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Ubuntu 5.10 Released

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Ubuntu 5.10 has been released. You’ll need the CD for the entire change list, but here are some of the new items included in 5.10:

  • GNOME 2.12.1
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta 2
  • X.org 6.8.2 with wider hardware support
  • Linux 2.6.12.6
  • Simple “dual boot” configuration

You can download the new release here.

Google And Sun Microsystems Collaborative Effort

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Google and Sun Microsystems will be holding a press conference (and live webcast) today at 10:30 AM PT (1:30 PM ET) to discuss a new collaborative effort between the two companies.

More information will be made available here.

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Anyone want to speculate what this will be about? Java Technology? OpenOffice.org? Star Office? Google Office? Open Solaris? Or is it about something completely different?

The Great Windows XPeriance

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This has been a long time coming. To long to be honest, but it’s done now. That’s right, Microsoft Windows XP Professional has been reinstalled on my main rig. I’m actually in the process of reinstalling various applications as I type this. ;)

So, what are some of the first things I install? Well, in no particular order:

In addition to all of those, I also make it top priority to uninstall many of the default things Windows XP installs. Things like Windows Messenger, MSN Explorer, as well as the default set of games, wallpapers, and various other useless things. After those are gone, I also take a extremely close look at the Windows Services to see what I want to disable. For those of you who don’t know what you can or should disable for better performance, I’d suggest taking a look at this guide.