Category: Technology
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Falling Foul of the Monkey
It is a about time I come clean and share my experience with Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). As you will have guessed from the tone of my previous posts I have been very impressed with the Ubuntu OS since moving over (completely) a few months ago. So it was with great excitement that I began…
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It’s Brewing Up
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Beta is available to download from today, with the final version due for release October 18th. What does Gutsy Gibbon do better then Feisty Fawn? Well the complete outline can be found by CLICKING HERE. The most exciting (for me) is the installation of ‘Compiz‘ as standard for handling 3D Desktop…
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Gear Update, Nolan N102
The first piece of my gear has arrived, aptly, the helmet. It is a Nolan N102. A flip-front (or modular) helmet, with an external sun-shield and special slots to add a Nolan intercom/bluetooth system in the future. That is basically the guts of it. I will not go into much more. Instead I would like…
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Ubuntu Update
The switch to Ubuntu has gone well, though not perfect! I have tried out different versions (Kubuntu) but have come back to Ubuntu, preferring it’s look and feel. My main issues with the Ubuntu operating system is that I miss not being able to sync my mobile phone contacts and calendar with my computer. Not…
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A Taste of Ubuntu (Original Posting 22nd July 2007)
At the start of last week the CD-ROM I had been waiting for came through the letter box, Ubuntu 7.04. Now I had promised myself not to get too excited…just put it on the shelf and wait until I can get my hands on a cheap laptop to run it on. We must have it…our…
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Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird with Ubuntu too!? (Original Posting 27th June 2007)
No, this is not a title from a Japanese monster or an independent film. In fact this is some new software I have been using for several weeks now. Mozilla Firefox (Internet Browser)Mozilla Thunderbird (Email Application)OpenOffice (Full Office Application Suite) These are completely FREE to download applications. Just go to their respective websites http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ for…
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