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Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course Released!

OK folks the long awaited Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course is ready, waiting and all yours for the taking! Thanks to all the community members who slogged over writing, reviewing, editing, proof reading and fixing the layout. This is just the beginning of the project which we hope will live and evolve with each new Ubuntu release. Yours to develop, enhance and branch off to your heart's content! There are 10 lessons in total. The course is modular - 2 days if all lessons are covered, however, topics and lessons can be selected as required. There are 2 versions of the course: an Instructor Guide, and a student guide. Student Version (PDF): http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/0cce36 Instructor Version (PDF): http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/de2e29 Source: Ubuntu Weekly News #73 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

Driver-Free Car Runs Ubuntu Linux

While not as sexy as the BMW Z4M or some of the other automobiles on display during CES, we had learned an interesting fact about the driver-less Carnegie Mellon vehicle: it runs Ubuntu. This Carnegie Mellon vehicle with sponsors such as Google, NetApp, and Intel, had won this year's DARPA challenge. This automated vehicle uses a dozen Intel Core 2 processors, but at the bottom of the software stack is Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake" Linux. Ubuntu 6.06 was chosen for being an LTS (Long Term Support) release. Perhaps next year's vehicle will be running Ubuntu 8.04? Source: Phoronix http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/703fa

New Linux Game - Nimuh Released under the Creative Commons license, Nimuh is a puzzle type game based on the "Theseus and the Minotaur Mazes" game, but improved by adding a 3D, isometric, view. In the game you play through 40 different Andalusian locations and learn about the typical food, fiestas and history of the place. You can find information about Nimuh at www.nimuh.com. You can also download the Linux source code and packages for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon with versions also available for Windows and Mac. The entire project has been developed using Ubuntu Linux. Source: Nimuh.com http://www.nimuh.com/

Acer Selling Ubuntu Laptops

Acer is making a limited laptop series available now with Ubuntu Linux pre-loaded. You just have to go to a Dick Smith store and look for product code XC5822. The picture here is the same as the one on the site, but I am told it's not exactly the same as the model being offered.

Linux Development More Like Social Network Says Torvalds

Linux development is more like a social network built on trusted relationships and less like a democratic community of individuals dedicated to a single development process, according to Linux creator Linus Torvalds. "I have a policy that he who does the code gets to decide," said Torvalds, the Linux project coordinator who has written approximately 2% of the Linux code since creating the operating system in 1990. Torvalds made his comments during a two-part interview with Jim Zemlin, CEO of the Linux Foundation. Torvalds is a Fellow at the foundation, which funds his work. He can be heard in his own words via podcast on the Linux-Foundation.org Web site. Part 2 of the interview will be posted in early February. Source: ComputerWorld.com http://url.fullcirclemagazine.org/49df86

Hardy Heron Alpha 3 Released!

Hardy Heron Alpha 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features. Note: This is still an alpha release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released in April 2008. These features are showcased for your attention. Please test them and report any bugs you find. If you want to see what the developers have cooking for the next alpha release take a look through the hardy blueprint page https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy

They are some late 2004 Acer Aspire 4315-100508Ci models, based on an Intel Celeron M 540 1.86GHz Processor, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 80GB 5400 RPM SATA HDD, 14.1" Widescreen Display, DVD+CDRW Combo Drive, Intel Media Accelerator X3100 Graphics Card and wireless LAN. The laptops are running Ubuntu 7.10. What's more interesting is the price: NZ$699, making it a great value when compared to the ASUS Eee PC, which has only a 4 GB flash memory for storage and costs the same. Source: Geekzone.co.nz

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