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img class=face src=http://planet.ubuntu.com/heads/jldugger.png alt= pI've had the opportunity
recently to review some training materials as part of my job. a href=http://vtc.comVTC/a offers a
lot of streaming video tutorials on various software. I decided to search for Ubuntu and one series
showed up. Charles Griffen authored and published these video tutorials, and they're available from
a wide array of sources. Amazon retails a DVD version for a
href=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUbuntu-Linux-VTC-Training-CD%2Fdp%2F1933736682amp;tag=jlduggesblog-20amp;linkCode=ur2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=9325$99.95/aimg
src=http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jlduggesblog-20amp;l=ur2amp;o=1 width=1 height=1 border=0
alt= /. pTo inform the broader Ubuntu community and to learn from the mistakes of others, I've
decided to publish a critique of a
href=http://www.vtc.com/products/Ubuntu-Linux-tutorials.htmCharles Griffin's Ubuntu Tutorials/a:
h3Information/h3 pThe content itself is basically a brief overview of the default Ubuntu Desktop
components, spread out over five and a half hours. The audience appears to be expected to be
comfortable with Windows and computers in general as he walks them through burning and verifying a
LiveCD. In addition to the basic overview of the GNOME desktop software, he covers briefly how to
use the command line, WINE/Crossover/Cedega, and bAutomatix/b. pThe tutorials are based on Ubuntu
6.10. This is very old and a href=http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu610end-of-lifeunsupported
software/a, and the videos haven't been updated to reflect any changes in behavior or software. If
revisiting the video every six months takes too much time, 6.06 LTS might have been a better choice
for the longevity of material. pHe spends five minutes on legal a
href=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormatsrestrictions on media formats/a, but doesn't
communicate solutions or even the fundamentals of the problem of patents. For example, DVD playback
isn't illegal, if you've negotiated a patent license, or if someone has negotiated one on your
behalf, like Dell does for their customers. Canonical even offers such things a
href=http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=244for sale/a, if you wish to protect
yourself from liability. pThe videos completely neglect the a href=http://wiki.ubuntu.comWiki/a and
a href=http://launchpad.net/ubuntuLaunchpad/a as an avenue for support, instead suggesting the
purchase of a href=http://www.canonical.com/services/supportofficial support/a from Canonical or
community support from forums. While speaking about the community, he neglects the foundational
Code of Conduct that lay out the etiquette expected among developers and the community. pHe
advocates the use of EasyUbuntu and Automatix in his video. By the time these videos were
published, Automatix was known by developers, including Technical Board member Matt Zimmerman, to
bea href=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-November/022185.html fatally flawed/a.
After Matthew Garrett published a href=http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html?thread=511616a
document reviewing the flaws,/a I feel it's irresponsible to continue publishing a recommendation
of Automatix. h3Narration/h3 pCharles's voice is smooth and comes across well over the recording.
The pacing is quick enough that the potential boredom of the subject isn't multiplied by numbing
slowness. He is well rehearsed and professional. Much of this seems to come from his work on a
href=http://http://www.linuxreality.com/LinuxReality/a, a podcast oriented towards new Linux users
(now defunct). pMost of these tutorials come with subtitles. This is great for accessibility, but
there are several errors, some of which are substantial. The file browser is universally misspelled
Nodilus (it is Nautilus). More importantly, the command line tutorial makes a specific point about
forward slash versus backslash, while the subtitles get it precisely backwards! pThe diction is
annoying. He uses the word one to refer to you, the viewer, ba lot/b. Your English teacher in high
school might have marked you down for informality, but nobody takes their advice seriously, and
neither should you. Otherwise, the tutorials remain relatively free of jargon and accessible to the
audience. Where important jargon is used, it is explained adequately. h3Presentation/h3 pThe video
itself is based entirely off of screen capture streams, even when a diagram or two would be far
more illuminating. The VTC website offers Quicktime or Flash playback, which may annoy advocates of
open codecs. Admittedly, it is a bit of a challenge today to host video that is universally
playable today. (HTML5 offers hope, but that's a subject for another time). pThe VM image used for
recording is in need of upkeep -- update-manager is prompting for updates in the notification area,
and the volume is muted or broken. Busted audio might not be so bad except the tutorial covers some
audio applications... without working audio. pThe video isn't high quality. The recording was done
at maybe 5 or 10 frames per second, and the resolution is too small to adequately display some
applications, making the whole experience look cramped. Still, it's high enough quality that most
text is readable, a problem I've encountered personally when running Desktop OS's at TV quality
resolution. The low resolution does have the advantage that it can play from a DVD to a regular
television and still be readable. h3Conclusion/h3 pThese tutorials are outdated, but convey a
wealth of information about what to cover and how. Personally, I was a bit disappointed that the
tutorials didn't teach me anything new about the Ubuntu Desktop, even about programs I haven't used
much. (Does anyone use Evolution seriously?) pI get the impression that making such a set of
tutorials takes more effort in planning, recording, and editing than a single person can muster. I
may seem harsh in writing this critique, so let me be clear: Griffin makes a valiant solo effort,
but the rapid pace of Ubuntu and Linux in general is depreciating the quality of his instruction.
