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Gnome-Do (aka Quick Silver for Ubuntu)

I've been using a MacBook Pro for about three months now. Absolutely amazing. No issues. I use QuickSilver with a ctrl+space keystroke to bring it up. If anyone has use Windows+R or Mac's spotlight, this is equivalent with a little bit more indexing power (IMO). Well I'm doing some development...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 09-18-2008
xkcd - ubuntu, python comics

If you don't currently read xkcd.com , you should be. It has some mushy lovey dovey junk in it sometimes, but the python references and open source references are hilarious. Today's comic: (mouse over for the Ubuntu reference) One of my other favs:

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 04-28-2008
Ubuntu 8.04, VirtualBox, and USB support

UPDATE : Make sure your user account is a member of the vboxusers account. VirtualBox will not start and the error will tell you this, but just want to be explicit. You will have to logout and log back in. I recently upgraded my Ubuntu to the latest version, as mentioned in a previous post. I'm very...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 04-27-2008
Ubutnu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) after upgrade - I have complete sound!!

UPDATE : Do not upgrade your virtual box install. Stay with the Gutsy version if you already have it. If you are just installing Hardy Heron from scratch, I will have a post in a little bit and link to it here about how to ensure you get the correct version. In a previous post , I shared the pain of...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 04-26-2008
Ubuntu 8.04 came out today (Hardy Heron)

Download here . Feature List and a little more detail here I'm currently on Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), the previous version. I'm upgrading after I post this. I'll update this post afterwards. Also, for all you hesitant Linux users out there, on this version of distribution you can get the iso,...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 04-24-2008
How to install Twhirl on Ubuntu (7.10 Gutsy Gibbon)

Update : I jumped the gun and I thought I'd never have to say this about Linux, but you may have to reboot after the install. I lost all title bars on all windows after the install. After reboot, they came back. Glad I didn't have to go down that rabbit hole. Get the new Adobe Air (Alpha) download...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 04-16-2008
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) release today!

If you are a Linux fan (or you already know of Ubuntu), the downloads for 7.10 became available today. Check out my previous post on the new features.

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 10-18-2007
2.6.23 Kernel, "Finally. Yeah, it got delayed"

Finally. Yeah, it got delayed, not because of any huge issues, but because of various bugfixes trickling in and causing me to reset my 'release clock' all the time. But it's out there now, and hopefully better for the wait, " Linus Torvalds said announcing the 2.6.23 kernel . He noted...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 10-10-2007
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) BETA released yesterday - final release in October

Ubuntu 7.10 released yesterday. Go here to download and help Canonical with beta testing. I am downloading it at home and will load one of my "mutt" PCs tonight and start using it. Instructions on how to insert bugs into the tracking system is at the bottom of this page. There is also instructions...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 09-28-2007
I didn't think websites still required a certain platform...

<rant> Precursor: I'm not as much anti-Microsoft as I used to be, but this re-ignited the flame. Not against Microsoft, but websites that don't want to hit all demographics. I personally use Ubuntu at home on 2 of my computers (I also have 2 Windows XP Pro and 1 Windows 2003 Server SP2...

Posted to Jason Meridth (Weblog) by Jason Meridth on 09-02-2007

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