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Test Drive an Ubuntu ISO in a Virtual Machine
Tue, 09/03/2010 - 10:32 | 
TestDrive is a project that makes it very easy to download and run the latest daily Ubuntu development snapshot in a virtual machine. Actually, it can be configured to download and run any URL-access ISO in a virtual machine. But the primary goal is to provide a very simple method for allowing non-technical Ubuntu users to test and provide feedback on the current Ubuntu release under development.
Tags: Install Calibre E-Book Manager Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala"
calibre is an e-book library manager. It can view, convert and catalog e-books in most of the major e-book formats. It can also talk to a few e-book reader devices. It can go out to the internet and fetch metadata for your books. It can download newspapers and convert them into e-books for convenient reading. It is cross platform, running on Linux, Windows and OS X.
Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.2 released
Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn't provide. At present, it's only designed for the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and always follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.
BleachBit 0.7.3 released
BleachBit quickly frees disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy. Erase cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, remove unused localizations, shred logs, and delete temporary files. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean 70 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Adobe Reader, APT, and more.
Gnome Nanny, Parental Control for Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10
Gnome Nanny is an easy way to control what your kids are doing in the computer. You can limit how much time a day each one of them is browsing the web, chatting or doing email. You can also decide at which times of the day the can do this things. Gnome Nanny filters what web pages are seen by each user, so you can block all undesirable webs and have your kids enjoy the internet with ease of mind, no more worries!
Installing Google Chrome
Installing Google Chrome is easy. There are 32 and 64 bit Ubunutu/Debian deb packages available at Google's Chrome website
Google Chrome offers:
Fast start-up Google Chrome launches in a snap.
Fast loading Google Chrome loads web pages quickly.
Fast search Search the web right from the address bar.
Openoffice 3.2 RC5 is released
Here is a guide to install OpenOffice 3.2 RC5 on Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala".
For the installation via ppa launchpad for Ubuntu, the official repositories that will have 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 for Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" and Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" will be available when the final version of Openoffice 3.2 is out.
Ubuntu 9.10 LAMP Server Part 2 SSH and MySQL
Hey guys, sooner then expected, Guess who's back! This time with a manual on how to configure your LAMP and SSH server. Like mentioned in my previous post, a lot is discussed in my other posts so I won't go in to deep on those items.
