* Command and Conquer - Package Management.
* How-To : Program in C - Part 2, Secure Network Drive
Using GIMP - Part 7 and Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.
* My Story - Ubuntu And Me
* Review - Urban Terror
* My Opinion - How Many Distros Is Too Many?
* MOTU Interview - Stephan Hermann
* Top 5 - Mind Mapping Applications
Nexenta is another OS. You'll say, ohh, again an Operating System. Well this is something little different. It is a blend of to popular and opensource OS to get the usability and power of both. Rather it can also be said that it is Debian/Ubuntu with a little variation at CLI. I mean the Kernel is from Open Solaris the Sun Microsystems' sponsored Unix OS, which is opensource as well, and the applications and packages from popular Linux distributions i.e. Debian or Ubuntu. Now the thing which comes out is called Nexenta.
It has packaging system based on APT, Advanced packaging Tool. So the repositories from Debian and Ubuntu can easily be used with it. The documentation part is pretty much complete with usual topics a Linux user can require to use a new OS. Just download its cd images from the download page, burn and install them. Well it is not for new commers it is for the people who always ready to take risks.
Mandriva has released the XFCE version of its OS. XFCE is a popular linux desktop environment which targets old pcs with less capacity and power in terms of Ram, Processor and Space on Hard drive. Most linux distros try to release their remixes with Gnome, KDE and XFCE. But the latter one is not to much highlighted. Ubuntu has a similiar version called Xubuntu but these XFCE powered distros are less frequently used as compared to normal distros composed of Gnome or KDE.
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has been released. Highlights are as follows.
In the Press & Blogosphere
LoCo Council Meeting: November 10th
Upcoming Meetings & Events
Updates & Security
Hocket and Bankwell is a comic book which is intended to teach linux i.e. the popular linux distro Ubuntu in a fun way. Its first issue is about 30 pages long and introduces to the basics of Ubuntu very well. So give it a try.
Banshee is my favorite music player on Ubuntu. It is written in C# and Mono and its interface is in GTK. I personally think it as the only competitor of Amarok, the popular music player of KDE. Banshee has progressed rapidly from a buggy piece of code to a full and matured music player. And now the banshee team has announced the release of version 1.4.
There are lots of new features added in this version. Some interesting are the support of new devices including google's G1, a version for Mac OS X and enhancements in interface of now playing and menues.
The downloads area of official website offers packages for various popular distros. Mine, i.e. Ubuntu is also there in the form of PPA repository where 1.4 is now available. Check if yours is also there.
Ultimate Edition 2.0 is "Yet Another Ubuntu Variant" with usual and casual changes of theme, splash screen, icons, gdm login screen etc. There is a claim of new kernel, latest updates and some fixes which made a user's sound card working possible on Ultimate Edition which was not working in original Ubuntu 8.10. It is available for 32 and 64 bit platforms. The version 2 is built on daily build of Ubuntu Interpid 8.10. Along with usual changes of look and feel (which most Ubuntu variants do and thus differentiate them from parent distro) there are some game packages preinstalled in gamers edition. The list is below:
Canonical has announced the port of Ubuntu to the ARMv7 architecture. New Linux kernel capabilities will enable Ubuntu to be compiled wholly on this platform. Ubuntu is already offering Ubuntu for notebooks and embedded devices. It is also a clever move to establish market to ARM-based devices like Nokia's N810 Internet tablet. ARM is actively supporting the ARM linux development efforts.
GNUveau is developing linux based terminal servers for villages where there is a shortage of electricity. They are solar powered and run popular linux distribution Ubuntu.
Gnuveau proudly announces SolarNetOne, a solar powered multi-user Linux Terminal Server network, with integrated long range wireless access point, analog telephone adapter, proximity based security system, and many other features. Please click the image below for more information on the green computing solution SolarNetOne.
And now I am on Ubuntu 8.10, after an unofficial method of upgrade. I had to download all packages in two or three episodes so I change first the repositories pointing to "hardy" to point to "interpid" and then updated them. Then a simple "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" took me to Ubuntu Interpid Ibex.
It is a fair system, having some enhancements and changes. Tabs in Nautilus, changed shutdown menu and a quick search in Synaptic (last thing is not working for me). And a cleaner which at last I found under Administration named Cruft. It simply deletes some old packages. Anyhows Ubuntu is a great OS.
Stunned and then confused why? Why they didn't included version 3 in Ubuntu 8.10. This strange thing why happened I didn't try to find the reason, but I have found an alternate that I am going to use and suggesting here as well.
Yeah it is a ppa launchpad repository for Ubuntu 8.10. So open your Software Sources from System > Administration and add these repositories there in third party tab.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
Update the sources and install OOo3. Enjoy!
eee-control is an easy-to-use utility that aims to be a one-stop solution for all special Linux Eee PC needs. It allows you to configure hardware and hotkeys, switch between performance levels (very much like Asus' Super Hybrid Engine) and more.
Currently the models 701/701SD, 702, 900, 900A, 901 and 1000/1000H are supported.
Eee PC is quite popular while we talk about sub-notebooks and it is widely used with linux as well. 3 out of ten eee pcs are reported to have used with linux. The above said tool is a utitlity for linux users to handle Eee PC more easily. And obviously the most favourite distribution Ubuntu's packages are there in download page.
Here are some OpenOffice 3 repositories for Ubuntu 8.10 and 8.04.
8.10
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main
8.04
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu hardy main
Go to System>Administration>Software Sources, Add these repositories to 3rd parties tab, you will
be asked to update the sources, update and then install openoffice 3 from Synaptic.
Binaries can be downloaded from official site as well.
Ubuntu 8.10 is out on 30th October. Since then, people all around internet reviewing and publishing articles about the new version Ibex. Here some of them are presented.
Ubuntu HQ thinks A +ve Evolution
The Read Deal
Ubuntu 8.10 What Canoncial Improves
The Enterprising Ibex
Ubuntu Open Week is announced, it will be a session of Question and Answers on IRC for a week. The motive of this week is to provide help on the new occassion of new Ubuntu release Interpid Ibex.
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