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Posted by Peng on 10 October 2007
Microsoft has long claimed that Linux infringed on some of their patents, and it’s the big reason they’ve set up agreements with Novel. Steve Ballmer’s at it again, and now he’s got Red Hat in his sights. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft | Tagged: GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Red Hat | 1 Comment »
Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 10 October 2007
I have added my brother, Peng, as a contributor to my blog. He’s the tech of the family, and he’ll post some about tech issues that he comes across. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 10 October 2007
My brother asked me to pass along worth that the Massachusetts Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) team got approved as an official Ubuntu LoCo team. Congrats, y’all! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Ubuntu | Tagged: Ubuntu, Peng, Gutsy, Feisty, MA LoCo, InstallFest | 1 Comment »
Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 10 October 2007
You may remember that I did a major Ubuntu upgrade back on the 5th, and I ended up with some pretty bad video issues. I saw that there were some updates earlier this evening, including another rather minor kernel upgrade, from 2.6.22-13 to 2.6.22-14 and the obligatory video driver upgrades. The change notes weren’t available yet so I waited until I could see what was being changed.
I finally checked again and saw all the change notes for the over 60 programs that wanted to be upgraded so I hit the nice, friendly Install Updates button. (Not to be confused with a big red button that should never ever be pushed. Bonus points if you caught the reference I just used. The first person to post the right answer in a comment will get a free Nanci’s Naughties tee if you’re on SecondLife.) When it was all done I crossed my fingers and rebooted my computer without running Envy to update the video drivers like I used to do all the time. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Ubuntu | Tagged: Compiz, GNOME, Grub, Gutsy, kernel, SecondLife, Ubuntu, upgrade | No Comments »
