Lovely walking track. Nice Ubuntu 11.10 wallpaper.
A nice wallpaper for the Ubuntu 11.10 distribution. I hope you like it.
Month: October 2011
Apple launching new iCloud storage system.
Apple have launched a service called iCloud that allows users to store their data on a server in the cloud rather like the Ubuntu One service that Canonical have released for Ubuntu users. This is available for Apple iOS 5 and stores all of your documents, music and movies and makes them available over a … Read more
UEFI secure boot locking out Linux users.
Microsoft are backing a Secure Boot system that will lock computers into running Windows 7 or 8 and this will prevent the installation of Linux/UNIX or any other free open source operating system. Microsoft can not secure their own operating system properly so they want to lock out other operating system vendors and force everyone … Read more
Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.04 need to keep a consistent desktop environment.
The Ubuntu 12.04 release is coming in 2012 and they are sticking with the Unity desktop for the foreseeable future. I understand that the Gnome team are not working on the Gnome 2 desktop anymore and they have moved on to Gnome Shell and that the new interface is here to stay, but I wish … Read more
Ubuntu 12.04 will have cloud focused design.
Ubuntu 12.04 released in 2012 will be focused more on the cloud and not old server hardware, according to the Ubuntu developers, even though “old server hardware” is running the cloud, obviously the meaning of this statement is that cloud storage will be used extensively and not local storage for the users files. You can … Read more
Using Facebook & Twitter to gain more website visitors.
Using Facebook to spread the message about your blog or online project can be very effective if you have a lot of visitors to your profile, it is best to create a Facebook fan page linked on your profile that is dedicated to your website and then you can gain more visitors that way with … Read more
Fedora 15 is an excellent Linux distribution.
After using the excellent Gnome 3 desktop in Fedora core 15, I am really starting to enjoy it. Mostly due to the fact that suspend works perfectly and I can just put my machine to sleep and then wake it up straight back to my Gnome desktop ready for another day. After getting all the … Read more
Fedora 15 Gnome 3 desktop.
The Fedora 15 Gnome desktop is very different to the earlier Gnome 2 desktop environment. After I installed the distribution, I had to change the /etc/hosts file to allow the Midnight Commander to load, as the hostname was not correctly defined in /etc/hosts. The settings below are what I had to define to get the … Read more
Securing your Facebook profile.
These are the cookies stored on my machine that Facebook has stored on my computer without me knowing. This happens because a website has put the Facebook Like button on their page, then Facebook can track you and see what browsing you are doing after you leave your Facebook session. There is a good article … Read more
Fedora 15 & thoughts on KDE.
I really need to get around to installing the Fedora 15 DVD and have the Gnome 3 desktop running as I want to be able to create a new theme based on the default Gnome 3 desktop interface and put that up on my website. That would be cool as the Gnome 3 GUI is … Read more
Gnome 3 desktop in Debian Testing/Sid.
Gnome 3 has just made it into Debian experimental with version 3.0 packages available, but once you have installed this you will have great problems getting back to Gnome 2.32, so it is not recommended to install this until the packages are perfected and the panel applets such as the Weather and CPU speed applets … Read more
Toddler run over and injured in China.
I have noticed that recently when I write a blog post that is about something I feel strongly about it is not as angry as I used to write on my older posts, as this blog was imported from my old Blogger blog that I had years ago. I used to write differently back then … Read more
Blocking facebook tracking cookies.
With the passing of Steve Jobs, will Steve Wozniak be able to take up the reins and run the Apple corporation just as well as his partner? They built the company up into the huge corporation is is today from their garage and now that they are separated, Mr Wozniak has a huge responsibility to … Read more
Ubuntu 11.10 released onto the Internet.
The 11.10 release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution has just hit the file servers. This release uses the 3.0.4 Linux kernel, gcc 4.6, Xorg 7.6 and the Gnome 3.2.0 desktop with the Unity 4.22 desktop interface. The Unity interface has been ported to the all new GTK 3.0 version with the possibility to create all … Read more
Ubuntu 11.10 to be released in October 13th.
The Release of the 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is due on the 13th of October, bringing with it the Gnome 3 desktop and many other cool updates. Support for the Arm CPU architecture. This is used by many tablet computers and this will allow installation of Ubuntu onto these machines. Also included is the latest OpenStack … Read more
Sony corporation suffers another cyber attack.
Sony corporation has been hit by another Cyber Attack, with the accounts of 93,000 users compromised and Credit Card data possibly used to fleece the owners. This after Sony suffered the first embarrassing attack that compromised countless accounts. A Sony representative has advised that users accounts were locked down and anyone whose credit card date … Read more
Another good wallpaper for Ubuntu 11.10.
Another wallpaper I made for Debian/Ubuntu users.
New Ubuntu 11.10 Ocelot wallpaper.
Here is a good Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot wallpaper I made by using two wallpapers from the Ubuntu 11.10 release and making a nice composite. I hope you like it.
Steve Jobs passes away.
The leader of the Apple corporation, Steve Jobs has passed away, leaving a huge legacy. The company he co-founded with his 26 year old friend Steve Wozniak in his family garage has grown to become a world famous corporation with many incredible products such as the Apple Ipod, Itunes and the famous Ipad. His computers … Read more
Chinese space dominance.
The Chinese government has launched a space station module into orbit and are undeniably heading towards total dominance of space. Is this a good thing or bad? Once space is dominated by the communist countries then where will America be in this whole picture. Their economy is going downhill and there seems to be no … Read more