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16Oct OS X v10.5 and Ubuntu 7.10
The hype is here. Two of the most used OSs from our days are going to have a new release this week month. Prepare your Digg feed for a lot of Ubuntu Linux and Mac OS X experience, schedule for release October 18th and 19th 26th respectively! Both are incredibly improved and I guess that [...]
07Oct Vixta
Made in somewhere in Braga, Portugal, by someone who’s not claiming the merit, Vixta is a new Linux distribution, developed to allow a smooth switch for Windows Vista Users to a Linux system. It has been built based on the dev version of Fedora 8, it uses KDE and it looks nice indeed. It might [...]
30Sep Ndiswrapper and SMC USB Wireless Adapters
Today I had the roughest Ubuntu installation ever. The problem was the lack of documentation to get ndiswrapper and SMC adapters working. After some reading and trying, I’ve figured out the solution: Edit /etc/modprob.d/blacklist and add: blacklist bcm43xx blacklist islsm blacklist prism54usb Edit /etc/modules and add: ndiswrapper After this, download the Windows driver, extract it [...]
26Sep Linux Course at FEUP
Today, I’ve had the pleasure to join the IEEE team from FEUP, in a course to everyone interested, about, not only the services available at the faculty, but mainly about Linux, specifically, Ubuntu. I wasn’t exactly sure how well I would be as a speaker, since I never had the need to speech to older [...]
12Sep Incoming New ATI Drivers
Finally, the ATI drivers will be properly, open-sourced, developed! This will only be possible due to the recent release of the specifications of the graphic cards, by AMD/ATI. Thank you guys, you’ll finally let me use the card I’ve paid for, like I should be using since I’ve bought it! Still, better late than never.
29Aug Ubuntu 8.04 – The Hardy Heron
As usual, about a month before the release of a new final Ubuntu version, the name of the succeeding version has been announced! This time, it was named The Hardy Heron. Ideas are already being gathered, and, with the evolution of the Ubuntu distro, I’m really looking forward for this version’s new specifications. Everyone is [...]