On hold for a bit longer I get connected to another agent. I ask the same question. He puts me on hold for a while and then comes back with this, "Currently the Mini 9 is not available with Ubuntu" and when I asked him if there were any plans to offer it with Ubuntu pre-installed he said that "this is a brand new launch, no information is available regarding that configuration". Ok no problem, thanks.

He didn't seem to want to let me off the line. Smelling a potential sale he gave me his agent code/number to put in when/if I decided to go ahead and purchase it online. This way he would be my "personal contact" and would be available for post purchase support. Um, yeah right. How about just telling me the truth? You get a commission, duh!

So I'm a little disappointed. U.S. customers have the option but Canadian are getting no Ubuntu love. Guess I'll wait and see if there are any changes in the upcoming days.

Canadian site

U.S. site

Bien pues necesito opiniones...

¿Que sistema operativo podría ponerle a mi portatil HP?

Ahora mismo tengo Vista, pero no me hace mucha gracia...

Ahora tengo dudas... hago particiones y pongo xp junto con ubuntu??

O pongo simplemente Xp??

O no lo toco y dejo al pesado de vista??

Y linux??? Ubuntu, GNU??? cual es la diferencia???

Ains... que recomendáis??

1º Insistir un rato, al final entra, pero es muy pesado estar diez minutos intentandolo.
2º Cambiar la fecha de windows a un día anterior, suele funcionar.
3º La mejor solución de todas, añadir el siguiente servidor a la base de actualización: http://nod32.ecpm.net.cn este servidor nunca falla.

Espero que os sirva de ayuda ¡¡

Sony Music Japan has opened a special page named "Ai wo Sagashite" (Find the love) to let you win a special screensaver.

Go there: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/LArcom/special/080903/

All you have to do is click everywhere to find "the Love".

If it's to hard for you here is the solution.

Something funny, see how Japanese people are pervert, just to click on the sex of the little man, xD ahahah.

Credits to: aoki

Source: Sony Music Japan

This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:

• 64 bits guest support (64 bits host only)
• New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts
• The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements
• New-version notifier
• Guest property information interface
• Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts
• New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts
• Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain)
• Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics)
• Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing raw disks/partitions (major performance gain)
• Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests
• Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface on Linux and Solaris hosts
• Support for VHD disk images

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

• VMM: VT-x fixes
• AHCI/SATA: improved performance
• GUI: keyboard fixes
• Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if unregistering the DKMS module fails
• Linux additions: the guest screen resolution is properly restored
• Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes)
• Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11
• Mac OS X: Ctrl+Left mouse click doesn’t simulate a right mouse click in the guest anymore. Use Hostkey+Left for a right mouse click emulation. (bug #1766)

Today’s Tekzilla tip of the day discloses just how to set your system to no longer automatically reboot, but instead wait for you. It was so good I’m going to pass it along. First, you need to open the Group Policy Editor. In XP do a Start, Run, and type GPEDIT. In Vista you can also run GPEDIT from the command line.

When Local Group Policy Editor opens, navigate to Local Computer Policy, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, then finally Windows Update.

The row you are looking for is “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations”. Double click on it, then change it’s state to enabled, then click OK.

You will have to reboot your computer for this to take effect. Then the horror of waking up Wednesday mornings, dreading the overnight reboot will be a thing of the past.

While you are here, you may also wish to change the “Delay restart for scheduled installations” setting. By default this is set to 5 minutes. This is the screen that pops up and says ‘hey I just installed some stuff, I need to reboot to finish’ and your two choices are ‘Restart Now’ and ‘Restart Later’. But if you hit ‘Restart Later’ you are annoyed again a mere five minutes later. Well this is where you can adjust this. Open up the dialog, click Enabled, then you can change the time from the default of 5 minutes up to 30 minutes.

As with any time you go mucking around in your registry or policy settings, you do so at your own risk. Make sure you understand what is going on before you go changing things.

All I know is I’ll be sleeping a whole lot more soundly on Tuesday nights now.

Friend: "My computer isn't fast enough, how do I make it faster?"
Me: "How much memory do you have?"
Friend: "250 g bytes"
Me: "What?"
Friend: "My computer came with 250GB"
Me: "No, not your hard drive space, your RAM."
Friend: "My What?"

