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Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Released!

Finally, the official Mozilla Firefox 2.0 has been released, after a brief commotion about “Early Release” link provided from a digg post. I guess some people has learnt valuable lessons about downloading things before the official release.

I won’t repeat improvements that has been already stated on Mozilla? website as I want to stress on my personal opinion about this release.

First of all, I don’t like the shiny ‘visual improvement’ on the Firefox tab but I do feel that browsing internet with firefox is a lot smoother, although it still eats a lot of memory compared to other browsers.

The anti-phising warning is a nice addition to browser which dispense friendly warning of possible phishing site (fake website) that designed to harvest your personal information on the web.

Beside that, two of my extensions were disabled by Firefox 2.0 (PageRank, LiveHttpHeaders), i don’t care much about PageRank, the extension is pretty old anyway, but I do use a lot of LiveHttpHeaders extension for web development. Hope the extension author will take note of this.

Well that’s all that I noticed about Mozilla Firefox 2.0 for now, if you’re a firefox fan, then you should probably get it at : http://mozilla.com (Unless you’re using extensions that isn’t supported by the new release)

[tags]firefox,mozilla, mozilla firefox, web browser, open source, opensource, bon echo[/tags]

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Elinks : the best text-based web browser

If you like to browse the internet, and suddenly have to work in a text-based only environment, then I suggest that you use the Elinks web browser.

It is the best text-based web browser i ever used besides the infamous lynx. I has features that can be found in other GUI-based popular browser like :

  • Table and frames rendering
  • Tabbed Browsing
  • IPV6 support
  • CSS support
  • Javascript support
  • Colour support
  • Support http, https, ftp and smb protocol
  • History browsing

With these kind of features, I dont think you will miss browsing from a GUI based browser much. In Ubuntu, Elinks also available as a lite or normal package, the normal package is part of the Ubuntu main repository while the lite package without extra scripting support is available in the Universe repo.

I recommend Elinks for hardcore internet surfers that have to work under text-based environment, because I’m sure they’ll appreciate every bit that elinks has to offer.
[tags]browser,internet browser,elinks,linux,ubuntu,internet,surf[/tags]

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Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft unavailable for Ship It

With the release of Ubuntu Edgy Eft is approaching (October 26, 2006), I’ve a not so great news to those who are used to get free Ubuntu CDs from ShipIt. Canonical has no plan to make Edgy Eft available on Ship It as Dapper Drake is a long supported release.

So for those who wanted to get Ubuntu Edgy Eft, you can always try the old fashion way by downloading the ISO from Ubuntu Download website and/or buy it from your local cd store.

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[tags]ubuntu,edgy eft, dapper drake, debian, linux, distro, gnu/linux [/tags]

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Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Announced

With the official release date of Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) approching, Mark Shuttleworth announced the name of the next release of Ubuntu due in April. The release will be named Feisty Fawn “in the spirit of a young deer that sets out to explore a world that is new and exciting”.

Unlike Edgy Eft which have a slightly short development cycle, the Feisty Fawn returned to its six-month development cycle with focussed improvement on multimedia application and desktop effects, improved laptop support and and aggressive adoption of emerging desktop technologies.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for the final release? of Ubuntu Edgy Eft due on 26th October 2006, with faster startup process!

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[tags]ubuntu,debian,linux,edgy eft,distro,shuttleworth[/tags]

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Solaris is not just an Operating System

I found this signboard on one of the university in Malaysia. It seems that here, Solaris is more than a merely operating system but a distro bistro! Wonder if Sun Microsystem will take action if this bistro is located in the United States?

[tags]sun,solaris,operating system[/tags]

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Linux Command by Examples

Today I want to introduce you to another excellent website from a bunch of nice people that I know, Linux by Examples. Unlike other GNU/Linux related site, this blog teaches you on how to use common Linux command by giving simple, practical example that are easy to follow.

The GNU/Linux commands are also grouped by categories according its functionalities such as :

  • Administration
  • Archive
  • Developer
  • Network
  • Text Manipulation

and other common commands.

The examples presented in the blog itself are easy and simple to follow, and is accompanied by step-by-step explanations from writer.

I suggest that you have a look at Linux By Examples website and bookmark it for future reference, because it can be a handy in the future :)

[tags]linux,tutorial,guides,example, command-line, linux howto, howto[/tags]