While I can’t say I recommend doing something like this, it is pretty clever.

This one took me by surprise at first. ft.com article. No more Microsoft at Google. I wonder how that will affect all of the desktop apps that they made for the Windows platform.

Today is a great day in many ways. Not only is it a wootoff, but Fedora 13 was released. Wootoff to get your special woot deals and get-fedora now. Check out the Fedora Spins while you’re at it too.

I’m sure those that do use gmail already know this, but until recently gmail had defaulted to connecting via the http option rather than the https option. Ensure that your information is protected by double checking that this option is set to https.

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=74765

For those who are irritated with the new button location, here is a simple tutorial of how to make it back to the way it used to be.

tutorial

Woohoo. Ubuntu is out today. Fedora comes out soon. Life is good.

In addition an interesting website that was mentioned on irc thewebsiteisdown.

Sony has decided to remove a part of the PS3 that was once advertised as a feature. OtherOS, which allowed PS3 owners to add Linux to their system will no longer be available. However, IPhone hacker and now PS3 hacker, Geohot, has hacked the PS3 to allow for the Linux option yet. Geohot for the win.

Note: K-Slug does not condone illegal hacking. K-Slug does encourage the use of Linux.

For those of you that didn’t know, Ubuntu is going to change the way that their logo appears to make it ‘light’. To see what it looks like Brand.

The biannual activities carnival has struck again. This time we handed out a whopping 24 Ubuntu CDs and many people took fliers, including a few ladies who just thought Tux was cute. Hopefully they will see that he is not only cute but useful too! We had a laptop running ubuntu with a wiimote connected that could be used to play the game neverball. Landon also stopped by for a while with his eeepc and showed off some mythweb features.

To those who are reading this as a result of picking up a flier: Welcome! If you did not sign up on our mailing list at the fair, please feel free to do so now by following the “Listserv” link on the right. Also, If you ever have time to come to lunch on Wednesdays (noon to 1PM) please come back and check the “Lunch Meetings” section on the right.

Here is a picture of the merry group:

You asked for it, so we’re doing it. After some great discussion on the mailing list, folks decided it would be nice to have an installfest so we could cover some basic issues that arise when installing Linux. It’s been a while since we last held one, so it was agreed to do one now. Here’s what you need to know:

• Date: Friday, March 28, 2008
• Time: 6:00 PM – ??
• Location: 122 Nichols Hall

What you should bring:

• Your PC or laptop (or Mac). If you like, you can leave your monitor at home. We can provide one for you.
• An install CD/DVD of the distro you want to try out. A limited number of Ubuntu CDs will be available for those who want to try it. If you don’t already have a CD and want something else besides Ubuntu, bring a blank CD and we’ll help you burn an ISO.

What you should do before coming:

• Backup any and all important data on your machine.  (See Disclaimer below)
• Learn what hardware you have installed on your machine. This will be important should you have to choose kernel modules for drivers later on.
• If you want to dual-boot, defrag your harddrive multiple times so the partition you will be shrinking is as clean as possible.

If enough people are interested, we’ll pass the hat and order some pizza. The event will run as long as people are still participating.

Come and be prepared to have fun and learn something in the process.

Disclaimer: K-SLUG, K-State, and event helpers may not be held responsible for any data loss or hardware failures incurred by your experimentation. The possibility of such is very limited, but still exists. Computers are imperfect machines, as are people and software.

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