INSTALLING FIREFOX 3.5 IN UBUNTU 8.04 HARDY HERON

STEP1:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 libnotify-bin

STEP2:
Download ubuntuzilla .deb package or Visit the download page to confirm if it is the latest version.

STEP3:
Simply double click on the just downloaded deb package to install ubuntuzilla.

STEP4:
Run ubuntuzilla.py in command line by simply typing the same in Terminal.

STEP5:
When you are prompted to choose the language of choice, if you dont know the one you want, just type 14 there(which is the default en - US).



Thats it. Goto Applications > Internet > Firefox , and you will have your latest frefox 3.5 up and running, and will even prompt you with latest updates(you can disable this feature anytime

Red Hat, IBM, Novell Major Contributors to Exploding Linux Kernel Development

The Linux Foundation reports that 2.7 million lines of code have been added to the Linux kernel over the past 16 months. The open source project now has more than 11.5 million lines of code. The number of lines added, removed, and changed each day has increased 70 percent, 68 percent, and 32 percent, respectively, from the previous report in April 2008. And the number of developers contributing to each kernel release cycle, which comes every two to three months, has risen about 10 percent. More than 5,000 individual developers from nearly 500 companies have contributed to the kernel, and the greatest support continues to come from Red Hat, IBM, and Novell. Participation from the individual development community has doubled over the past three years. The increasing rate of change and jump in contributors is a sign of a "vibrant and active community, constantly causing the evolution of the kernel in response to a number of different environments it is used in," the report says. The foundation also suggests the pace of development will continue to accelerate

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Ultimate (FREE) Open Source File Sharing Downloader

Application name: jDownloader
screenshot of jDownloader running under Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04):

Short description (by myself):

• All-in-one open source file sharing downloader.
• Works on Linux, Windows and Mac using Java Virtual Machine.
• Works whether you have FREE or Premium file sharing account.
• What I like most: scheduling and sequential downloader, no need to enter captcha for Megaupload and resumable download for free account on Megaupload.

Description from Homepage:
JDownloader is open source, platform independent and written completely in Java. It simplifies downloading files from One-Click-Hosters like Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com - not only for users with a premium account but also for users who don't pay. It offers downloading in multiple paralell streams, captcha recognition, automatical file extraction and much more. Of course, JDownloader is absolutely free of charge. Additionally, many "link encryption" sites are supported - so you just paste the "encrypted" links and JD does the rest. JDownloader can import CCF, RSDF and the new DLC files.

Features:

• Platform Independent. (Windows, Linux, Mac, ..)
• Runs on Java 1.5 or higher
• Complete Open-Source (GPL)
• 24-hour support
• Download several files parelel
• Download with multiple connections (like MSD)
• JD has an own powerful OCR module (JAntiCaptcha)
• Decrypt RSDF, CCF and DLC Containerfiles
• Decryptplugins for many services. e.g. sj.org, UCMS, WordPress, RLSLog....
• C.E.S: Use of the Russian Captcha Exchange Services possible
• Youtube video and Mp3 Download
• Automatic extractor (including password list search) (Rar & 7z archives)
• Theme Support
• Multilingual
• About 45 hoster and over 100 decrypt plug-ins
• Reconnect with JDLiveHeaderScripts: (1400 router supported)
• Webupdate
• Integrated package manager for additional modules

Download:
http://www.jdownloader.org/download

Linux Is Step Ahead

Most of them not understand about difference between Linux and Microsoft

LINUX:
There are lots to say about the history of linux but it goes for a long so just have a look at of overview.
History of Linux

• In 1993 Linux was introduced by Linus Torvalds, a student in Finland. Who post to the comp.os.minix newsgroup with the words:

  "Hello everybody out there using minix -

  I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones."

• Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, chose Larry Ewing's design simply because he likes penguins. It is said that the name Tux was the winning entry in the 'Let's Name The Penguin While Linus Is Away Contest' with the 'T' standing for Torvalds and the 'U' and 'X' for Linux.
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• Torvalds announced in 1996 that there would be a mascot for Linux, a penguin
• Alan Cox - Has made major contributions in coding the Linux Kernel.
• It is Open Source
  
• The largest part of the work on Linux is performed by the community: the thousands of programmers around the world that use Linux and send their suggested improvements to the maintainers.
• Then some of the organization came forward to improvize the standard of Linux and the first one is Red Hat Linux introduced on 1994
• KDE(K DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT) is started to be developed by Matthias Ettrich
• Now there are lots of organization like Fedora,Ubuntu,SUSE,Debi, released Linux by modifying little structure and adding new features

This is how the linux is marked a special history

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