Monthly Archives: August 2008

Launchpad to go Open Source by next OSCon

By | Published: August 27, 2008

This from Joey Stanford..

“The #launchpad team leads just developed a roadmap to open source Launchpad by the next #oscon conference. Really cool stuff!”

No pressure there guys..

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High Quality Live Ubuntu Video Podcast

By | Published: August 26, 2008

I’ve recently started a new job which calls for a 1.5 hour train journey each way each day. I like to keep my brain going during that time so I tend to listen to audio and watch video podcasts. I’ll listen to the audio ones on my Nokia N82, and watch the video on …

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Playing With The Viglen MPC-L

By | Published: August 22, 2008

Like Tony, I too bought a couple of the Viglen MPC-L devices we reviewed in episode 11 of the Ubuntu Podcast made by members of the Ubuntu UK LoCo Team.

I wont repeat what Tony said in his two blog posts, but try to add to them. Read his first :)

Some things that I noticed …

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People wonder why I hate Windows

By | Published: August 14, 2008

Update: I have applied the BIOS update by putting the old hard disk back in, and using the working windows install there to do it. It still can’t see all 4G of my RAM.

Apologies for this slight rant. I need to get it off my chest.

I have a Toshiba Portege M400 (3G) …

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