Installation of Mac4Lin fonts has changed in Ubuntu Hardy

There have been changes in the newest version of GNOME that affects the way fonts are installed in Ubuntu Hardy, but thanks to wild_oscar in the Ubuntu Forums we have a link to information you will find very helpful.

Tombuntu has published an article entitled How to Install Fonts in Ubuntu 8.04 that will help you install the Mac4Linfonts, as well as any other font you need in Ubuntu Hardy.

Big thanks to wild_oscar for sharing that link with us in the forums.

OSX Kitty wants an upgrade

I saw this on my favorite lolcat site and simply had to share it with y’all.

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A pair of important software updates

Two pieces of software got updates in the past few days or so and I wanted to make sure our readers knew about them. The first is an upgrade for the Pidgin instant messaging client, and the second is more if a release announcement than an update as EnvyNG is now available for people testing Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

I have made my Mac4Lin Usplash screens available on GNOME-Look.org

Among the various screens I’ve made for the Mac4Lin Transformation Pack are a pair of Usplash screens. I’ve had a pair of Usplash screens posted at the Ubuntu Forums for a while getting feedback and I’ve finally posted them for general use on GNOME-Look.org.

Congrats Mac4Lin!

It has just come to my attention that the Mac4Lin Transformation Pack , the tool many of us have used to bring the look of Mac OSX Leopard to their Linux systems, has been selected as one of 100 winners in the FOSS India Awards 2008.  Congratulations to its developer, Anirudh Acharya, on being recognized for such an awesome program. It certainly is well earned.

Like my Mac4Lin screens? I have a new place for you to find them

Last year I made a splash screen for infra_red_dude’s Mac4Lin Transformation Pack. Since then I’ve made a login screen and I’m working on some additional graphics. I’ve put all the files I’ve made that are ready for public use in one place on GNOME-Look.org, where I publish images under the moniker HardinComp, which is the name of my old web design company).

New Mac4Lin Login Screen

I didn’t blog it, but last month I made some splash screens for people who use the Mac4Lin OSX Transformation pack. I wanted to make some other custom images for people who use Mac4Lin to use as their splash and login screens. I don’t have a boot splash yet, but I have made a new login screen that you can use.

Mac4Lin is upgraded to version 0.4

[I'm writing this with Peng since he saw the upgrade news first but I blogged the original post on it. We both use it and love it. - Nanci]

When I wrote my post about reinstalling Ubuntu I included information on the incredible Mac4Lin project which allows Linux users to get some of the look and feel of Mac OSX Leopard. Anirudh Acharya (a.k.a infra_red_dude), the developer of Mac4Lin, has released a new version, making an already great project even better.

[UPDATED] What a long, strange trip it’s been

[Updated to include setting up the PDF Printer as the default and to add one more launcher to my dock. And I added a screenie of the updated dock. - Nanci]
[Updated 29 December to finally add that missing for the networks startup and AWN, as well as more info on getting Acrobat Reader 7. - Nanci]

No, I haven’t been listening to a little Dead, although I just fired it up on my computer. Over the weekend I decided I was finally ready to get Windows XP off my computer and go 100% Ubuntu Linux. But it was no where as way as it should have been, and there were several calls to my brother Peng to try to get things working right. But I’m going to do you a favor and let you guys know not only what happened, but also how to deal with what came up so that if you run into problems installing Ubuntu Gutsy you’ll have a better idea of what to do to fix it than I had.