Monthly Archives: January 2010

Windows 7 for an Ubuntu devotee

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Pete

There are three reasons I know of for spending money on an operating system at a time when free Ubuntu is now such a viable option. Those reasons are not Internet Explorer, the Microsoft Office paperclip and the excitement gained … Continue reading →

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Bug Tracking in the Open

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Pete

In the inspiring Google blog post The Meaning of Open, Jonathan Rosenberg cites the Google Web Toolkit as using “a public bug tracker”. And it is this small mention (in the midst of a post discussing much bigger themes) that … Continue reading →

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Picasa on Ubuntu

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Pete

I’ve recently taken a shine to Picasa as an alternative to F-Spot on Linux.  Installing Picasa 3 Beta for Linux is straightforward on Ubuntu: download the .deb from Google’s site and then install it (sudo dpkg -i picasa_3.0-current_i386.deb).  Having done … Continue reading →

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