Dell releases a preliminary overview of what customers can expect from Dell’s Ubuntu offerings. So far, things look good for the Open Source community, and it appears that Dell “gets it”. I especially appreciate how Dell would like to use an Open Source hardware driver where possible, and how they appear to be thinking about the details, such as recommending users purchase post script printers, etc.
I’m not holding my breath about seeing this north of the 49th, hopefully, us Canadians will see something before the end of the year.
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The much anticipated MPEG4 replacements for the ExpressVu 6100 and the 9200 have been delayed until the fourth quarter of 2007 according to a memo released to ExpressVu dealers. With this announcement, its also been revealed that Bell does not forsee moving to MPEG4 broadcasts until 2009, which means that we are not likely to see a mass upgrade program, and that 9200 HD PVR you just purchased is still going to work for a few more years.
Its worth mentioning that ExpressVu has also stated that the Ethernet port, and the USB 2.0 ports on the two new recievers are to be disabled at launch, reserving them for “future use”.
With all of the uncertainty surrounding the new HD receivers, I’m glad I decided to rent my 9200. I won’t loose anything when the new receivers are finally released, and with the date pushed back, the new units will be available at the same time as my contract is up.
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After updating to Ubuntu 7.04 “Fiesty Fawn” I was surprised to find out that it did not come with Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0. Well, this happened because the new version of Mozilla’s popular email program was released a couple of days after Fiesty Fawn, at which point it was simply to late.
If you want to install and use Thunderbird 2.0, here is your quick and dirty guide:
The first thing we need to do is download Thunderbird 2 from Mozilla, save it to somewhere you will remember, the default is your Desktop under Ubuntu. This brief how to will assume that you saved the file to your Desktop.
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