Fedora 7 Released

By Mike

I wanted to congratulate RedHat and the Fedora team for the release of Fedora Core 7 (https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-May/msg00008.html ). I was a long time RedHat/Fedora Core user, and look forward to testing out the latest version.

No Dell For Me

By Mike

I was planning to purchase a Dell Inspiron E1505n to replace my work laptop. Unfortunately the new Dell systems with Ubuntu have not been approved for Higher Ed sales. I think higher education sales would be an ideal market for these systems. Hopefully Dell will add their Ubuntu line to high education and […]

Dude, Your Getting Ubuntu

By Mike

Dell has started taking orders for desktop and laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed. Congratulations to Canonical, Dell, and the Ubuntu Community. I have been considering getting the Inspiron E1505 N laptop, and I like what I see.
Dell Inspiron E1505 N

Intel® Pentium® dual-core proc T2080(1MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz FSB
Ubuntu Edition version 7.04
15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™(glossy)
512MB […]

True Tilda Transparencies

By Mike

[This is a third party package that can not be supported by the Ubuntu Developers or Canonical]
I have become a big fan of the program Tilda. Tilda is a Linux terminal that drops down a borderless terminal window when a key is pressed, taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter […]

I’m So Blue

By Mike Basinger

On my Macbook Pro, I noticed videos played though Totem had a blue hue to them. This seems to be a bug in gstreamer and how it works with the ATI fglrx drivers. It has been fixed upstream, but has not made it in Ubuntu yet. Here quick workaround, till a patch is released.

Make sure […]

Tag, Your It

By Mike Basinger

The Ubuntu Forums has added user rank graphics for Ubuntu Members. If you are an Ubuntu Member would like a user rank graphic added to your profile, please add your forum username to the home page/description part of your Launchpad account and send e-mail to mike.basinger@ubuntu.com with your Launchpad URL.
We also have added user ranks […]

Ubuntu Forum News

By Mike Basinger

Congratulations to the Ubuntu Forums who reached the most active users ever on the forums.
Most users ever online was 9,500, 14 Hours Ago at May 5, 2007 at 10:45 AM.
The next Ubuntu Forum Council will be held on May 18th 2007 at 20:00 UTC. It will be a full agenda, so we would love to […]