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#! Crunchbang Linux
I’ve installed Crunchbang Linux on the old Thinkpad X24. It’s based on the Openbox window manager, and it is faaaaast, and so far very pleasant to use. The only issue I encountered was Openbox’s reliance on the super key (aka the windows key, which the X24 doesn’t have). This is easily solved though, thanks to…
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Nice change to Ubuntu 8.10
Linux.com reports that “Brasero will replace Serpentine as the CD-writing utility in the upcoming April release of Ubuntu 8.10”. That’s a good thing, although I’ll still keep the totally awesome K3b
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The Free Software song
Having just watched Revolution OS for the umpteenth time, and finding that the words are freely distributable, for your reading pleasure here are the lyrics to RMS‘s Free Software Song: [To the melody of Sadi Moma:] Join us now and share the software; You’ll be free, hackers, you’ll be free. x2 Hoarders may get piles…
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BucketFountain search terms
The most interesting part of looking at site stats are the search terms people have used to find the site. Sometimes they’re lewd, sometimes they’re slightly odd, and sometimes people just need a hand with something. Take, for example, this poor chap: dsl-g604t not connecting with windows vista Oh dear! Well, on this happy occasion…
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Ubuntu Feisty lives up to its name
Which isn’t necessarily a good thing. It looks as though hoards of upgraders to Feisty are finding that they can no longer connect to wireless networks. One of my machines could not even connect down the wire…. Oh why didn’t I just stick with 6.10? Come back Edgy Eft!
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Essential software on Ubuntu
While I like Ubuntu I can’t say I’m a huge fan of Gnome (I prefer KDE). However, the Dive into Mark man’s essential software list has some gems on it (such as k9copy for copying DVDs).