Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Ubuntu Netbook Remix

There’s been a fair amount of news online about Canonical’s specialized version of Ubuntu for Atom based laptops, but the current word on it is that Canonical will only be licensing it directly to OEMs.  However, there is a PPA … Continue reading

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Eclipse 3.3 Europa working on Ubuntu 7.04

I finally got Eclipse 3.3 working on Ubuntu.  After untarring to /opt, I was still experiencing several problems getting Eclipse to run.  It turns out that even though I had Sun’s Java installed, /usr/bin/java was still linking to the gcj … Continue reading

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What's coming in Feisty?

It’s only part-way through the development cycle for Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” but already, some fairly interesting changes are being made. I’m not talking here about the “Big Things” such as the proprietary drivers and codecs issue, or the composite … Continue reading

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Bleeding Edgy

Because Ubuntu 6.06 was delayed, the next release, Edgy, is coming up fast, and here is my ongoing list of things I hope may be in it: Linux 2.6.17 Xorg 7.1 Gnome 2.16 NetworkManager 0.6.3 Firefox 2.0 Gaim 2.0 OpenOffice.org … Continue reading

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SuSE v. Dapper — Beta4 and Flight4

I’ve installed SuSE 10.1 Beta4 and Dapper Flight4 alongside each other, and thought I’d post a few thoughts. From the SuSE release announcement: “Beta4 has a number of ROUGH edges, so read the Most Annoying Bugs for Beta4 before you … Continue reading

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SuSE v. Dapper — Update

Just a quick update: The next installment of SuSE v. Dapper is taking longer than I had expected. Dapper Flight 4 still isn’t out yet, and while I downloaded and burned SuSE Beta3, the CD’s would not boot properly. So, … Continue reading

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SuSE vs. Dapper

Well, I installed SuSE 10.1 Beta 1 and the latest daily build of Dapper today, so I thought I’d post a few quick observations before going to bed.

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Coming soon: SuSE vs. Dapper

Versions 10.1 and 6.04 of OpenSuSE and Ubuntu Linux, respectively, are coming out in the next few months. Ubuntu is due in April, and SuSE’s first release candidate is scheduled for mid-February; both distributions have preview releases available now. As … Continue reading

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