Just a quick post to say that the second alpha of the forthcoming Ubuntu release, Lucid Lynx (10.4) is now available. The final release is scheduled for April 2010.

Some of the new features and changes include:

I purchased the Dell Mini 10v netbook after a lot of research. I wanted a netbook which was compatible with most Linux distributions. Due to the Mini 10v being based around standard Intel hardware, the only issue of concern was the wireless chipset. I had added the 802.11n wireless card and a six cell battery as options when I ordered directly from Dell.

I recently had the chance to play with the Rane Serato SL1 mixing controller, so thought I'd share my experience:

I purchased the kit for approximately 400 GBP and it consisted of the main hardware controller, two timecoded vinyls, two timecoded audio CDs, all the audio and USB cables, detailed instruction manual and a few record box stickers.

Although not a project as such, Python CLI Skeleton forms the basis of a standard "command line" utility. Simply checkout the project, change a few configuration values, and you have basic logging and option parsing configured as well as a working PyPi submission.

I've recently been installing and using the new Google Chrome OS operating system on my Dell Mini 10v netbook.

On the evening of the announcement video, I built my own image from the source code and ran it from a USB stick. This first version had very little wireless hardware support, so I was limited to using a cabled connection at first.

I recently purchased a T-Mobile Pulse (or Huawei U8220) in October last year, and have been playing around with rooting the device, installing custom firmware and generally hacking the phone into submission.

I started a wiki page for the phone over at MoDaCo forums covering all the skills and tricks I picked up along the way. Other MoDaCo users have also contributed to the guide, so I can't take all the credit.

Take a look at the MoDaCo wiki...

Provides an OOP wrapper for the LCDproc Telnet API. Currently supports the management of Screens and all Widgets.

Sprang is a small script that interacts with the “sprunge.us” command line, terminal “pastebin” web service.

The latest Ubuntu incarnation "Karmic" has now been released into the wild. Demand for this new version was so high that Canonical's servers struggled to keep up with demand. This new release brings a new Gnome release as well as excellent support for cloud computing.

Gnome Shell is still in development, but provides an early peek at what Gnome 3.0 will look and behave like. Thankfully, Gnome Shell is in the repositories if you are using the latest Ubuntu Karmic beta.