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Entries for April, 2009

Ubuntu 9.04 Review - Desktop Emphasis on the Jaunty Jackalope

Introduction
My previous experience with Ubuntu has been good. 8.10 did very well for me, even though I remained strictly in the openSUSE 11.1 camp.
People were expecting big changes in 8.10, but it never came to that. Even now, in 9.04 (a.k.a. the Jaunty Jackalope), the expectations of a big change were there, though somewhat damped.
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Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope coming soon

Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope is to be released on the 23rd of April. That’s tomorrow. We’re all waiting!

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Mint 6 “Fluxbox” - Short Review - Desktop Emphasis

By now, I have tested many Linux distros. But I had yet to come across any distro that actually did better in VMware then on actual hardware.
Meet Mint 6 Felicia, the community “Fluxbox” remake. The Fluxbox is a window manager that replaces Gnome’s default window manager. It is lightweight, customizable, and fast.
It performed absolutely flawlessly [...]

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Robotics - Wireless Controls: A starter

I have been working to enter the RoboCup International in the Rescue Robot League division. I have been developing methods of controlling the robot wirelessly from a computer.
I just thought I would share a few starting tips with my readers - in case any of you are also in the same age category as me, [...]

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