Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04 has been released about 3 weeks ago and I have been installing, testing and re-installing and updating and trying applications in and with Ubuntu since then.
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Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04
Rhythmbox is one of those players that just work - it is not the newest kid on the block, so is nice and stable. I open it and play music. No problemo. I can select a number of tracks and make a list which will appear on the left side, then later add more to that same list. I have the option of shuffling the items in the new list or making an audio CD from the list - options I probably won't use, but nice to know they are there in case I need them in the future.... Read more here
Ubuntu is looking good in 12.04
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 a few days back. I used a daily CD from 13 April and have been updating pretty much every 12 hours since then, more out of curiosity than anything else as I have read some really bad press / reviews, mostly relating to the Unity interface... Read more here
Climate issues - It's MY home too
It seems to me that so many governments in this world are fixated on struggling to get the usual power, money, status, or whatever blows their collective hair back, that they have forgotten that all of the above are dependent on there being a habitable world to have them in... Read more here
Linux needs GREAT games
Previously, I queried the lack of a variety of graphically rich game types that are easily available at your local computer shop, using the phrase "Chicken and the Egg" with regard to games and linux. I'm certainly not the first to think like this, but I think that a brief description of how I came to enjoy computers might serve to illustrate the point of this rant... Read more here
Linux needs more than just great code
I have used various versions of Linux for several years, alongside Windows XP, always in a dualboot setup. Gentoo has been the usual suspect, with a dabble here and there into OpenSuse, Damn Small Linux, Debian and Ubuntu.... Read more here
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