At that point, I'd usually guide them to the whole right clicking My Computer > Properties thing to the part where it will usually tell them that either A: they've been running off 256 Megs of RAM with a Windows XP computer or B: they've been running off 1GB of RAM on a Vista PC. And so, I casually explain to them the difference between Hard Disk space and Memory, and I can tell by the end of the conversation, despite my best efforts to dumb down my explanation 10 notches, that they still have no idea what I'm trying to tell them.

"But how does my computer store stuff then?"

If you or someone else has absolutely no idea still what the difference is, I've found both simple and complicated ways to describe it.

RAM and Hard Drive space are like long and short term memory.

If you have a test coming up tomorrow, but you forgot about it and you just stayed up until 2 AM drinking, then probably the first thing you'll do in the morning is 1: find something to relieve you of your terrible hangover and 2: cram as much as you can for fast access into your head. Well, if a computer wants to access something incredibly fast, it stores the information in its RAM, or Random Access Memory. Here, it can be accessed and changed at an extremely high speeds, unilke your hard drive. However, some people think everything they do is stored in their RAM forever. They're lucky this isn't the case, because anything stored in your RAM ceases to exist shortly after you turn off your computer, thus explaining why when you start up Windows takes so long to boot, because it has to load all its shit back into your RAM, taking significant amounts of time.

Hard drive space is like long term memory, it takes longer to get it there (although it still happens so fast that you really won't notice), but it will be there for a very long time. Your hard drive will retain information until:

• It breaks (this happens sooner than a lot of people think, but its still long enough to where you'd have to be crazy to keep a computer long enough for it to happen)
• You or someone else wipes your hard drive.
• You visit a porn website and install a virus because in your current state you'll click "Yes" to anything, as long as the stupid dialog box gets out of the way of the views of the new High-res jpegs you just found.
• You delete the file.

If all else fails...

Hard Drives look like this:

And RAM looks like this:

Seeing that they probably do those "Find the differences between these two pictures" puzzles that you'll most likely find in the latest edition of Nick Jr Magazine, they should be able to spot at least a few minor differences. If they can't, just be honest and tell them that they may want to have a repair shop take care of the problem and not do it themselves, because else you'll get a call a week later saying they busted their computer by shoving the RAM forcibly into a PCI slot.

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So next time someone frustrates you by saying "I've got 500GB of ram in my computer and you told me you only have 3", you'll be able to explain to them that it is because you actually knew what you were talking about, and also give them the comparison above. I've used it for like 4 people, and they all got a pretty good understanding.

Agora você já pode começar a aplicar o planning poker na sua empresa, pode comprar alguns baralhos em uma loja de R$1,99 e começar. Depois faça um baralho bem legal para sua empresa.

Fuente: barrapunto

The ultimate goal, of course, is that I can then convert my one XP instance and use it virtually with the ability to read to and write from DVD disks.  I'm gonna pick up some burners and test it out.

Tip of the day: I should caution you that System Restore is not a panacea-- there are some things it copies and restores and some things it doesn't.
* It does not recover data once the Recycle bin has been emptied -- you need to use Shadow Copy or an undelete utility for that.
* It doesn't recover lost or corrupted User passwords.

It is, however, "user friendly" and simple to use. It does, automatically, take "snapshots" of the Registry and some dynamic system files, and is a good way to get an unstable and/or non-booting system back on its feet again without losing your files and user settings.

To get started, you need to make sure that System Restore is turned on, and that it has at least 200 megabytes of free hard-drive space to store snapshots on.

Turn on System Restore by clicking Start and right-click My Computer >Properties >System Restore tab and make sure there's no check in the box next to "Turn off System Restore on all drives."

While you're there, select the drive, or partition, where you want to store the snapshots and click the Settings button. Now you can use the slider to denote the amount of memory you want to devote to System Restore. I set mine to about 500 MB's, which gives me a good selection of Restore Points (snapshots) without losing too much storage. And now you are set: Windows will start taking snapshots whenever you make a 'major' change, like installing a program or device driver.

