Windows “Mojave” July 31, 2008
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LOL. This is so funny. Microsoft’s new campaign to change people’s thoughts on Windows Vista seems to be helping some. What they did was rename Windows Vista to Windows “Mojave” and make people think they were using a whole new operating system but they were really using Windows Vista. I think this is a great idea since most of the people that don’t like Windows Vista have never used it, have used it but on a slow computer, or have used it on a computer with a lot of junk software on it. You can view the videos of what they did here or watch this video:
Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 3 July 26, 2008
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Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 3 has been released and I have not had a lot of time to test it but you can download it from: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing and click on alpha 3. The biggest change is tabs in the file manager. Remember that all the changes in this alpha release may contain bugs that could harm your computer or your data, I recommend installing this in Virtual PC which can be downloaded here for FREE!
Windows “Fiji” has RTM’d July 19, 2008
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Finally! Windows “Fiji” has RTM’d as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008! More Info here . But remember that Fiji may not be released until September but that has not been confirmed by Microsoft.
Forget about saving XP, lets save Windows for Workgroups! July 14, 2008
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Microsoft has announced that OEM’s cannot license Windows for Workgroups in the enbedded channel after November 1. You can find out more about this from here .
Get ready for another InfoWorld petition <sigh>.
Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 2 on VPC July 14, 2008
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Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 2 is by far the easiest Linux distribution I’ve ever installed. Here’s how you get it working:
1. Download Ubuntu 8.10 from here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/intrepid/alpha-2/
2. Install it on VPC
3. On first boot press ESC
4. Press e
5. Select kernel and press e
6. Add vga=791 clock=pit
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7. Press ENTER
8. Press b
9. While it’s booting, you’ll notice that you can’t read what it’s saying very easy, don’t worry it will get fixed in a minute
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10. Now, you’ll notice that Ubuntu can detect that Virtual PC doesn’t support 24-bit colors and tells you.
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11. Click Always run in low-graphics mode and click Continue
12. Now you’ll see the Ubuntu login screen, ungarbled:
Other then that, there are not a lot of noticeable changes but I have not looked real in-depth.
