Category Archives: Linux

Ubuntu 11.04 beta released

Posted on 4-Apr-2011 by gare

  Not for the faint of heart; this is a testing version. Production version available end of April 2011. http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/beta#Introduction http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/   Torrents Available for Download Here

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linux netbook

Posted on 18-Mar-2011 by gare

Remember way back in 2007 when netbooks were widely available with Linux pre-installed? Windows Vista would not run on them, and Microsoft would not re-release Windows XP, so Linux had a brief moment in the sun where it was the … Continue reading →

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apt-get hold version

Posted on 25-Dec-2010 by gare

The core debian package management system is dpkg. All other software updaters and software package managers on Ubuntu – apt-get, synaptic, update manager – are just front-ends for this system. I have a couple of packages want to lock their … Continue reading →

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