Peter
Advance warning: While this application does look like a cool program, I haven't been able to get it to actually work (everything is fine up until typing flickr:/// in Nautilus), on either Fedora 8 or Ubuntu Hardy. There have been reports of it working on older distros, for example you might have more luck if you are still running Ubuntu Edgy.
I'll leave this tutorial up in the hope that …
Peter
If you're brand new to Ubuntu, or Linux, many concepts will be alien to you and whilst it is pretty simple to pick it up after a while, you may be left in the dark when things differ from how Windows works.
One of the key differences between the two is how you install software. With terms like package and repository flying around, it can be a challenge to know …
Peter
The WordPress team have announced the release of WordPress 2.6, the latest version of the popular open source blogging software.
It has only been a few months since the last major version update, 2.5 was released back in March, and this release was actually pushed out ahead of schedule according to the team.
The new release of WordPress adds many new features, including:
Peter
Traditionally, Gentoo Linux has been a distribution designed more towards the more experienced Linux user, perhaps the 'power user', if you will.
Its source-based package management and offering the user complete control over the system installation and configuration have meant that traditionally, it can be difficult to approach.
Having myself tried and failed to install Gentoo in the past, I thought I would take the recently released 2008.0 Live CD …