Monthly Archives: October 2008

Kubuntu 8.10 Released

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Jeremy Clark

The latest version of Ubuntu and Kubuntu have been released. These releases are both called Intrepid Ibex. Continue reading →

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Font Burner Plugin

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Jeremy Clark

Font Burner is a service that allows a blog owner to use a custom font for post headers. It uses some flash and javascript magic to turn the text into whatever font the author chooses. Continue reading →

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The Cost of Linux

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Jeremy Clark

The Linux Foundation has calculated the total cost of developing a Linux Distro. They used Fedora 9 as their basis. The total cost estimated to be 10.8 billion dollars. Continue reading →

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X-ray Scotch Tape

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Jeremy Clark

Yes if you peel scotch tape in a vacuum it emits x-rays that are powerful enough to actually use with x-ray film. A couple of scientists in California discovered this and even took an x-ray of their finger to prove it. Continue reading →

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Sun’s VirtualBox

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Jeremy Clark

Review of Sun’s VirtualBox, a virutalization program for running multiple guests operating systems. Continue reading →

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