May I see your ID, please?
Posted by Peng on 15 May 2008
Leonardo Gomez posted an image to his blog of some great Ubuntu IDs that look so good I’d like to get one for myself.
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Posted by Peng on 15 May 2008
Leonardo Gomez posted an image to his blog of some great Ubuntu IDs that look so good I’d like to get one for myself.
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Posted by Peng on 15 May 2008
Less than a month ago I told you that you could order your free Ubuntu Hardy LiveCDs. Guess what. In what must be a new record, I got mine yesterday! Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 13 May 2008
A bug was discovered that made the random number generator that helped create your .ssh/id_rsa key less random than it should have been. What does this mean in plain English? It means that if you created an SSH key with Ubuntu Feisty, Ubuntu Gutsy, Ubuntu Hardy or Debian Etch you need to update an important OpenSSL file and regenerate your key ASAP. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 13 May 2008
It’s a known issue that Peng and I would rather use Firefox 2 than Firefox 3 and we figured there were more of us that hadn’t posted our displeasure online. There’s now another person who has posted a less than glowing recommendation for Firefox 3. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 12 May 2008
The first Release Candidate is now going through the early stages of preparation in advance for it’s release later this month, and when I do I’ll be recommending a lot of you give it a try to see how it works for you. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 10 May 2008
Friendly greetings! No, it’s not Torley, nor do I play him on SecondLife, I just love the way he starts most of his vids and since this post is about his videos I thought I’d borrow it.
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Posted by Peng on 10 May 2008
Alberto Milone, the developer of the Envy line of programs foe automating the installation of Nvidia and ATI graphics drivers, is working on the next upgrade for EnvyNG and would like some help from testers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 9 May 2008
When I was a Windows user one of the apps that I loved was the WeatherBug. There are some Linux tools for getting weather information, but none of them rise to the level of information provided by WeatherBug. but now I find out that WeatherBug is adding a Linux version to their Mac and Windows offerings. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 8 May 2008
For years I’ve worked with computers both as a user and as a tester, and I’ve used the term “bugs” for errors for almost as long as I’ve used computers. But until today I never understood just why they’re called “bugs.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 7 May 2008
I’m going to roll three bits of info I saw on Planet Ubuntu into one post, and I think I’m going to have something for just about everyone.
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