Upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 Beta

Published in March 30th, 2009

Posted by Tom in jauntyjackalope, ubuntunews

On March 26 Ubuntu 9.04 Beta was released. I installed it on my main desktop system as soon as it was available, so I’ve been running it for a few days now. If you’re interested in trying out this beta release, remember that it’s intended for testing and not mission-critical systems. The release candidate is [...]

How-to Install Google Earth 5 on Ubuntu

Published in March 20th, 2009

Posted by Tom in software

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UPDATE: See How to Install Google Earth in Ubuntu 10.04 for up-to-date instructions! Google Earth puts the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. There’s a native Linux port of the latest version, Google Earth 5. Here’s how you can easily install Google Earth on Ubuntu. Install Google Earth Download and save the Google Earth installer [...]

Adding a dzen2 Statusbar to xmonad

Published in March 19th, 2009

Posted by Tom in software

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Using the xmonad tiling window manger and looking for a way to keep track of your workspaces, the time, and more? This guide shows how you can set up dzen2 as a statusbar with state information from xmonad. dzen2 is a general purpose statusbar; it can display anything you like from standard in and integrates [...]

Hedgewars Turn-Based Strategy Game

Published in March 18th, 2009

Posted by Tom in software

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If you have played and liked the open source Worms clone Wormux, then you should definitely try Hedgewars. It’s a turn-based strategy game featuring teams of hedgehogs battling on destructible terrain. Hedgewars includes lots of fun weapons, great sound effects, can generate random maps or play pre-made ones, and includes a good computer AI as [...]

Introduction to the xmonad Tiling Window Manager

Published in March 17th, 2009

Posted by Tom in software

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What good is having a large display if you’re constantly rearranging windows to fit them on the screen? I got tired of try to fit a web browser with other smaller windows and decided to try xmonad, a tiling window manager that could do this for me. A tiling window manager arranges your windows in [...]

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