Jaunty Jackalope is On

Yesterday Jaunty is really released. Now let's try it on and get the fastest Ubuntu boot with ext4.

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Online Backup | Ubuntu One vs Mandriva Click'n Backup

Posted on 8:56 PM
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Ubuntu One
The Ubuntu One project is one innovation Canonical announced today. It provides online data sync between two or more Ubuntu based computer. System Requirements: To use Ubuntu One services, we require Ubuntu 9.04 or greater, a internet connection (broadband or faster is recommended) and Firefox or a similar standards-compliant web browser.
Just spend $10.00 (USD) per month to get 10GB online space to share your data to other human being. Nor you could choose to try it first. Get invitation from Canonical to try 2GB disk space for free. Now, what are you waiting for?

Mandriva Click'n Backup
It's little bit different service Mandriva offers to its costumer. Mandriva Click'n Backup tries to do these things:
  • Back up your data securely on line.
  • Use a remote storage area to share your data and access it from anywhere, and synchronize your data on several computers.
Mandriva offers more than Ubuntu One does, since Click’n Backup works equally well with Mandriva Linux, other Linux distribution, Windows or Mac OS X.
But there's one condition. You couldn't just try it like Ubuntu One for free space. You should pay the price, and here's the price list.

Now, what is your choice?

Jaunty Jackalope Feature

Posted on 6:01 PM
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  • Improved boot times! How? Through various tweaks and improvements;
  • New bootsplash - A smaller and slicker loading bar and logo replaced the old splash;
  • New login screen - Black with a big 3D Ubuntu logo on the bottom-right corner login screen;
  • Two new wallpapers - the default one has swirly shapes on an orange-brown background and the other is brighter and has a bubbly design; also, a smooth fading transition effect will occur when changing wallpapers;
  • Three new themes - New Wave, Dust and Dust Sand are sure to please most users;
  • LZMA compression - available via the right click -> create archive option or in the File Roller application. LZMA offers high compression ratio and extremely fast decompression;
  • New timezone map - It was redrawn and provides a more efficient way of choosing your timezone;
  • Automatic keyboard detection - The Ubiquity installer will try to guess the keyboard layout that you're using;
  • New notification framework - Semi-transparent black boxes will pop up to provide a quick look for different events: updates, network availability, new emails, instant messages, etc.;
  • Improved terminal - When you open an application through the terminal and try to close the terminal, a warning will pop up;
  • Improved screenshot utility - differentiating between the two ways of invoking it (either by opening it from the Main Menu or by pressing the Print Screen);
  • Computer Janitor - Ubuntu now has a system cleaner that will get rid of all the cruft;
  • Brasero - the default CD/DVD burning tool. Moreover, the "Write to disc" context menu option is now handled by Brasero;
  • Amazing 3D desktop effects - Compiz Fusion was updated to properly support the GNOME desktop environment;
  • PST support - in Evolution Email client;
  • PulseAudio - as the default audio input/output framework and brings a redesigned volume control;
  • New software updates notifications - the Software Updates window will now pop-up when important updates are available; after installing them, if neccessary, you will also be prompted, by another pop-up... to reboot the computer;
  • Logout/Shutdown/Restart countdown timers - After selecting one of these functions, you will have 60 seconds to change your mind;
  • Better Wacom tablets support - They will now be automatically recognized and enabled.
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NVidia Support for Linux

Posted on 4:20 AM
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New Nvidia Video Drivers for Linux Bring Support for Kernel 2.6.28
Another improved version of the Nvidia proprietary video driver for the Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris open source operating systems was made available by the Nvidia Corporation on January 8th, 2009. The major feature brought by the Nvidia 180.22 display driver is the initial support for Linux kernel 2.6.28 and for the following GPUs: Quadro FX 2700M, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 8200M G, GeForce Go 7700, GeForce 9800M GTX, GeForce 9800M GT, GeForce 9800M GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9700M GT, GeForce 9650M GT, GeForce 9500 GT. Among other features and fixes brought by the new Nvidia 180.22 video driver for Linux and BSD systems we can notice: read more ...

