Big Ubuntu Jaunty promises

Alastair Otter, MyBroadband 23 January, 2009 04:06:00

In April the Ubuntu development team will release the latest version of its operating system, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope.

This release, officially known as Ubuntu 9.04, is expected to consolidate many of the changes begun in the last release in October, called Intrepid.

For many users Intrepid was a disappointment with many of the features expected either not emerging or being included in only partial form.

The one thing that users can look forward to in Jaunty, however…

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Filed under: Linux , Jaunty, Ubuntu

Mac MSN Users Recieving: Error: Unable to Retrieve MSN Address Book

This is a problem with MSN.

For me both Adium and Messenger for Mac have not worked. However I have found aMSN to work.

http://www.amsn-project.net/

Hope this helps.

Filed under: Industry News, Mac Related , aMSN, MSN

Windows 7 Beta Released Today

Download site – http://www.microsoft.com/windows7

Microsoft claims that they have listened to consumers and are addressing many of the problems that Windows Vista had in the new operating system with special attention given to performance and streamlining the system’s interface.

Filed under: Industry News

Macworld cult gathering

Apple faithfuls are making pilgrimages to San Francisco for the start of Macworld, an annual cult-like gathering that this year is expected to lack revelations and iconic leader Steve Jobs.

In a move that has upset Apple followers and investors, marketing vice president Phil Schiller will replace Jobs on stage on Tuesday for a keynote presentation traditionally considered a Macworld highlight….

Full Article here.

Filed under: Industry News, Mac Related , Apple, Mac, macworld

Ubuntu with a difference…Linobuntu

1) The first release will be based on Ubuntu 8.04.1.

2) The desktop will use Gnome 2.23,with changes to the menu.

3) A community theme and icon pack installed.

4) Origional Ubuntu documentation for the original release.

5) Multimedia support will be included.

6) Envy will be installed to assist users with installing their graphic’s cards drivers.

7) At the current moment the first release of Linobuntu will be 99% compatible with Ubuntu 8.04.1 (therefore any extra software you will require will work fine if it is designed for Ubuntu 8.04)

8 ) Include the following software applications:

Amarok
aMule
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Macromedia Flash support and Sun Java JRE
Downloader For X
Google Picasa
Google Earth
MPlayer with all codecs and dvd playing support
NTFS Configuration Tool (ntfs-config)
K3B
k9copy
Skype
Amsn
Gtkpod

The beta version of Linobuntu has been released, and is available here.

Filed under: Linux , linobuntu, Ubuntu