Software Reviews
Ubuntu 8.10: The Fastest-Most-Just-Worksiest Version Yet!
I installed (upgraded to be exact) the Beta of Ubuntu 8.10 and it’s by far faster and “just works.” Yeah! My video in Skype (still waiting for Skype to get serious about Linux, or find an alternative) now works (so I can see that my cam is not showing my head) Also working without [...]
Google Chrome: Do we really need ANOTHER browser?
Google Chrome is out (for windows only). But I have to ask? Did we really need another browswer? So far, I haven’t seen a reason to leave firefox. What do you think?
Top 4 Alternatives to Ubuntu Linux
If you stop by here often or get my feed, it is probably no secret, I like Ubuntu. One of the great things about Linux is that it comes in other flavors and even people using the same distribution (“distro”) as you may have loaded a theme or customized it (see my last post) so [...]
Linux grows UK PC market share | IT PRO
From across the pond: Linux reaching a record 2.8 per cent share last month [in the UK] pointed to an increasing appetite for OS alternatives, much like other research has found. Wanna read the full story? Keep in mind this is up from .1 percent in early 2007. The main reasons (besides Vista frustration) are [...]
[solved] Google Calendar CalDAV support (not only on Mac)
With excitement I read Google’s calendar will now support CalDAV. Yeah, now I can sync Lightening (Thunderbird’s Sunbird plugin) with Google, right? Nope. I can’t. It only works on Apple’s iCal. From Google help pages: “While other calendar applications support CalDAV (including Mozilla Sunbird), Google Calendar only supports CalDAV using iCal.” Bummer. UPDATE: I have [...]
ZDNet.com: Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99
ZDNet.com has news about Ubuntu available at BestBuy for 20 bucks, writing: So what do you get for your twenty bucks? The retail box contains ”Ubuntu 8.04 CD, a Quick Start Guide and 60 days of support from the ValuSoft team, trained and backed by the Canonical support guys. The support covers installation and getting [...]
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