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Mozilla’s Firefox-mobile browser, “Fennec” now has a pre-alpha version for Android devices. This early build is aimed at getting feedback from the community. According to the developers, Fennec “Android” has been tested only on the Motorola Droidand Google’s Nexus One.
Whilst some bugs might cause your phone to stop responding, requiring a reboot, and memory usage of this build is not at its best, you can get a taste of sync with an experimental version of Weave Sync (click Experimental version)
Fennec pre-alpha has no automated updates – to upgrade to future version you’ll have to uninstall it and re-install the newer version. This build requires Android 2.0 or above, and likely an OpenGL ES 2.0 capable device. Hit the link below to download it on your Android driven OS or simply type in this address in your phone’s browser: bit.ly/fennec-android.
via [blog.pavlov.net]
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Mythbuntu 10.04 like the other members of the Ubuntu family is quickly approaching its final release. Mythbuntu also known as Ubuntu with MythTV Media center is a community supported operating system that focuses on setting up a standalone MythTV based PVR (personal video recorder) system. The development cycle of Mythbuntu closely follows that of Ubuntu, releasing every six months along side Ubuntu releases.
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As Shuttleworth often puts it – Canonical has full confclassence in its ability to deliver in time a really reliable desktop infrastructure even though it has relatively new code on it.
We are a week-away from the final release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and here comes a punctual pre-release that as usual anticipates the final release – if no major issues arise the pre-release/release candidate will become the final release.
The other members of the Ubuntu 10.04 family, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu, reach the beta status today. More»
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The Canonical Launchpad team is happy to announce that Launchpad web application and website has been completely open sourced. All components of Launchpad including codehosting and soyuz, now have open codes. Launchpad that counts over 13,000 active projects was developed and maintained by Canonical Ltd. It is released under the GNU Affero General Public license, version 3. For more information on how to be part of it move the Launchpad Blog.
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Two simple installations that bring life to your Ubuntu-from-the-scratch, be it Ubuntu 10.04 or versions. The ubuntu-restricted-extras package has been around for years now, it quickly resolves issues like the absence of a Java plug-in for Firefox by installing the icedtea6-plugin atop Ubuntu’s default web browser, Firefox. ubuntu-restricted-extras brings in support for Microsoft TrueType core fonts for the web including; Arial Black, Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic), Comic Sans MS (Bold), Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) and Impact. More»
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