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[Solved] Seesmic won’t save passwords in Ubuntu
After installing Ubuntu 9.10 I was unable to get Seesmic Desktop to keep passwords. Even after uninstalling AIR and Seesmic. Long story short, and a quick IM to Yama at Seesmic and he said I needed to simply delete the ELS folder from within AIR. Here’s the 1-2-3 of it all.
1. Close [...]
Amarok2: The Weekend at Bernie’s 2 of Software
Amarok 1.4 WAS by far the best music player I had ever seen. So many options, a great functional layout with nearly everything you wanted no more than a single click away… I did say was. My recent upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 automagically left me with Amarok 2. Not only was it not playing out [...]
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 [...]
[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 found a solution, [...]
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 [...]
Vista woes fuel Mac sales surge – analyst | Register Hardware
And you gotta wonder how many folks are also doing like I did, and going to Linux?
Vista woes fuel Mac sales surge – analyst | Register Hardware
The 3G iPhone may be getting all the attention this week, but let’s not forget Apple’s other product line, the Mac family, which is enjoying new-found success thanks to… [...]
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