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Last month I upgraded my notebook from Ubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 (”Hardy Heron”). Since then, whenever I tried tried to install the up to 133 updates that had become available, the Update Manager would hang indefinitely instead of prompting me for the user password.
If you’re in the same situation, the following tips might help you. […]

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Two weeks ago, Infoworld magazine launched a “Save Windows XP!” campaign. Within 5 days, over 164,000 people signed it, demanding that Microsoft do not end OEM and shrinkwrapped sales of Windows XP on 30 June 2008 as announced, but keep it on the market indefinitely. Microsoft did not seem impressed, as the following quote in […]

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The latest version of Ubuntu, the most popular desktop version of Linux on the market, was released on Thursday, 24 April 2008.
New versions are released every six months and labelled after the release year and month, therefore the latest will be known as 8.04, replacing 7.10. The “LTS” suffix stands for “Long Term Support”, […]

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Last week I was on a business trip to the USA and decided it was finally time for me to buy a new notebook computer. Here in Japan it’s difficult to get machines with US keyboards.
My previous one was a 650 MHz Pentium III whose RAM was maxed out at 512 MB while my […]

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CrossLoop, a secure screen sharing utility for anyone who uses a computer with a broadband connection, is now in beta testing. If you use computers you sooner or later encounter problems where you need somebody’s help to solve them. Often it can be difficult to describe the symptoms or the solution. Whether it’s helping a […]

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