There are a couple of different ways to use System Restore to go back in time. In the first scenario, Windows still functions, and boots, but is unstable and crashes or freezes frequently.

1) Use System Restore by clicking Start >Programs >Accessories >Sytem Tools >System Restore. This will launch the System Restore Wizard. By default, the radio button "Restore my computer to an earlier time" is already selected so hit the Next button.

Now you will see a calendar, which has the available snapshots/times in bold.

2) Start with the most recent one first, and click "Next", and then "OK". Your system will reboot, take a while to load, and then a message saying "Your system has been successfully restored to date selected" will appear.

If this doesn't happen, you will see an error message-- retry using the next most recent Restore Point. You may have to try several.

The next scenario is when you're in a bad situation where Windows just BSOD's ("blue screens"), or won't even boot. Boot your machine and hit, repeatedly, the F8 key as if you were trying to get into Safe Mode.

When the white-on-black Advanced Start Up screen appears do not hit any key(s) just yet. Before too long a dialogue will open asking whether you want to continue on into Safe Mode...Y/N? Type an "N" for "no". This will launch the System Restore Wizard and you follow the steps as outlined above.

Should this dialogue not open after a suitable wait, use your up/down arrow keys to highlight (select) "Safe Mode" and hit Enter. You will now be in the funny-looking, petite version of Windows called, you guessed it, "Safe Mode". It's easy to know that you are, because it clearly says Safe Mode in all four corners of your desktop. Now you can access System Restore through the Start >Programs menu. Again, follow the steps as outlined above.

Occasionally System Restore cannot undo all the damage and it doesn't work as we'd hoped. If the damage was done by malware such as a virus that also infected your snapshots, it may not work at all. But it is a powerful tool and has saved me many times over the years. It is quick, simple, and usually very effective-- and it's free!

[For more answers on System Restore, see my two follow-up posts; "A quick System Restore addenda", and "questions answered".]

Today's free link: I mentioned undelete utilities, and there are many out there for you to try. Try to recover files by starting with a scan using Softperfect File Recovery. "...a free and useful tool to restore accidentally deleted files from hard and floppy disks, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards and other storage media. It supports the popular file systems such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 with compression and encryption. If your important files disappeared and you can’t find them in the recycle bin, try this software product and get the files back to life. Easy to use, no installation is required."

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Раскладки клавиатур хранятся в каталоге /etc/X11/xkb/symbols. Он содержит обычные текстовые файлы, названные по стране, для которой раскладка предназначается. Я туда полез, когда захотел отредактировать украинскую раскладку, заменив редко используемый ґ на левый слеш. Чтобы иметь пример клавиатуры в представлении Ubunt’ы, откроем окошко Система > Параметры > Клавиатура на вкладке «Раскладки» и нажав кнопку «Добавить» оставим раскрытым окошко «Выберите раскладку».

Структура файла ua проста. Директива xkb_symbols "basic" открывает стандартный список символов, присваеваемый клавишам. При добавлении новой раскладки он отображается под названием Стандартный (Типовий для моей Убунты с украинской локализацией) в выпадающем списке «Варианты». Остальные группы, к примеру xkb_symbols "winkeys", отображаются там же и содержат лишь список изменений (по умолчанию) по сравнению со стандартной раскладкой. Можно как редактировать существующие так и создать свой собственный вариант раскладки (предварительно создав бекап sudo cp /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ua ~/ua.bac), добавив секцию

// Мой собственный вариант раскладки
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "mykeylist" {

name[Group1]= "Ukraine - My key list";
}
Далее все будет добавляться между фигурными скобками. Чтобы создать вариант раскладки на базе существующего, добавим строку include "language(variant)", где language — базисный язык, например ua, а variant — вариант раскладки, например basic. Так же для задействования правого Alt нужна строка include "level3(ralt_switch)". Я редактировал непосредственно секцию xkb_symbols "basic".

