Remember the Cube? Well that is so 2007. Check out my latest desktop!

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Yesterday I reinstalled a fresh copy of Ubuntu onto my PC due to it being an upgraded version from the Beta. I decided that I would go down the 64 bit route. I’ve heard of many stories about people having trouble what with lack of drivers and programs etc. I was prepared for hassle but [...]

I just got a story I submitted to the social news site, Digg.com to the front page. Of course the story is about Ubuntu. Check it out here.

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Ubuntu Hardy Heron gets released in just a few days and although all the usual things have been updated as is expected every 6 months, this time it is the little differences that have really made improvements. Let me explain:
In Hardy when I change the brightness on my laptop I get this handy dialog showing [...]

As my friend Kaweh pointed out in the comments in another post, Ubuntu has survived the Pwn to own annual contest that pits hackers against each other to win the computer they successfully hack. More rules about how the contest works are on the organisers website.
The Mac was compromised by a flaw in Safari, the [...]

Next time you want to flame about which operating system is better just use this handy script that a reader of The Register called IR wrote. Delete where appropriate!

Apple/Microsoft* are awful, why does anyone use the overpriced stuff created by them? The should try using a proper operating system like OSX/XP/Vista/W2000/Ubuntu/OtherLinuxDistro*. I had a OSX/XP/Vista/W2000/Ubuntu/OtherLinuxDistro* [...]

Sorry for the lack of updates recently but things have been maniac as usual!
Firefox
I’ve been using Firefox 3 since the 3rd beta and I just have to say…wow! Firefox is going to blow all other browsers away. Not only has it improved it memory but it also has a new address bar option that searches [...]

When asked about America accusing Iran of interfering in Iraq the Iranian president said: “Is it not funny that those with 160,000 forces in Iraq accuse us of interference?”

(This was posted using Firefox 3 beta 3 and Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 5)

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2007 for me personally has been the year where Linux on the Desktop became a reality but before I get into this check out the videos from my new years party. It turned out to be quite a good start to the year!
January
One of my first posts this year in January was about me trying [...]

This desktop is running on Ubuntu 7.10 and is using Compiz Fusion with the Avant Windows Navigator (the bottom dock) and Screelets.
The Now Playing screenlet is using a customised theme that I created myself. It can be found here: Gnome Look
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