Monthly Archives: October 2007

LXer interviews John Hull of Dell

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-10-14

Those excellent folks over at LXer have managed to capture John Hull, the manager of the Linux Engineering team at Dell and ask him a few questions, all in the name of science of course. Ranging across topics such how John got into computers and Linux to Dell’s history and of course, Ubuntu on Dell. […]

10 Features in 10 Days: Desktop Effects with Compiz

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-10-13

Well, so we missed a day. Fear not, today we soldier on to Desktop Effects with Compiz Fusion. It can be safely said that few features are as keenly desired as Desktop Effects. Ever since Compiz was announced XXX years ago, users and developers have been playing with the bling-tastic effects and wondering when it […]

Ubuntu Open Week October 07

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-10-11

Mon 22nd Oct – Sat 27th Oct @ #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode With the up-and-coming release of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon coming, we’re pleased to announce another Ubuntu Open Week, this time taking place the week following the Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon launch – Mon 22nd Oct – Sat 27th Oct on #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode. The […]

10 Rocking Features in 10 Days: Day 3: Sharing your computer with Fast User Switching

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-10-11

Yesterday we took a look at all the handy new features of X in Ubuntu 7.10 and today we turn to Fast User Switching which allows you to easily share your computer with others What is Fast User Switching? Having different people access your computer using separate user accounts is one way to keep your […]

10 Rocking Features in 10 Days: Day 2: Bulletproof X and Graphical X configuration

By boredandblogging | Published: 2007-10-09

Yesterday we kicked this whole thing off and took a look at Deskbar and Tracker. Today we turn our attention to X, the graphical subsystem of any Ubuntu (or Linux or Unix machine). As any existing Ubuntu user knows, not only do you need to configure X, but breakages can happen. Thankfully with Ubuntu 7.10, […]