Peng’s links for Tuesday, 9 September

“What? Peng’s got more links?”

You betcha. I meant to post yesterday but ended up doing yet another imitation of a decapitated barnyard fowl, so here goes.

• Sayak Banerjee: The all new Ubuntu Brainstorm. Ubuntu Brainstorm has gotten even better, so let’s keep those ideas coming.
• Tom Dryer: VirtualBox 2.0 Released. Tombuntu not only tells you how to get it, he also tells you what to do if you get a rather common error message.
• Archux: Using Linux for Web Design. Web design is one area where Windows and Mac users have some nicer (commercial) tools, but this article points out some great open source tools that you can use to design great web pages in GNU/Linux.
• DesktopLinux: Levono ditches Linux. Levono used to be one of the computer manufacturers that didn’t try to force the Microsoft tax on their customers, but those days are gone. It makes Dell’s Linux boxes that much more appealing.
• Jono Bacon: Videolicious. Daniel Holbach has a new video tutorial for us, and now we can learn how to upgrade an Ubuntu source package. And you can even snag an Ogg Theora file to watch when you’re not connected to the Wide Wide World of Web.
• Matthew Paul Thomas: Usability evaluation: Empathy and Pidgin. Ubuntu devs were looking at replacing the Pidgin IM program with Empathy, and after looking at Empathy I’m glad they decided against it. Matthew did a very careful comparison of the two and decided Empathy isn’t ready for prime time yet. Big thanks to Martin Albisetti for bringing his blog to my attention. It really should be in a Planet.
• Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu in Popular Culture. The movie “Berlin am Meer” may well be the first time you can identify Ubuntu in a movie. I think he should edit the Ubuntu entry on Wikipedia to note this appearance.

That’s it for today. (I promise, although Nanci has something she needs to post.) Have a good evening, y’all. I’ll see you on Hump Day.