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As we know Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon is released already and as this OS is extremely popular most of mirror servers we can download or upgrade Ubuntu from are overwhelmed by huge amounts of downloads. In my case I tried to upgrade my Feisty several times but there was no luck (downloading stuck at different points).
But thanks to Ubuntu developers there is nice feature that allows to set server you have the fastest peer to as a source of apt packages (and as the result, upgrade source). Just go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and select "Other…" at drop-down list named as "Download from:". At the next window you'll see the list of all mirrors available and the button "Select Best Server" that you need to press on. After several tests performed you'll be suggested to select best server to get packages from. Now enjoy new speed!
If you're new Ubuntu user the fastest way to get Ubuntu Gutsy ISO these days is to download it from this torrent.
Enjoy Ubuntu! 
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Luci Langa’s Evolution RSS Reader Plugin enables support for feeds in the Gnome Evolution mail reader.The newest version (0.0.6) of this plugin has the following changes against previous ones…
It was started with Linus' announcement:
Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). I've currently ported bash (1.08) and gcc (1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them
And today it’s timeline is shown at 2003x2841 image…
If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating system.
Microsoft Products are Generally Bug Free.
640K ought to be enough for anybody.
The Internet? We are not interested in it.
Microsoft is not about greed. It’s about innovation and fairness.
Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human does something that does not please Windows.
There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there’s no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.
Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to be user mistakes. I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes. The reasons for updates are to present more new features.
The next generation of interesting software will be made on a Macintosh, not an IBM PC.
People everywhere love Windows.
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Just came across a site that explains how to make Windows to look like Ubuntu (themes, boot screem, icons)…
If you are using a dual boot system with Ubuntu and Windows, you can clearly notice the limitations Linux has. And for many (myself included), Linux is extremely difficult. After awhile I came to the conclusion that I didn’t t need ubuntu at all, but I still loved to look and feeling.
As it comes from site, Linux has usability limitations. LOL!!!
stress utility is a workload generator that imposes certain types of stress on UNIX-like operating systems:
stress is not a benchmark. It is a tool used by system administrators to evaluate how well their systems will scale, by kernel programmers to evaluate perceived performance characteristics, and by systems programmers to expose the classes of bugs which only or more frequently manifest themselves when the system is under heavy load. Note that a primary design goal is simplicity and portability, so while stress runs on everything from Linux to AIX to K42, it is not as sophisticated as tools like gamut or dbench. In general, stress is has proved useful in a number of disparate research efforts.
I use this utility to test newly compiled "light" kernel before applying it onto the running and workable server. Nice and useful one definitely.
Packages for Debian are here, + Gentoo ebuild and FreeBSD port. Sources of latest version can be got from this link.
As usual Ubuntu users just run sudo aptitude install stress and get workable stress utility.
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