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I’m a recent convert to Ubuntu and I’m thoroughly enjoying the experience. Ubuntu is a stable, feature-rich and user-friendly Linux distribution; therefore it’s no mystery why it has become the fastest growing Linux distribution in recent history.

Although the default installation is decently secure, there are some tweaking that you could do to make it even more secure. You can find out how to do this and much more from ITSecurity’s Big Ol’ Ubuntu Security Resource.

I can’t believe how I missed this, but Patrick Volkerding has released Slackware 12.0 into the wild. Although I’m an Ubuntu convert now, Slackware will always have that special place in my heart.

If you want an amazingly stable, pristine and overall superb distro to develop your Linux running and maintenance skill, I highly recommend Slackware.

Google has finally released Google Desktop for Linux, with binaries in RPM (for Red Hat/Fedora/Suse/Mandriva x86) as well as DEB (for Debian/Ubuntu x86) formats.

Obviously the target audience are those who are using Linux as a desktop OS and want a GUI tool to help them locate specific files on their system. I welcome this move by Google as it’ll indirectly encourage more people to hop on the Linux train now that the complications of using find and locate from the command line would be reduced.

More related news can be read from the Official Google Blog and Inside Google Desktop.

Wow, wonders never cease! That was the first thought that crossed my mind when I read mypapit’s post on Morse Code Training on Ubuntu Linux. Apparently, there are a lot of useful applications to assist you in sharpening your morse code skills!

My favourite among the featured apps would definitely be codegroup. Now, who would have thought that transfering files via morse code is actually possible!

Since our buddies at Redmond are apparently too busy and gentlemanly to name the patents that the bad guys behind Linux have apparently infringed; I’ve decided to help them… with your help of course!

With the assistance of our good friend Google’s amazing Patent Search; I found that Microsoft has exactly 600 patents listed there… surely some of the 235 patents that Linux allegedly infringes would be in that list. Now here’s how you could help:

• Link to or give the URL to a specific patent, and tell us which part/function of the Linux kernel; and/or any other open source application infringes that patent
• Discuss, argue and/or bicker over whether a patent infringement had actually occured
• Provide proof of prior art, if you think there is one
• Link to this post to give it the exposure it deserves (you know it does deserve more attention)

What are you waiting for?! Let’s get the ball rolling!