Filed under: OS Updates, Features, Linux, Open Source, Canonical
Mark Shuttleworth talks Ubuntu 7.10
by Brad Linder Oct 16th 2007
- Integrated desktop search with Tracker
- Streamlined Firefox add-on support
- Read/write access to Windows partitions by default
- 3D desktop effects are enabled by default on systems that meet the minimum requirements.
- AppArmor security
- Improved printer support (Shuttleworth says they're getting closer to being able to say that if your printer works with OS X it will work with Ubuntu)
First off, our favorite part of the audio clip is about 12 and a half minutes in, when Shuttleworth refers to 3D desktop effects as "bling."
A few other notes:
- Canonical estimates that there are about 6 million Ubuntu users today.
- A number of smaller internet companies have begun using Ubuntu Server as their backbone, including Joost.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
