Dumping Twitter? So is it Jaiku or Identi.ca?
Thursday 14th of August. I remember waking up early in the morning as I had to drive 150 Km outside Cairo to go for a meeting. Having my breakfast and morning coffee, I did the routine online activities I do every morning, like; checking my email, scanning through the RSS feeds, check if all the [...]
Ubuntu 8.04 - First impression
I have been using Ubuntu for almost the past 3 years, and other Linux distros before that but not by long (Yeah, I’m not only a Mac freak :P ). Today, I gave Kubuntu and Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron a spin.
I tried out Kubuntu with KDE4. It was new, fresh, sexy but sluggish. Not my [...]
gOS
gOS is the operating system that runs on $199 PCs or with $69.99 all in one motherboards.
I have not tried the OS yet, but I have downloaded it and will give it a spin soon. Looking at the software, it’s got web software like, Google Mail, News, Calender, Maps, Docs and more (great for all [...]
Make your own Ubuntu Distro
Ubuntu is considered to be one of the most popular Linux distros. Ever wanted to make your own distro based on Ubuntu? Like have your own codecs included, packages etc… and easily create your own distro that could be easily installed and save time.
The answer is here. Check reconstructor.
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F-Spot and 23HQ
At last, F-Spot support uploading to 23hq, thanks to Steffen’s request back some months ago. You can check the new features here.
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Ubuntu: A Windows Replacement
Now let me see you people throw Windows off you Window :)
Read this: Technology News: Reviews: Ubuntu Linux Is an Ideal Windows Replacement
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Flash Crashes with Firefox 2.0 in Ubuntu
I have been facing some problem with Flash in Firefox 2.0 in Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy). Whenever you get to visit a page that has flash embedded in it, Firefox crashed. It was getting very annoying though.To solve the problem, all you have to do is change the ColorDepth of the Default Screen to 24.
To do [...]
The road to PHP
I have been cursing myself for a long time now that I have been writing most of my applications in ASP. Well the end is near. I will start exporting my applications using ASP2PHP. I do not know how effective this tool will be, but for sure it will be better than rewriting all this [...]
Ubuntu Unleashed
Just recieved this book yesterday. So far it’s more than perfect.
Current rating; 5 stars
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Blogging from Ubuntu (Using Drivel)
I got my hands on Oreilly's Unbuntu Hack Tips, where hack no. 27 was something I thought was worth for a quick try. Hack 27, was blogging from Ubuntu. They mentioned that you could use Drivel, which could be installed by the apt-get command. To install it, you need to have the universal repository enabled [...]
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