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If you’ve read my previous post regarding Ubuntu 7.10, you know that we’ve 6 days (officially release on 18 October 2007) to go to download Ubuntu 7.10. Fear not! You may now download the RC version of this awesome operating system. If you can’t wait, you may download the RC version here.

You think that free software are nice to download and use. Well, using free or open source software is better than using pirated software. But do you know how much effort the software developers had put into the software for you to use freely?

As I always said: "Nothing is cheaper than free." So, I wish to give my full respect to all free and open source software developers! You might wonder just how much those open source software cost? Read the following articles:

Giving Away Software For Free Costs More Than You Would Think (Part 1)

Giving Away Software For Free Costs More Than You Would Think (Part 2)

Giving Away Software For Free Costs More Than You Would Think (Part 3)

For me, I really support the philosophy of Ubuntu and the meaning of Ubuntu (humanity to others). So, I prefer to use open source software and give my support (donation and other means of help) to them as much as possible. I don’t want to pay few hundred ringgit to use some very commercialized and buggy software.

Talking about technical support, as a home user I don’t think I need that yet. Even in the future if I want to use, let’s say, Ubuntu as my operating system for my company, I’m willing to purchase support from them. On the other hand, there are many companies out there using open source software.

Ubuntu fans out there, 9 days to go for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon to be released! You may wait few more days to download or pre-order the CDs. I can’t wait to install the new Kubuntu and try out the new file manager - Dolphin.

Link:

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon free CD’s: orders are taken NOW

Great news for Malaysian who wants to try Ubuntu with Malay Localisation! Embun is a free operating system based on Ubuntu with added with Malaysian favour developed by Xanadu Solutions.

After downloading the image file, you may burn it into cd and use it as a live cd. With the live cd, you may try the operating system before installing. To boot the live cd, you have to restart your computer and choose to boot from the cd. If you wish to install the operating system after trying, you may do so by follow the instructions accompanied with the cd.

Here are some tips for those who wish to dual-boot Windows XP and Embun / Ubuntu:
1) You may wish to partition your hard disk before installing Embun. You can try Norton Partition Magic 8.0.
2) Partition at least 5GB of your hard disk space for Embun’s system files as Linux Ext3 and at least 1GB as Linux Swap.
3) Install Embun on Linux Ext3 partition.

There are some helpful links you may wish to check out:
Embun Forum - You may post your questions or read threads to know more.

Unofficial Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Starter Guide - Tutorials and tips on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).

Link: Softpedia

Wanna try out Linux distributions but do not dare to replace your Windows completely?  Thanks to Jeff for telling me this good news.  Now you can dual boot Ubuntu (a Linux distributions) and your Windows XP by installing Wubi.  Start experiencing the power of Linux now!

Some notes:

• Download a copy of Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) in ISO format using fast download manager like Gigaget before you start installing Wubi and place the file on the same directory as you placed Wubi installer.
• While installing Wubi, disconnect from the Internet so that Wubi installer will use the ISO file that you’ve downloaded to install Ubuntu.  Hence, a lot faster than you let Wubi installer download for you.
• If you’re installing on your laptop, switch on your wireless device and enable your touchpad.  Or else, you’ll be trouble using these two devices in Ubuntu.
• Lastly, if you have slow Internet connection such as dial-up, Ubuntu might not suits you as updates will be a pain for you if you don’t have fast Internet access.
• And last lastly, if you hate to type commands, Ubuntu might not suits you too.  (Although Ubuntu uses Gnome as the Graphical Desktop Environment, but some of the operations might still need you to type commands.)