on a dedicated server but the download speed on the dedicated server is only about 1MB/s upload so it won’t take many people downloading it before it slows to [...]

9.04 update

The 9.04 update includes repository update information for Ubuntu 9.04. It also includes the addition of several applications and tips. They are included as follows below: Addition of Adobe Reader Removal of VMware VirtualBox addition GnomeMenu with customization tips Synergy pre-boot fix Pidgin saving account fix New AWN plugins & screen shots (Pandora, Weather, and [...]

Community Contributed Book Ideas

Recently I was thinking about the idea of doing some sort of community generated book that is based on contributed content from the public. The idea comes as a result of recent publishing deals from http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ and http://petswhowanttokillthemselves.com/ Both of these sites are comedy based sites which are based solely on user uploaded pictures. Regarding a Linux [...]