Ok, so I have upgraded to the latest and greatest Ubuntu operating system.
There is no big surprises this time. Everything is working fine. The only real noticable change is in the software store. They cleaned up the look and feel of it. they added features and what’s new. There is some more wallpaper and some small design changes in the look and fell.
First impressions is that this is a polished version of 10.04. All in all a nice upgrade.
There are several programs that are not in the Ubuntu repository that I use. They are Hulu, Tweetdeck, Google Earth, Adobe Air, and Real Player. You need Adobe Air for Tweetdeck. Here are their websites for downloading:
Hulu
http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux
Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Adobe Air
http://get.adobe.com/air/
Tweetdeck
http://www.tweetdeck.com/desktop/
Real Player
http://www.real.com/realplayer/linux
Are there any others that you recommend? Add them in you comments.
Most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (the Content Scrambling System), which attempts to restrict the software that can play a DVD. By installing the libdvdcss2 package you can play encrypted DVDs with MPlayer.
Installing libdvdcss in Ubuntu 10.04
Install the libdvdread4 package (no need to add third party repositories) via Synaptic or command line:
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
Then open a terminal window and execute:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Rebooting may be necessary.
Legal Warning: Check with your local laws to make sure usage of libdvdcss2 would be legal in your area.
LINK
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
Microsoft’s security chief, Scott Charney, thinks that the government should license the Internet and block computers that don’t have virus protection and a firewall.
If that ever happens say goodbye to free thought on the Internet. I sometimes wander how anybody can be so silly as to suggest that this will somehow solve the bot net problem. It was caused my Microsoft and now they want to punish the rest of us for their failure. How about fixing your operating system Microsoft?
I must confess this kind of stuff does nothing for my view of Microborg and their agenda.
LINK
