Received my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron cds in the mail today.
Who doesn’t like to receive internatioanl packages with goodies? The best part is when I tell my non OSS  friends that the cds were shipped free of charge.
You will be suprised to know that many people don’t believe that there are people out there [...]

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HP is planning to roll out a few of it’s Notebooks and Desktops preloaded with Novell’s Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED10). Dell had the head start with it’s offering of machines preloaded with Ubuntu and recently also preloaded with SLED10.
“We are really excited because of the power that the HP distribution channel brings, the reach they [...]

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If you are like me then you must hate the “BEEP!” that comes along with Linux. Turning it off in KDE or Gnome is easy but what if you are on the virtual console? Here’s how you get rid of the “BEEP!” temporarily or permanently.
Temporary solution,
** make sure to be root or use sudo **
1. [...]

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Dell’s top of the range notebook and currently also the best notebook from Dell, the XPS M1330 is now being shipped pre-installed with Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). The Ubuntu powered XPS notebooks are currently only available in Germany, UK, France and Spain. Hopefully Dell expands it’s Ubuntu on Dell range to Malaysia soon. The use [...]

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As promise, gOS 2.0 Beta1 codename “Rocket” was released today.

If you don’t already know, gOS is Ubuntu based and runs on the  Enlightenment 17 windows manager. With a Mac like dock, clean desktop and google’s search box integrated into the desktop, Rocket will a sure hit among new users.
Rocket is targeted for low cost distribution [...]

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