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Portable Pidgin Instant Messenger (Windows)

This is sweet! Ady Romantika has packaged a portable version of Pidgin which runs straight from USB drive!

Although the portable Pidgin only available under Windows operating system (just like other PortableApps applications), it is interesting to note that portable Pidgin allows you to try out Pidgin without installing it in your operating system.

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You can download Portable Pidgin from this website : My Version of Pidgin Portable (.zip)

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[tags]instant messenger,im,gaim,pidgin,portableapps,opensource,open source,windows[/tags]

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Ubuntu Feisty Fawn with Beryl 3D Effect

Here’s a video from Youtube demonstrating Feisty Fawn with Beryl

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Refer to this guide on Installing Beryl On An Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Desktop with With An ATI Radeon Graphic Card

btw, a friend who was just using Linux at his workplace has asked me how much does it cost to buy the latest Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn). Seems there are people who still thinks Ubuntu costs as much as other proprietary Linux distro like Linspire.

He was even shocked when I told him that he an request as many as 10 Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) CD for free from Ubuntu – Shipit. I told him to give Ubuntu a try by downloading the ISO, though I haven’t heard anything from him yet for a week..

So, lesson learned : There are GNU/Linux users who don’t know that those eye-popping Beryl effects is available for free.

[tags]ubuntu,linux,feisty fawn,feisty,beryl,compiz[/tags]

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Ubuntu on Embedded and Mobile devices ?

Ubuntu project has announced their plan to develop Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition

Acting on the popularity of mobile and embedded device, the new Ubuntu edition is going to be developed specifically for Internet-capable mobile devices powered by the latest Intel low-powered processor. Although details about the functionality is sketcy, I suspect the first Ubuntu Embedded edition will run on Internet tablet device similar to Nokia 770/N800, which uses WiFi as means for internet connection.

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Ubuntu Mobile Developer Job Openings ?
In light of this event, Canonical is looking to recruit experienced Mobile Developer to develop mobile-oriented derivative of Ubuntu. Requirements to apply for this job is stated on Ubuntu Jobs website

ps: Although I’m an Ubuntu user and a mobile/embedded device fan, in my opinion it is still early for Ubuntu to produce its own Mobile and Embedded operating system suite for handheld device. Ubuntu should take its time to expand slowly and provide proper support for its current product, such as improving its 64-bit edition support and improving Xubuntu support for old and low-end machines. It is not to say that porting Ubuntu to embedded device is a bad idea, but it is a huge undertaking and the device itself might be too costly for others to own (the resulting operating system is closely tight to the mobile device)

[tags]ubuntu,linux,embedded,debian[/tags]

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Pidgin 2.0.0 (formerly gaim) Instant Messenger finally released

After a long wait — Pidgin 2.0.0 (formerly Gaim) was finally released on May 4, 2007. The latest (and the first) release of Pidgin spotted an all new purplish artwork which is radically different from Gaim default look.

The Pidgin project website also receive a similar face lift, which feature the new Finch mascot-logo. This mark the departure from its previous image which has to be rebranded due to legal issues surrounding the Gaim name.

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For the uninitiated, Pidgin is a multi-platform instant messenger client (mostly popular in Ubuntu distro as the default IM application) which supports a number of IM protocol including yahoo, msn, aim, jabber, google talk, iChat and IRC.

The multi-protocol Pidgin 2.0.0 IM can be downloaded from it’s official website

Update : Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) Pidgin binary package is now available on GetDeb

[tags]pidgin,im,gaim,instant messenger,ym,yahoo messenger,msn messenger,open source[/tags]

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DOSBox: How to play DOS games in Ubuntu Linux

This post will show you how to play old DOS games using DOSBox emulator under GNU/Linux operating system. This post assumes that you’re:

  • Familiar with DOS and Linux command shell
  • Have a DOS game on-hand to test the emulator
  • Already installed DOSBox in Linux Operating system

First unzip/copy the DOS game in a suitable directory (preferable your home directory),

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