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Cancer treatment Donation for Qistina Hayani

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Nur Qistina Hayani is suffering from liver cancer ( hepatoblastoma ). What can a 6 months baby knows about this disease. She is right now going through the Chemotherapy process. The costs for Chemotherapy and Surgery will takes around RM 100,000 (USD 29,500) . She looks very healthy from the outside and for sure she does not understands what she is going through! We need your help to donate to us so we can help Qistina to live happily as any other childrens!

Donations
Donation can be made to

Maybank Account ( Malaysia ):-
Nazrol Hafiz Nazlan
Account Number : 154017298056

International donation is also accepted, please refer to http://www.qistina.org/donate for further details.

[tags]donation,donate,cancer appeal,cancer,child,treatment[/tags]

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How to install Ubuntu Studio (7.04) Ardour Theme

Ubuntu Studio was finally out and you can see its screenshot from Howtoforge’s : Installing Ubuntu Studio 7.04 – Linux For The Creative. Ubuntu Studio features the new Ardour 2 dark theme which seems slick and stylish when combined with the applications available in the distribution.


However you don’t need to go through the hassle of obtaining Ubuntu Studio just to get its theme as Andi Darmawan has written an easy to follow guide to Install Ubuntu Studio Theme in your standard Feisty Fawn installation.

What is Ubuntu Studio ?
Ubuntu Studio (7.04) is a newly released Multimedia oriented GNU/Linux distribution based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. It is targeted for audio,video and graphic professionals or enthusiasts. The Ubuntu Studio DVD iso (about 870MB) is available for download from the project’s official website which includes Multimedia content creation softwares along with specially compiled low-latency kernel suitable for audio/video editing tasks.

[tags]ubuntu,linux,debian,feisty fawn,gnome, theme,themes[/tags]

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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)

Other Resources

[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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Feisty Fawn 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]