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Linux.com reviews 5 different USB flash disk distributions
Linux.com has published an article comparing 5 different USB flash disk distributions. The article compares the mini-distros DSL and PuppyLinux and also the full desktop distributions PendriveLinux, Ubuntu and Mandriva Flash.
The author also posted a comment/update with a quick look at Fedora 9 USB Live.
You can read more here.
SitePoint giving away The Photoshop Anthology PDF for free
For a limited time SitePoint are giving away Corrie Haffly’s The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques for FREE. The PDF eBook which previously cost $29.95 can be downloaded for free from here.
You need to enter your email address and they send you a download… However I enter my email address about [...]
Who let the dog out, Puppy Linux 4 released.
After 6 months of development, Puppy Linux 4 has been released. The last 6 months has seen lots of development and this version is a significant upgrade to its predecessor. Puppy Linux 4 is now a complete GTK2 system and all GTK1 and Tcl/Tk code has been abandoned.
Now with the support for GTK2 there are [...]
Kubuntu 8.04 and Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 4 Remix Released
The latest version of Kubuntu Linux has been released today. The 8.04 (meaning April 2008) release, code named the Hardy Heron, hit the download servers this morning.
Kubuntu 8.04 will consist of two different releases, the commercially supported one featuring the stable KDE 3.5.9 desktop and a remix featuring the latest release of KDE 4.0. The [...]
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron hits the Internet
Today sees the release of the latest version of Ubuntu Linux. Code named Hardy Heron, the 8.04 release (meaning April 2008) hit the servers this morning.
New Features since Ubuntu 7.10 include:
GNOME 2.22 - The Ubuntu 8.04 release candidate brings you the latest and greatest GNOME 2.22.1 with lots of new features and improvements, such as [...]
MUPromo - BannerZest unlocked, Parallels certain to follow
BannerZest the flash animation software has been unlocked in the latest MacUpdate Promo. Parallels Desktop is certain to follow with just over a thousand sales needed to unlock it. Once unlocked the total value of the unlocked software will be $474 which each buyer has legitimatley got for just $64.99.
BannerZest is Flash presentation software for [...]
WhatSize added for first 3,500 early adopters of MacUpdate bundle!
Early adopters of the MacUpdate Parallels Bundle are being rewarded. The first 3,500 faithful get a free copy of WhatSize.
Essentially, WhatSize is a powerful tool that makes it really easy to see what files on your Mac are taking up all of your disk space! Then you can remove/move them if you choose. I [...]
MacUpdate releases new Promo. Get $265 of software for just $64.99
MacUpdate has partnered with 10 Mac developers to bring us the MacUpdate Parallels bundle.
The Deal: When you purchase bundles now, you’ll be the immediate owner of Hazel, Art Text, MenuCalendarClock, Leap, StoryMill, Typinator and DVDRemaster Pro. Then when the Mac community spreads the word and reaches 5,000 bundles sold, Sound Studio will be unlocked [...]
Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes
The clever guys at the digital ethnography working group (a team of cultural anthropology undergraduates at kansas state university) have put together a neat little video Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.
Michael Wesch says “I was inspired to make this video while writing a paper about web 2.0. Struggling to find a way [...]
Neat CD/DVD app which shows inserted disc on desktop
I just found this neat application for those of us who use OS X. Normally when you insert a CD/DVD into your Mac it disappears, but with Disctop your inserted CD/DVD neatly “fades transparently” back into your current desktop picture.It will also search for artwork of your CD/DVD automatically using Amazon or you can [...]