Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
Nov 6, 2008 Software
Lifehacker has 5+ tweaks for the latest Ubuntu linux release (Intrepid Ibex), which I have downloaded and will be making use of myself. If you’ve always wanted to try Ubuntu, but didn’t want to format one of your PCs or try and shrink your existing drive partitions, try Wubi. Wubi allows you to install Ubuntu from within windows to a preset block of drive space (no need to resize or get a new hard drive) and can be uninstalled from within Windows just the same as any application, easing the transition. One good usage of it would be to turn your Windows PC into another Mythbuntu frontend for an existing Mythbuntu server.
What, you were expecting a dissection of the Sabres lineup or a post dedicated to a Thomas Vanek mancrush? Well, no guarantees that won’t happen later today…
Tags: free software, lifehacker, linux, mythbuntu, pc software, ubuntu, wubi
Free MS Software…Cost: Your Soul
Dec 11, 2007 Software
Spotted this at Gizmodo. You can get a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate, Office Ultimate, Money Plus Premium, or other software, all for the price of letting MS track your computer usage for 3 months. That includes surveys every 2 weeks. It all stems from Microsoft’s Windows Feedback Program. To be honest, I am in for this as I wanted a legal copy of Vista. All MS will find out from the PC they track is that my wife loves Diablo II.
edit: Looks like they are all done with this…supplies didn’t last thanks to /. and Gizmodo.
Tags: free software, gizmodo, microsoft, office, office 2007, office ultimate, privacy, security, Software, vista, vista ultimate, windows, windows vista
