This guide is now out of date. An updated post is now available. This is the second edition of my Civilization IV (Civ 4) on Linux how-to. With this guide you can run Civ 4 almost flawlessly on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution using Wine. At the time when Civ 4 was released, DirectX [...]

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Dell is planning to ship the new Ubuntu 7.10 on their Ubuntu desktops and laptops. “We will offer Ubuntu 7.10 preinstalled on our systems soon,” said Anne Camden of Dell corporate communications, in an e-mail interview. Dell isn’t ready yet to give a shipping date. “As with any OS release, Dell needs to take the [...]

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The AptURL Protocol Handler is a program that handles special URLs for installing packages. This means that special links in web pages can install software. Ubuntu 7.10 has AptURL installed by default. Installing applications does not get any easier than this: Click here to install the gweled game. AptURL should be compatible with most browsers [...]

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Today I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on two computers: my Dell Dimension 9200 and my friend’s Dell Inspiron 1520. Dimension 9200 The Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 7.04 was too old to support the video card. Ubuntu 7.10 was able to install the driver in the restricted manager. Compiz Fusion was enabled and works perfectly. Inspiron 1520 [...]

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Ubuntu 7.10, the “Gutsy Gibbon” has been released. LONDON, October 15, 2007 – Canonical Ltd. announced today the upcoming availability of version 7.10 of the Ubuntu Server, Desktop, Kubuntu and Edubuntu Editions. All will be available for free download on Thursday 18 October. Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu. Make sure you use the [...]

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