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What is Google ChromeOS, I mean really ?
All this fuss about Google ChromeOS.
Is it a threat to Microsoft ? Is it a threat to the Ubuntu ?
(funny nobody wonders if that’s a threat to Apple, especially considering everything is a threat to Apple, even being able to take DRM free songs *out* of the freaking iPod)
I’ll just assume you’ve already read the
No more Gimp for you little Joe
When I first posted about the matter, most people’s reaction was LOL.
The we thought it was just a random proposal, never going to be approved. Well, according to OMGUbuntu’s do0d, the GIMP has just have been said bye bye …
Fedora’s new little friend
Straight from the release notes of the recently released Fedora 12:
Gnote is installed by default in GNOME for this release replacing Tomboy. Gnote is a port of Tomboyfrom Mono to C++ and consumes …
Ubuntu One Music Store, my answers
Since I posted about Canonical’s Music Store project, a few comments rained down from above. I’ll abuse my blog to give some answers.
Oh, and you forgot to say “Welcome back, Stefano” ! 
Michael:
This would be great, …
Ubuntu One Music Store
For those who don’t know, the Lucid UDS has begun today.
One of the most interesting yet controversial meetings is this: the Ubuntu One Music Store. What it will be is currently left to the imagination since …
Skype will get an OpenSource client
So, here’s the news.
In a mail response, Skype revealed the intention to open source their Linux client.
[...]
We are happy about your interest in Skype!
We understand that many users complain that there is no Mandriva
version at present.
We are happy to be able to inform …
LifeHacker’s Ubuntu wishlist
For those who may have not noticed, Lifehacker published a long article with a bunch of things they’d like to see in Ubuntu.
While ironically the first wish is already in the works, the other suggestions are down to …
Ubuntu – Mono = Chicken
Jo Shields has been kind enough to provide an Ubuntu (9.04) remix without Mono apps.
This is done by simply removing (without replacing in anyway) the offending packages.
Chicken Little Remix 9.04, AMD64 edition
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Chicken Little Remix is a modified copy of the Ubuntu “alternate” installer, with all packages relating to Mono removed from the image entirely. No [...]
Crying wolves
I am not sure if I should write about this or not.
Reading the Ubuntu Planet today I noticed a post about sexism written by Melissa Drapper.
Interestingly, she points as a subtle sign of sexism a post by Emgent, where he made her grandma try to crack a wireless network with the last version …
