Google has released a platform for running their widget applications (Google Desktop Gadgets and web-based Universal Gadgets) on Linux. Google Gadgets for Linux is an open source project, and includes front-ends for GNOME and KDE environments.
Google Gadgets for Linux provides the largest missing feature from the Linux version of Google Desktop, which includes gadgets [...]
Install Google Gadgets for Linux on Ubuntu
Published in June 16th, 2008
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Taking a Break from Blogging
Published in June 4th, 2008
I’m taking a break from blogging to catch up on school work. Regular daily posts will resume on June 16.
Canonical Announces the Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Published in June 3rd, 2008
Posted by Tom in ubuntunews
Canonical has announced the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a version of Ubuntu designed for small computers with Intel’s new Atom processor. These include “netbooks” (small laptops such as the Asus Eee PC), and “MIDs” (small handheld computers).
Canonical has done some interesting things with the Remix. It’s based on the default Ubuntu 8.04 desktop; the largest [...]
IBM Lotus Symphony 1 on Ubuntu
Published in June 2nd, 2008
At the beginning of the year I wrote about IBM Lotus Symphony Beta 3, IBM’s closed source OpenOffice-based free office suite. Now the final release, Lotus Symphony 1 is out. I wasn’t impressed last time, but I installed the final release on Ubuntu 8.04 to test it out.
Click the download button on the Lotus Symphony [...]
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