Fixing the OpenOffice.org grammar glitch in Ubuntu Hardy

Last year Nanci posted that there were grammar checking tools for OpenOffice.org, the wonderful open source office suite, that takes care of one of the most glaring omissions and deal breakers in people looking for a cheaper alternative to Microsoft Office. Unfortunately there seems to be a bit of a glitch with it in Ubuntu Hardy. Luckily there is an easy way to fix it.

Google rolls out a beta of Google Earth 4.3 with some great new features

[Corrected the info on using Street View in Google Earth. - Peng]

Google released the beta of Google Earth 4.3 a couple weeks ago, and there are some very nice features added including the sun and atmosphere, a new set of navigation tools, and even an implementation of Street View, although the GE Street View isn’t as easy as the one in Google Maps.

Should open source devs sync their release schedules?

I came across an idea that’s getting tossed between Mark Shuttleworth and Tristan Rhodes suggesting that Linux distributions, and open source devs in general, synchronize their release schedules.

Automatix 2 is dead

Automatix 2, the utility for Ubuntu that has both supporters and detractors, has stopped development according to an announcement on their forums.

Three great resources for Linux noobs

While checking out the Ubuntu Live Stats site the last few days I came across some pages with great info for people who are new to Linux as well as a great checklist of things to do when upgrading.

I made the move to Hardy after all

If you’ll recall I upgraded to the Ubuntu Hardy kernel a couple of weeks ago, while still using Ubuntu Gutsy for the most part, and everything was going smoothly so after checking things on the forums and deciding it was safe to go ahead and do a dist-upgrade to Ubuntu Hardy. It definitely didn’t go well, though, and I spent most of the next 18 hours or so trying to get my computer usable again. I finally succeeded by installing from the Hardy Alpha 6 CD I had burned, but there were definitely some issues.

WINE needs your votes

WINE, the ten yesr old open source program layer that lets Linux users run Windows programs (the name is an acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator)  is preparing for their 1.0 release in June and needs your help deciding which bugs absolutely need to be fixed before WINE 1.0 ships.

GNOME 2.22 is out and headed for Hardy

The GNOME Foundation released the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment yesterday with several new additions, including something that has been a popular add-on for some time now.

Stop waiting for Ubuntu info with Ubuntu Live Stats

Peng and I saw some things about Ubuntu Live Stats over the last couple of days, but neither of us saw things that needed to be blogged now. But I just followed a link from yet another story on it and I have to admit this new site brings the wow factor to keeping up with our favorite Linux distro.

Funny Microsoft warning

I found this image while Stumbling around late last night and I just have to share it with you all.

Thanks to C-D-Rom for finding the original image and tagging it for Stumblers. And yes, that is the Ubuntu logo on Tux’s stomach.