Теперь перейдем непосредственно к символам. На минутку переключимся на открытое ранее окно «Выберите раскладку». Каждая буквенно-цифровая клавиша задается номером строки (отчет начинается снизу латинскими буквами, например AA, AB, AC и т. д.) и номером в строке (например 01, 02, 10, 12), а некоторые спецклавиши задаются своими сокращениями, перечисленными в таблице:

Однако для описания partial alphanumeric_keys коды начиная с четвертой строки таблицы не подходят и задаются в отдельных файлах текущего каталога.

Наконец приступим к навешиванию новых символов на клавиши. Например, нужно повесить на клавишу «Й» амперсанд & и знак доллара $, отсутствующие в украинской раскладке. Начнем новую строку в секции (или подредактируем существующую) записав
key <AD01> { [ ] };
Код клавиши AD потому, что «Й» находится на четвертой строке снизу (в понимании Убунты), и 01 так как это первая буквенно-цифровая клавиша в ряду. Между квадратными скобками введем через запятую требуемые символы. Первым идет символ, который вводится непосредственым нажатием клавиши, это Cyrillic_shorti. Далее идет символ, доступный при нажатии Shift, тоесть Cyrillic_SHORTI. Третим записывается символ, доступный при нажатии AltGr, в нашем примере это ampersand, а четвертым, доступный по нажатию Shift + AltGr + Клавиша, тоесть dollar. В результате строка должна принять вид
key <AD01> { [ Cyrillic_shorti, Cyrillic_SHORTI, ampersand, dollar ] };
Собственно, вместо обозначений символа наподобие ampersand можно ввести его юникодовский номер U0026.

Теперь, сохранив файл, можно просмотреть и добавить созданную раскладку клавиатуры через стандартный диалог. Вот как выглядит результат:

MS Windows

Предупрежу сразу, что в винде создание собственной раскладки клавиатуры дело оказалось несколько более муторное, чем в линуксе. При этом Microsoft Word и еще некоторые программы реагировали далеко не на все добавленные символы (в т. ч. когда комбинация их вызова совпадала с горячей клавишей самого ворда) Для редактирования раскладки в винде необходима программа Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, которая лежит как на сайте Майкрософта для владельцев лицензионной ОС, так и на многих сайтах инета, следующих в гугле со второй-третьей ссылки. Как и все халявное от Microsoft, данная программа сделана, скажем так, абы сделать. Запустим Keyboard Layout Creator и по центру окна сразу увидим пустой шаблон. Заполнять его придется вручную полностью.

Слева галочками можно выбрать нажатие каких дополнительных клавиш будет обрабатываться. Кликая по пустым клеткам заполним пустой шаблон (так же надо не забыть указать разделитель целой и дробной части (Decimal separator) в правом нижнем углу, если создается раскладка не на базе латинской.

Закончив ввод всех необходимых символов, сохраним созданную раскладку через File > Save Source File As. По пути оно предложит ввести информацию о раскладке: название (Name), описание (Description), которое будет позже отображаться в диалогах выбора раскладки клавиатуры и прочие. Можно поставить флажок Right Alt treated as Ctrl+Alt (also known as AltGr), что позволит использовать AltGr (или если клавиатура его не поддерживает Ctrl + Alt). Позднее изменить эту информацию можно через Project > Properties. В Project > Test Keyboard Layout можно проверить, как будет работать раскладка. Когда все нужные символы добавлены, можно откомпилировать раскладку командой Project > Build Dll and Setup Package. В ходе компиляции могут выдаваться различные предупреждения, например если один символ доступен разными методами. Результатом сего шаманства будет каталог, размещенный по адресу, указанному в нижней части основного окна. Он будет содержать необходимые файлы инсталляции для различных архитектур компьютеров и, собственно, setup.exe, запустив который установим раскладку в систему. Теперь неплохо было бы перезагрузиться.

Выставить созданную раскладку как рабочую можно через языковой панели в пункте меню Параметры.

При нажатии кнопки Параметры клавиатуры отобразится окно Дополнительные параметры клавиатуры. Выделив в нем установленную раскладку и нажав Смена сочетания клавиш, зададим способ переключения на наше творение. Все.

Использованные материалы:

• Свой ноут и комп.
• http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B_%D1%81_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B8_AltGr
• http://www.linux.com/feature/113715

klik disini

and *usually* the OS should be working as a gateway.

Don't you love windows?