Google Earth – Download Google is continuing their Linux support with a release of Google Earth for both Linux and Mac OSX. First Picasa, now this. I’m pretty happy about all this, even though they use Wine to ease the porting.
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Windows Vista Torrent
Windows Vista Torrent > Per the official report, Microsoft is currently recommending waiting for a DVD version of Windows Vista Beta 2 due to extremely long wait times for the download directly from Microsoft. To help them with their dilemma, Windows enthusiasts Chris and Jake have downloaded the official beta release and created a torrent. [...]
Ubuntu Dapper Drake Released
My OS of choice has finally left beta and entered stable. Download Ubuntu 6.06 LTS here: United States: http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/6.06/ Europe: http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (Sweden) http://fr.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (France) http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (All) Rest of the World: http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ I’ve installed a version on my parents new desktop machine, and I’m planning on letting them try it out to see how it goes. [...]
Emmy Huang: Yes, Virginia, there will be a Flash Player 9 for Linux
Emmy Huang: Yes, Virginia, there will be a Flash Player 9 for Linux > Yes, Adobe is actively working on the Linux version of Flash Player 9. We expect to make a pre-release version available on Adobe Labs for early feedback and testing before the end of the year, with the full release expected in [...]
Ubuntu Dapper Drake RC 1
The first release candidate version of Ubuntu Dapper Drake is available. The main focus of the RC is to test upgrading from Breezy Badger, and the process has been integrated into the update-manager. It does require a few hundred megabytes of downloading unless you grab the CD from one of the following mirrors: United States: [...]
Picasa for Linux
Picasa Google has released Picasa for Linux, and even provides a .deb for Ubuntu. Installing it is as easy as downloading the archive from the above link, and typing the following in a terminal: sudo dpkg -i /home/erlends/picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb It contains a copy of Wine and Gecko, so it comes at 21M, but it looks just [...]
Sun flirts with Ubuntu: ZDNet Australia
Sun flirts with Ubuntu: ZDNet Australia: News: Software > At JavaOne, both sides say they really like each other — suggesting a role for Ubuntu’s upcoming “Dapper Drake” operating system on Sun Microsystems’ servers. > Ubuntu Linux got a ringing endorsement from Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on Tuesday in San Francisco. In turn, Ubuntu project [...]
Sun Recasts Java Licensing for GNU/Linux and OpenSolaris Communities
Sun Recasts Java Licensing for GNU/Linux and OpenSolaris Communities > SAN FRANCISCO, JAVAONE CONFERENCE, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator and leading advocate of Java™ technology, today announced that Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 5 is now available for redistribution by GNU/Linux and OpenSolaris(SM) operating system distributors under the [...]
Ubuntu Dapper Drake Flight 7 Released
Go get it, you know you want to… Closing in on the stable release now, will be fun tracking Edgy Eft to get all the planned goodies as soon as possible.
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) Beta
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) Beta Ubuntu 6.06 Long Term Support Beta is released. Whee. I’ve been running Dapper Drake for a few months now, with very few problems. I can wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone running Linux, or wanting to dabble with Linux. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more polished distribution which Just [...]