The a href=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreencastTeamScreencast Team/a brings a lot of expertise and
knowledge to the table, and if they decide to do an Ubuntu Introduction project in the future, I
hope they'll consider how to improve upon the works of others, and find ways to cope with the high
rate of change!/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p/p
The 2G iPod Touch claims to run with music for 36 hours with a full battery.
Now I am guessing the screen takes up power and like a few hidden things in the background to make
the iPod Touch run.
I hold the home button on all my apps till they are shut off.
However, it seems my battery runs out within a few hours. Even if they are being tricky and saying
36 hours with JUST music as if nothing else was taking power, it should still run music for maybe
10-15 hours at the lease.
My battery runs out faster than that. Any ideas?
Also my brightness is less than half as well so even if that was the case, it shouldn't even affect
it that much.
Also does anyone know a FREE app that let's me see what I'm running. It CANNOT require JailBreak as
I have a 2G.
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want to be keep a close eye on the sales of T-Mobile's G1 device. The G1 will be the first mobile
phone to hit the market running Google's Android mobile OS. This may also be the mobile phone that
puts a serious dent in Apple's iPhone sales. The G1 won't officially be available until October 22.
Apparently no one wants to experience the same shortage and chaos as those who anxiously waited to
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will offer/a on the G1. T-Mobile is off to a great start with the number of G1 units pre-sold.
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believe. It will be up to the performance of Google's Android mobile OS from this point forward to
determine whether it's a worthy competitor to the iPhone. Be sure to cast your prediction on a
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using my Mac Pro other than being dedicated for running Pro Tools for music production- no-no?
Recently new to DAW and Mac world. Bought Mac pro, 10.4, have not uprgraded to leopard yet. I am
aware of the fairly hard and fast rule of "dedicated production"machine, and have been dancing on
the slippery slope of using my Mac Pro for a few other things- primary web surfing/email, little
bit of photo editing.
However- I gave in to temptation to be able to do word processing, and installed office 2008 last
week. Subsequently I started getting virus-type pop-up thing that called itself
"AntiSpywaremaster"
We deleted it, it popped up again, deleted it, haven't seen it again, yet, but...
So what's the deal, rule of thumb, etc? Did I open pandora's box by loading installing Microsoft
Office? I've heard that as far as running pro Tools is concerned, i really don't want to have to
install antivirus software. Should I have to? Should disconnect from internet, uninstall office,
and get another computer for that stuff? I've read a few articles about this antispywaremaster
pop-up, but would appreciate any straight/simple talk- I'm not very savvy when it comes to this
stuff. My wife is, but she's not familiar with mac.
Thanks
Thanks you guys on this forum have been a lot of help as I write my first program. I have it
running on my iphone and the icon is there but no text under the icon, where do i enter the
name?
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considers “a decent person,” word hasn't yet trickled down to his newly opened
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April we reported on an a
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Firefox Mobile/a. Code-named "Fennec", it was only recommended for use on Nokia N810 devices. At
the time, the felt that Firefox Mobile showed a lot of promise. Today a
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visual cue from Firefox 3 with the addition of website favicons. Screenshots also show a really
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foregoing traditional 'forward', 'stop', and 'back' buttons located in the address bar. Instead,
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Hello everyone,
I just bought an Ipod touch 32g gen2 and it is my first apple product. Needless to say I have a lot
to learn. I downloaded mocha vnc lite from the app store and tightvnc to my vista computer and have
successfully gotten them to connect,but only when they are connected to the same wireless signal.
However, My goal and main intrest in doing this is to be able to access my computer from other
places. For example, If my computer is up and running at my house on my wireless how can I access
it on my itouch when I am at my grandparents house and my itouch is connected to there wireless.
Thanks for any help.
Hi, I am going to get an external hard drive to use with my mac and also a linux computer running
the latest version of Ubuntu (as of 11/12/08). I want a way to be able to read and write on it on
BOTH operating systems. As of right now, it will not write from linux.
