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10 Rocking Features in 10 Days – Countdown to Ubuntu 7.10

Oct 9th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Linux

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As we close in on the release of Ubuntu 7.10, codenamed Gutsy Gibbon during the development cycle, we thought we would tell you a little bit about some of the new features and improvements that make the release exciting. So over the next ten days, we will talk about one rocking feature each day until [...]

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Ubuntu 7.10 is coming…

Oct 3rd

Posted by Simon Scullion in Linux

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James posted on this yesterday.
Today I found this:

Cool huh! Added to the sidebar!
Can’t wait for the release, will be upgrading and looking forward to the Compiz Fusion magic!

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Linux elegance and aesthetics

Aug 8th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Linux

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In terms of elegance and aesthetics, Microsoft and Apple are many years ahead of Linux.
451 Group analyst Raven Zachary
Ignoring Mac OSX for now, I’m not sure what this is being based upon. I’ve been using Ubuntu since 5.04, and in its current form I’d say it is every bit as elegant and aesthetic as [...]

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A few other Lotus + Ubuntu bloggers

Mar 15th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Linux

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Over the last few days, I have noticed a few other bloggers from the Lotus blogging community mentioning Ubuntu.
Ferdy Christant has published a good article on his recent move to ubuntu on his new laptop.
Stuart McIntyre has a post on his attempt at getting the Notes 8 Beta running on ubuntu.
I look forward to following [...]

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A bug squashed

Mar 15th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Linux

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As it turns out, my Ubuntu bug turns out not to be, following a response with some instrustions.
It looks like the nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629 was installed from a 3rd party source that is not compatible with the ubuntu version numbering schema.
You can try to remove the nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-1.0.9629 packages and install the ones from [...]

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Add a feed to Liferea from Firefox

Mar 7th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Linux

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Being a linux newbie, I haven’t had much luck finding how to configure Firefox to use an external RSS client. Here’s how:
You can go under Edit->Preferences and choose the Tab Feeds.
There you choose Subscribe to the feed using and click on the button Choose Application and choose /usr/bin/liferea-add-feed
Thanks to Ralph’s instructions, I now have [...]

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My first ubuntu bug report

Feb 13th

Posted by Simon Scullion in Linux

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I have had a problem for a while with the update-manager.
I finally got round to entering my bug report, so I am now the proud owner of an ubuntu bug!
https://launchpad.net/bugs/84961
Just have to wait and see whether its me that has broken something or an actual bug.

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