Peng’s links for Friday, 12 September
Wladimir Palant: Filtering HTML code in Adblock Plus. Firefox can now allow extensions to inspect and modify responses to HTTP requests before the sender gets it (coming soon to Firefox 3.0.3), and...
View ArticleGet ready to override all those annoying facelights in SecondLife
If you’ve been in SecondLife when the lights go down you know what I mean. Sometimes they’re nice and subtle, but other times they’re so fricking bright that they light up an entire room. The problem...
View ArticlePeng’s links for Saturday, 20 September
DesktopLinux.com: Ubuntu to fund Linux development. Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Ubuntu parent (and Free Software Day 2008 sponsor) Canonical has hired a team of designers to make Linux the most usable...
View ArticleSecondLife has another security fix
A little over a week ago I posted about a security update from SecondLife that made it harder for hackers to access your inventory and Linden Dollar balance. It turns out that they have another oopsie...
View ArticleUbuntu Tutorials help you get ready for Intrepid
as of the day the post was written Christer Edwards over at the Ubuntu Tutorials website has started doing a series of posts on getting you ready to upgrade or install Ubuntu Intrepid, especially since...
View ArticleGreetings from Ubuntu Intrepid!
as of the date this was written Now that I’ve had a day to work with Intrepid other than to figure out what some bugs are, I kind of like it. There are a few things I need to track down but on the...
View ArticleUbuntu 9.04 reaches RC status, and orders for the next LiveCD release is now...
I see in my inbox this morning that the Ubuntu devs have officially released the Release candidate for Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope”. The official release of Ubuntu 9.04 is due in a mere six days, so...
View Article[UPDATED] Initial thoughts on Ubuntu 9.10 beta
[Updated to include some great news on the evolution-rss bug. -Peng] The Ubuntu devs released the beta of Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” back on the first of the month (now available as a Release...
View Article[UPDATED] It’s almost Lynx time
We have a mere 7 days until Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS is released and this morning I got an email from Steve Langasek through the Ubuntu Announcement email list letting me know that they now have a...
View ArticleIt’s almost here! We have Release Candidates for Linux Mint 10 KDE!
This post is now available on Peng’s new Tux + Me blog. You can find it at http://bostonpeng.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/its-almost-here-we-have-release-candidates-for-linux-mint-10-kde/ If you came to...
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