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fleet rolls across north Texas, my co-driver Steve Ewing and I are currently on the tail of the Q7
piloted by Kevin Kelly and the legendary Jim McCraw. Jim, a veteran of four One Lap of America
events, is used to these long slogs. Actually, for Jim this is more like a luxury cruise. On the
One Lap, the teams circumnavigate the country in only a week, often end sleeping in cars and cheap
motels. For us, the longest leg was the run from Chicago to Memphis, a trek of nearly 550 miles
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although Jim and Kevin had a slightly higher average speed at 63 mph vs our 60 mph. We've since
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slightly faster truck passed us, and Steve has slipped in behind it. As we slid past, I glanced
over to see a very unprofessional finger gesture from Mr. Kelly. Kevin and I will be discussing
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I'd like to gather some feedback on "best practices" for running Windows on a Mac. Specifically a
MBP w/ 4GB RAM.
I'm thinking that I will create a bootcamp setup (20-30 GB) for the few times I want full Windows,
but will also be able to virtualize it in VMWare. What is the best performing Windows OS on a Mac?
I could have sworn I read a semi-offical recommendation from VMWare at some point, but for the life
of me can not find it now. I'm leaning towards Vista 64-bit.
Any thoughts/suggestions as for setting up a shared drive between the OSes? I imagine this would be
pretty easy to do when using virutalization, but a bit harder in Bootcamp, unless it can access the
Mac partition too. I'm contemplating another partition for /Users anyways, maybe I can use the same
directory in both OSes?
Anyways, just wanting to get some feedback on the best possible setup to take advantage of the best
of both worlds from folks who have been there before.
We've got two new reviews courtesy if the Screamfest Horror Film Festival, which is now running
through next Sunday in Hollywood, CA. First, we've got a positive look at Eric Red's big return to
horror with 100 Feet,
which BC says, "will be remembered as one of his best." In addition, we've added a review
of J.T. Petty's horror-western, The
Burrowers, which Lionsgate will be releasing on DVD next April. BC says, "There
are shockingly few monster scenes, and most of them are confined to the film's finale." Click
either title above for the reviews, trailers, posters, pics and more.
I've REALLY new to mac (but loving it) and have a few questions regarding security. I've got the
mac installed whatever way it came out of the box, but am running Mac OS X 10.5.5 updated to it's
latest.
I've also bought an external Maxtor drive which I planned to use for backups and suchlike (not
using TimeMachine). My questions are :
1. How secure is a drive formatted as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" in general?
2. Is this security still in tact on an external drive formatted the same way?
Social
sites like Facebook supposedly capture our social graph: the collection of people we connect with
on the web. But they don’t really let us do anything with the information. Sites
like LinkedIn might let us message people a bit more easily, but there are no on-board tools to
segment our information. What if, for instance, I want to mail everyone I know who is a
prospective speaker for my upcoming conference? Can’t do it. I just figured out how.
BatchBook.
I’ve been using BatchBook as a
contact management system for a bunch of months. It’s web-based, so I can access it
anywhere, but it also lets me download my contacts into a CSV file to use in other ways. Where it
gets cool is that it’ll let me segment out a list based on tags that I’ve created,
and download that as a segment. So, I can mail exactly the kind of person I want, based
on any kind of tag I’ve given them: geography, where we’ve met, their capabilities,
etc.
With BatchBook, I can get in there and do some extra things, too. They have a concept called
“SuperTag.” Anything that you’ve used as a tag can be turned into a small
database of its own, such that I can have a tag like “CommunityManager,” with
subfields like “type,” so that I can make some of my community managers
“enterprise,” some “startups,” and some “freelance.”
In the end, what I’m doing is making a database without having to be a database
administrator. What does this mean? Apply it to how you do business, and how you will do
business in the coming economic downturn. Maybe now’s a great time to get together all the
web developers you know, all the virtual assistants, all the people in DC, etc. Having good
contacts and knowing who to reach and how is always important. When you absolutely need the
information, it’s indispensible.
You’ll no doubt recommend any number of applications that can do this differently, in Ruby
on Rails, on my iPhone, whatever. What I like about BatchBook is that the people behind the
product actually listen to their customers (me!), and that they’re growing the product
slowly around expressed needs. But most of all, I like that it’s solving a need of mine:
getting my social media “friends” into a database where I can actually reach out to
them the way I want, and with lots of variation on the them.
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info we can deliver to you are some of the first screen shots of the browser to hit the net.
According to the Unwired, these screens are of Firefox Mobile running on a Windows Mobile
Professional touchscreen smartphone. In a separate screen, developers were able to run an Acid3
test with a score of 88/100. Not too shabby for a mobile browser. [a
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Social
sites like Facebook supposedly capture our social graph: the collection of people we connect with
on the web. But they don’t really let us do anything with the information. Sites
like LinkedIn might let us message people a bit more easily, but there are no on-board tools to
segment our information. What if, for instance, I want to mail everyone I know who is a
prospective speaker for my upcoming conference? Can’t do it. I just figured out how.
BatchBook.
