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my posts in april 2008

• 2008-04-29T12:39:20+01:00 - back from amsterdam
  

  back from amsterdam

  There, back from the cruise to Amsterdam! Will get pictures out shortly, when and if I've got the time that is.
• 2008-04-24T14:51:46+01:00 - ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron LTS is out!

  ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron LTS is out!

  Get it while its hot (norwegian mirror)!
• 2008-04-23T11:27:08+01:00 - Jan'alai down guild first!
  

  Jan'alai down guild first!

  Cyronix's review from Master Brewers' (Trollbane EU) fight vs Jan'alai (Dragonhawk avatar)
• 2008-04-19T17:09:38+01:00 - ubuntu hardy heron release candidate is out!
  

  ubuntu hardy heron release candidate is out!

  Steve Langasek announced the release candidate of Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron":
• 2008-04-17T18:05:32+01:00 - symphonyone 2008.1 released
  

  symphonyone 2008.1 released

  The dorment SymphonyOne project has just(?) woken up from the hibernation and released the 2008.1 distro.
• 2008-04-17T17:56:43+01:00 - 2.6.25 kernel live today

  2.6.25 kernel live today

  Kernel 2.6.25 stable went live today! Read the changelog here, and download the kernel patch here
• 2008-04-16T14:31:59+01:00 - digi.no relaunched with new design!
  

  digi.no relaunched with new design!

  A big congrats to Digi.no! No new functionality,just a spanking new design!
• 2008-04-16T11:02:16+01:00 - where have I been? intrepid ibex is ubuntu 8.10
  

  where have I been? intrepid ibex is ubuntu 8.10

  Ok, I know that I'm not continously searching the Internet for IT news, but this is something I really should've noticed.
• 2008-04-16T09:52:33+01:00 - latest distro from norway, draco 0.3.0 released
  

  latest distro from norway, draco 0.3.0 released

  Made in Norway, the latest Draco Linux distro is out!
• 2008-04-14T11:00:51+01:00 - recovery is possible, with RIPLinux latest release

  recovery is possible, with RIPLinux latest release

  Recovery Is Possible (RIP) is a Slackware-based CD or floppy boot/rescue/backup/maintenance system. It has support for a lot of filesystem types (Reiserfs, Reiser4, ext2/3, iso9660, UDF, XFS, JFS, UFS, HPFS, HFS, MINIX, MS DOS, NTFS, and VFAT) and contains a bunch of utilities for system recovery. It also has IDE/SCSI/SATA, PCMCIA, RAID, LVM2, and Ethernet/DSL/cable/PPP/PPPOE network support.
• 2008-04-13T19:22:09+01:00 - wow blacksmithing guide , from 0 to dragonstrike
  

  wow blacksmithing guide , from 0 to dragonstrike

  I came across a very nice blacksmithing guide, written by ShadowPanther. It's painfully accurate and will help you in your quest to get the Drakefist Hammer.

  The original guide is updated to comply with the 2.4 patch.

• 2008-04-11T09:33:21+01:00 - myspace dedicated linux distro? gOS 2.9 released
  

  myspace dedicated linux distro? gOS 2.9 released

  I stumbled upon a very interesting new linux distro when I checked DistroWatch this morning, a new distro called gOS (Good OS), with integration of Google products and MySpace apps.
• 2008-04-10T10:40:56+01:00 - high performance web sites
  

  high performance web sites

  My latest book purchase.
• 2008-04-09T18:35:17+01:00 - mandriva linux 2008.1 released!
  

  mandriva linux 2008.1 released!

  Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux) was created in 1998 with the goal of making Linux easier to use for everyone.
• 2008-04-09T15:27:39+01:00 - go open 2008 day 2: Simon Phipps, Adrian Bowyer and Simon Josefsson
  

  go open 2008 day 2: Simon Phipps, Adrian Bowyer and Simon Josefsson

  Day 2 of Go Open 2008 was as exiting as day 1, with great keynote speakers. In this article you will find small reviews of the keynotes I attended, every keynote was videotaped, so I will try to provide links to them later to complement my very short reviews.
• 2008-04-08T17:01:26+01:00 - demonstration against microsoft OOXML wednesday 9 april @ 12:00 oslo, norway

  demonstration against microsoft OOXML wednesday 9 april @ 12:00 oslo, norway

  Steve Pepper, the former Chairman of the Norwegian committee responsible for deciding the Norwegian vote on OOXML, is calling for a demonstration to take place outside the building where SC34, the ISO committee that has been landed with OOXML, is holding its spring plenary.
• 2008-04-08T15:20:06+01:00 - go open 2008 day 1: Chris DiBona and Zak Greant

  go open 2008 day 1: Chris DiBona and Zak Greant

  Go Open is the largest nordic knowledge and network arena for the open source community, with over 500 people participating and 50 keynotes, nationally and internationally. In this article I'm giving you an excerpt from this event and the keynotes that I attended.
• 2008-04-08T00:08:11+01:00 - opposition states: - norway voted no to ooxml
  

  opposition states: - norway voted no to ooxml

  There's been a lot of fuzz lately in Norway about the whole OOXML vote process. Standard Norge has, despite the opposition's majority vote against OOXML, voted yes to OOXML. In response to this, Håkon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera Software and the rest of the opposition won't stop fighting against the decision.
• 2008-04-07T15:08:33+01:00 - go open 2008 tomorrow

  go open 2008 tomorrow

  As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I'm attending Go Open 2008, a conference about Open Source arranged by the National Competence Center for Open Source.
• 2008-04-06T00:42:50+01:00 - my favourite web comics

  my favourite web comics

  A list of my favourite comics!
• 2008-04-04T23:53:22+01:00 - OOXML problems will be fixed
  

  OOXML problems will be fixed
• 2008-04-04T16:06:27+01:00 - twitter me this, twitter me that
  

  twitter me this, twitter me that

  A little rhyme with reason, I've just registered on twitter!
• 2008-04-04T16:00:18+01:00 - my april desktop
  

  my april desktop

  My desktop image for April
• 2008-04-04T15:22:58+01:00 - new slax distro release - 6.0.3
  

  new slax distro release - 6.0.3

  Slax is a Slackware-based bootable CD containing a Linux operating system, designed with a modular approach.
• 2008-04-03T16:32:52+01:00 - how to speed up your site

  how to speed up your site
• 2008-04-03T11:27:16+01:00 - get your statistics on with clicky!
  

  get your statistics on with clicky!

  Get your statistics on with Clicky!
• 2008-04-03T09:05:33+01:00 - goblinx with new development release

  goblinx with new development release

  Another development release from Brazil!
• 2008-04-03T08:58:59+01:00 - gobolinux with new development release!
  

  gobolinux with new development release!

  GoboLinux is a Linux distribution that breaks away from the historical UNIX directory hierarchy.
• 2008-04-02T10:20:03+01:00 - damn small linux with new release candidate

  damn small linux with new release candidate

  Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) live CD Linux distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop.
• 2008-04-02T10:07:07+01:00 - gentoo linux 2008.0 beta 1 released!

  gentoo linux 2008.0 beta 1 released!

  Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals.
• 2008-04-01T15:19:31+01:00 - magtheridon down, master brewer's first!
  

  magtheridon down, master brewer's first!

  Master Brewers downed Magtheridon!
• 2008-04-01T13:24:16+01:00 - what is april fool's?

  what is april fool's?

  April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1.
• 2008-04-01T11:24:04+01:00 - clonezilla live 1.0.10-7

  clonezilla live 1.0.10-7

  Clonezilla Live is a Debian-based live CD containing Clonezilla, a partition and disk cloning software similar to Norton Ghost.
• 2008-04-01T11:20:00+01:00 - gparted livecd
  

  gparted livecd

  GParted LiveCD is a business card-size live CD distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment.
• 2008-04-01T11:08:08+01:00 - norway's yes to ooxml recieves formal protest

  norway's yes to ooxml recieves formal protest

  There was a massive protest when Standard Norge decided that Norway will say yes to OOXML, despite the fact that most of the comitee-representatives were against.