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Make Ubuntu Look Like OSX

Posted in linux, software on July 23, 2008 | No Comments »

http://maketecheasier.com/turn-your-ubuntu-hardy-to-mac-osx-leopard/2008/07/23/

CentOS Team Releases v5.2

Posted in linux, open source, software on June 24, 2008 | No Comments »

The CentOS team has released the version 5.2 build of their awesome Linux distro. Download links below:
CentOS 5.2 i386
CentOS 5.2 x64

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Red Hat Releases Fedora 9

Posted in linux on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »

You can now download Fedora 9 from here:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora
Please use BitTorrent!

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Slackware v12.1 Released

Posted in linux on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »

The infamous Slackware Team has released a stable new version of its Linux distribution. The new released is version 12.1 and looks to have some good new features. Check it out.

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Ubuntu 8.04 Final Version Released!

Posted in linux, open source on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »

It’s true, you can now download Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron for the Desktop and Server. This release is LTS or Long Term Support. Please use Torrents for downloading, because the servers and mirrors are being slammed today. Thanks!
Download Ubuntu
You can find the torrent links in the FTP listings of the various mirrors, for example:
http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/releases/hardy/
Then just [...]

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Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” April 24th

Posted in linux, open source on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »

I’m looking forward to the release of Ubuntu 8.04. It includes many new features including the new GNOME desktop environment. Be sure to look for it on Thursday April 24th!
If I get the time I’ll do a review of it.
http://www.ubuntu.com/

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Download Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 Beta

Posted in beta stuff, linux, open source on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

You can now download the fresh beta of the new Ubuntu Hardy Heron v8.04. There seems to be a lot of great new features, I have linked below to the beta and release notes. Enjoy!
Download
Release Notes

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Ubuntu Brainstorm Site Launched

Posted in linux, open source on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »

Now the community can share ideas for Ubuntu just like they did with Dell! Check it out!
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/

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SuperFetch for Linux?

Posted in linux, open source on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »

I thought this was pretty interesting…
“Preload is a Linux daemon that stores commonly-used libraries and binaries in memory to speed up access times, similar to the Windows Vista SuperFetch function. This article examines Preload and gives some insight into how much performance is gained for its total resource cost, and discusses basic installation and configuration [...]

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Avant Window Navigator

Posted in beta stuff, linux, open source, software on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »

This open-source application originally hosted on Google Code is an awesome way to have a dock on Linux. I use Ubuntu as my distro and I’ve got to say that as this project progresses, it’s going to only get better. Eventually I think AWN will be fully capable to reproduce everything the Mac OS X [...]

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