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Stuff about Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux
Are you running Ubuntu in your machines? Want to publicise it? Then good news everyone, because now you can get free “Powered by Ubuntu” stickers to put on your machine.
All you need to do is send a self addressed stamped envelope to:
System76, Inc. (Free Sticker) 875 S. Colorado Blvd. #765 Denver, Colorado 80246
Currently the free stickers are for US resident only, however a spokeperson for System76 states that they will add instructions to get free stickers for international users too.
This post is dedicated to those who asked me before about project planning software. For those who are familiar with Windows operating system might used to Microsoft Project or Primavera, I believe that the same sort of people with miss the software when they moved to GNU/Linux.
But don’t be afraid, there’s Planner ! Planner lets you visualise your project planning using interfaces that are similiar to Microsoft Project. Like other project management software, Planner lets you assign resources and creates critical path schedules.
So now you’ve no excuse using Linux for project management anymore!
Learn a new word a day with Gnome Word of the Day, or gnomewot for short. The application is available as GNOME applet and is tested under Debian and Ubuntu Linux. IMHO, it is a nice addition to your panel besides the dictionary and the google applet.
You can find more about GNOME Word of the day at it’s website : http://www.philisoft.com/gnomewotd/
Debian Project machine gluck.debian.org has been compromised yesterday and the machine has been taken offline, meaning that the following services will be unavailable temporarily :
cvs, ddtp, lintian, people, popcon, planet, ports, release
source : Debian mailing list
My thoughts
Debian should audit their software more often. Although it’s clearly hard to maintain a distro that supports many platforms/processor as Debian, but at least they should do regular check on the security of their own machine to prevent this thing from happening again.
Btw, when the last time you heard Debian made a major release?
So now you know how to create deb package. This time I’m going to point you to some howto that shows you how to create a Debian repository.
Why do you need to create repository? Because it’s convenience to your users, assuming that you’re a developer. Repository helps to automate software installation too in a centralised manner.
Here’s a couple of howto that teaches you to create Debian repositories :
For those who are interested in installing Google Earth on their Linux PC (especially Ubuntu Dapper Drake), you can refer to this video.
It might interest you that Google Earth is easy to install despite having to use console to install it.
Google Earth can be downloaded at the Google earth homepage
The video can be also downloaded as Ogg Theora files. Windows user can use VLC Player to play the file.