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October 4th, we saw openSUSE release their most expected 10.3 release and it has lived up to its expectations and got some good reviews around the Linux Community.

Now its time to welcome Gutsy 😀

Dell updates Drivers & Downloads for Ubuntu

Today, when I was checking for Drivers and Downloads for my laptop, I saw Ubuntu as one of the options in the Operating Systems list 🙂

Nice to see that the magic is really working 😉

Rare Snap

I think this is very rare snap 😀

Dell chooses Ubuntu Linux !

As part of an overall effort to update our Linux program, today we are announcing a partnership with Canonical to offer Ubuntu on select consumer desktop and notebook products.

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Feisty bugs !

Ok, with a Fresh Install of feisty, I have found many bugs in the default shipped Desktop Effects – the Compiz and you can find them here in the launchpad

And also I am not sure why Feisty is not having installed the Gnome Compiz Manager installed by default eventhough the compiz is installed by default.

To install gnome-compiz-manager in feisty, open your terminal and type

sudo apt-get install gnome-compiz-manager

Configuring compiz using this tool can make many of the bugs disappear. Most of the bugs appear becoz some of the settings are not set properly by the default compiz and this tool helps to. For example, for many, the Cube Workspae was disappearing and after once they configured it using the Gnome Compiz Manager , it works !

Feisty – Its Rocking !

Yes, Feisty is officially released now 🙂

Here I describe some of the kewl features of Feisty and believe me, this is The Best Linux Distribution I have ever used !

So far Feisty is…

Ubuntu is back with another fantastic release Feisty Fawn today !

Feisty has been really excellent for me and had no problems though I have upgraded from Edgy !. Another partition is ready to do a fresh install 🙂

Before planning to download and use Feisty, if you would like to see so far how was Feisty was to many of the users, here is the poll (which is still open) results,

Useful Ubuntu Firefox Addon

If you are regular visitor to Ubuntu Forums, then this Firefox add on is really helpful

Bill recommends Ubuntu

It was very confidential, but….. :D)

Ubuntu and Digital Camera !

I own a Nikon Coolpix S8 and of course I dont have any problem with Windows detecting it and me transferring pictures to and from my Camera. I haven’t had success in Linux until I tried today in Ubuntu (Feisty upgraded). Ubuntu was able to identify my Camera and it gave me pop up regarding the attached device and imported photos too and believe me, it was kewl :). No hassles, No difficulties :). It just worked !

Below are the screenshots,