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Fedora 10, thank you very much! (macbook review and fixes)

I’ve never been a big fan of rpm-based Gnu/Linux distributions, since I’ve always preferred the stability of Debian and Debian based distros, with their great dpkg system. The problem with Debian on Macbooks is that I do not see both the stability and performance anymore, as I have to use Lenny/Sid. Etch is too old

Testing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) beta on a Macbook (updated!)

It’s a very long time since I abandoned Ubuntu, 1 year and 9 months being precise, although I continued to use Ubuntu derived distros. I decided today to give Ubuntu 8.10 beta a try. Obviously, every time I decide to try a Gnu/Linux distribution it happens that a new release comes out: I downloaded Alpha

BD-blog advances 20000 positions in one month!

BD-blog is currently at position 32755 in Netcraft Most visited web sites ranking. This means that I earned about 20k positions in just one month! This is thanks to the link of my review of GOS published on Distrowatch! I’m very happy with these results but now I want to begin a new race with

gOS 3 Gadgets (Beta) Review

Time for a review. Thanks to the always useful DistroWatch.com service, I discovered a new Gnu/Linux distribution, called gOS. gOS stands for Good Os, born in 2007 in California. The version I’m reviewing is the so-called “gOS 3 ‘Gadgets’”, their third release. gOS 3 Gadgets BETA is based on Ubuntu 8.04.1, and the final release

Projects

Pomodroid A Java/Android application that interacts with a Trac system, retrieves developer’s tasks and lets him work following the basic rules of the Pomodoro technique. Pomotux A task manager implementing the Pomodoro Technique BD-review A dynamic website to allow people to review releases (albums, demos, EPs, singles) of (young, unsigned) music bands. Written using a

Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy – Non mi ci separeró piú

E’ cosí gente, quando una distro ti prende, ti prende..mi era successo ben 5 anni fa con SuSE, ma dopo la WebValley 2005, e grazie al vecchio Napo, la distro Ubuntu mi si é insidiata nel cuore, e non vuole piú abbandonarmi..io ho provato ad usare la OpenSuse 10.0 (si, é migliorata, l’ho recensita in