Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Ubuntu 9.04 Mac like Notification System

Well here goes Ubuntu again following after the Mac stylish design. Take a look at the new notification system in Ubuntu 9.04.

A Quick Look at the New Notifications in Ubuntu 9.04

Famous Mockup

CBO

Linux World of Goo available

This Christmas I purchased the Wii game console for my kids. The Wii on-line store had several games for me to purchase. After doing some research on Google the World of Goo was highly recommended. It is a well design puzzle game that had me staying up all night.

Today, I realized that it can be installed on Linux. So, I highly recommend downloading it. This version is a Linux demo and will only allow you to solve the entire first level puzzles.

If you are using Ubuntu just click the link below. It will bring you to a page that says, "Your temporary download location is ready: WorldOfGooDemo.1.40.deb". Click on the World of Goo Link and choose to open with GDebi Package Installer. The game will be downloaded and you should then click the install button on the installer. After the game is installed look in the Applications>Games>World of Goo Demo and click to run.

Download World of Goo

World of Goo is Ready

Another round of Linux Desktop Evolution

SimplyMEPIS 8.0 has been released and installed on an HP mini 2133 with little problems. If you call using the generic vesa video driver and installing the chrome 9 driver with a little tinkering, not a problem.

SimplyMephis 8.0 Released

Ubuntu 9.10 is being talked about. The significant goals for this version is the theme, boot up speed and smooth video transitioning during its boot up process.

Ubuntu 9.10 is Karmic Koala, and it will not be brown

VectorLinux 6.0 released and installed in a couple of laptops. The most difficult being the HP mini 2133 which needed to install the chrome 9 drivers from a Mandriva 2009.0 to get the 1280x768 resolution. Similiar to the SimplyMephis 8.0 installation above.

VectorLinux 6.0 Final Release

Arch Linux 2009.02 new release with EXT4 filesystem support and kernel 2.6.28.

Arch Linux 2009.02 Release

Enjoy the releases,

CBO