Virtual Box 2.1.0 VS OpenGL

Posted on 1:59 AM
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New version of Virtual Box is available supported 3D. VirtualBox 2.1.0, released with a major update with exciting new features: among them better 64-bit support, hardware virtualization on the Mac, 3D acceleration, easier networking on Windows and Linux plus full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots.
Here's the chengelog of this version.
VirtualBox 2.1.0 (released 2008-12-17)

This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:

* Support for hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts
* Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems (experimental; see user manual, chapter 1.6, 64-bit guests, page 16)
* Added support for Intel Nehalem virtualization enhancements (EPT and VPID; see user manual, chapter 1.2, Software vs. hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V), page 10))
* Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see user manual, chapter 4.8, Hardware 3D acceleration (OpenGL), page 66)
* Experimental LsiLogic and BusLogic SCSI controllers (see user manual, chapter 5.1, Hard disk controllers: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI, page 70)
* Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots (see user manual, chapter 5.2, Disk image files (VDI, VMDK, VHD), page 72)
* New NAT engine with significantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo (ping) support (bugs #1046, #2438, #2223, #1247)
* New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and Linux hosts with easier setup (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Windows)

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

* VMM: significant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution)
* VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477)
* VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V
* VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V (Barcelona family CPUs only)
* VMM: fixed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner (software virtualization only; bug #1439)
* VMM: deactivate VT-x and AMD-V when the host machine goes into suspend mode; reactivate when the host machine resumes (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux hosts; bug #1660)
* VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots
* VMM: fixed guru meditation when executing a one byte debug instruction (VT-x only; bug #2617)
* VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (VT-x)
* VMM: disallow mixing of software and hardware virtualization execution in general (bug #2404)
* VMM: fixed black screen when booting OS/2 1.x (AMD-V only)
* GUI: pause running VMs when the host machine goes into suspend mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)
* GUI: resume previously paused VMs when the host machine resumes after suspend (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)
* GUI: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine’s battery reaches critical level (Windows hosts)
* GUI: properly restore the position of the selector window when running on the compiz window manager
* GUI: properly restore the VM in seamless mode (2.0 regression)
* GUI: warn user about non optimal memory settings
* GUI: structure operating system list according to family and version for improved usability
* GUI: predefined settings for QNX guests
* IDE: improved ATAPI passthrough support
* Networking: added support for up to 8 Ethernet adapters per VM
* Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot
* iSCSI: allow snapshot/diff creation using local VDI file
* iSCSI: improved interoperability with iSCSI targets
* Graphics: fixed handling of a guest video memory which is not a power of two (bug #2724)
* VBoxManage: fixed bug which prevented setting up the serial port for direct device access.
* VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation
* VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW)
* Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host interface networking
* Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting
* API: redesigned storage model with better generalization
* API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time
* API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system
* Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications)

OpenSuse 11.1 Released

Posted on 1:46 AM
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OpenSuse 11.1 is finally released. Get this latest green distro http://download.opensuse-id.org/distribution/11.1/.

Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) Released

Posted on 7:17 PM
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Highlights of Linux Mint 6:
· mint4win allows you to install Linux Mint from the Microsoft Windows operating system;
· mintInstall 5 with a new offline interface, software versions information and support for multiple portals;
· mintUpdate 3 with a revamped GUI, proxy support, updates history;
· mintUpload 2 with support for FTP transfers;
· mintNanny, a useful parental control tool;
· Giver, a LAN (Local Area Network) transfer tool;
· Gufw, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) frontend for the ufw firewall;
· Flegita, an utility for scanners.

On top of that, the Linux Mint team is proud to present the introduction of the Linux Mint Universal Edition, a customized version of Felicia, available as a Live DVD. The Universal Edition contains the following features:

· Installs all the missing audio and video codecs;
· Offers support for English, Italian, German, Spanish, Indonesian, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Hindi, Greek, Urdu, Finnish, Chinese, Japanese, Danish, Filipino, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, Catalan, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian and Farsi languages;
· Available as a Live DVD.

What are recommended system requirements?
To install Linux Mint 6, you will need minimum 512 MB of RAM (however, the system will work very well with 256 MB of RAM after installation). Be aware that the installation may hang if you have less than 512 MB of RAM. As a solution, you can try to repeat the installation process several times. Also, you must have at least 3 or 4 GB of free hard drive space.
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