want firefox4 now?
here are the quick and dirty directions to update your ppa to allow you to upgrade to 4.


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade


taken from omgubuntu.co.uk

I was browsing through linux journal’s homepage and found something that looked kind of appealing. Lately I have been looking for themes to spice up my Linux and have resorted to making a custom theme. However what I came across looks good. It is essentially a Debian install with some custom packages. It might be something that I will try in the near future…

More info can be found here @ linux journal.
crunchbang

Alternatively you could go to their website.
crunchbang

We eat lunch at Salsarita’s (feel free to bring your own lunch or get food elsewhere too) in the K-State Student Union every Wednesday. Come join us from 12-1!!!

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.