dramatic usability improvements to Ubuntu based software appliances

Hi guys,

I am one of the developers behind TurnKey Linux, an opensource project
that is developing a family of Ubuntu-based installable Live CDs which
are pre-integrated for specific usage scenarios while optimizing for
ease of use.

The Ubuntu Weekly News team covered our project a month and a half ago
when we launched.

The response we got from the Ubuntu community was fantastic, and we used
the feedback to guide our efforts as while working the kinks out of our
current crop of appliances.

Our main focus has been to try and figure out how to dramatically
improve the usability of the handful of appliances we have released so
that they appeal to a much wider audience (e.g., not everybody likes
mucking around with the command line).

We are proud to announce that recently released versions of our Lamp,
Joomla, Drupal appliances now feature:

* easy to use configuration console (written from scratch in Python)
* a beautiful web administration interface
* auto-login while in demo/live mode
* root password configuration during installation

As usual, detailed information, screenshots and release notes is
available in the appliances section on our website:

http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances

Launchpad blueprints for this release can be found at:

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/turnkeylinux/2008.10.17-hardy-x86

The news release on our website can be found at:

http://www.turnkeylinux.org/news/new-releases-feature-dramatic-usability-improvements

Do you think it would be appropriate to cover our progress in Ubuntu
Weekly News?

Cheers,
Liraz

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Full Circle Magazine #18 - out now!

Full Circle Magazine - Issue #18

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community
are proud to announce the release of our eighteenth issue.

This month:

* Command and Conquer - Package Management.
* How-To : Program in C - Part 2, Secure A Network Drive,
Using GIMP - Part 7 and Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.
* My Story - Ubuntu And Me
* Review - Urban Terror
* My Opinion - How Many Distro's Is Too Many?
* MOTU Interview - Stephan Hermann
* Top 5 - Mind Mapping Apps

Get it while it's hot!
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-18/

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Re: Planet Fedora beat for FWN

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Oisin Feeley wrote:

> Hi Lee,
>
> Great to have you here. If there's any help you need just ask. In the
> meanwhile here's a rough overview of how we produce each issue. The
> only immediately pertinent thing is the "Writing News Beats" section:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/WorkFlow

Other things to do:

Add your information here in the appropriate place on the Planet beat.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Beats

Like I said in my email to f-marketing-l, my strategy is pretty much:

0. Read Planet daily.

1. Copy & paste the 2 or 3 posts that I think are most interesting to
the community at large into:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Beats/PlanetFedora

2. At the end of the week, go to that page and open up all the links I
saved. Any that seem pointless a few days later, I delete.

3. Then I take the remaining ones, and try to write a little narrative
about them. If you're a consistent FWN reader, you've probably already
seen it.

You, of course, can do it however you like. But that was the strategy
that I used.

Thanks for helping out -- much appreciated.

--Max

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Re: Planet Fedora beat for FWN

2008/11/1 CyberSpy <cyberspy1@gmail.com>:
> Volunteering for the Planet Fedora beat for FWN. I was asked to follow up
> here with a note saying that I volunteered for this, so here I am :)
>
> --
> Lee
>

Hi Lee,

Good to hear from you again - I think the last time we talked was a
CarolinaCon a year or two back.
Make yourself at home and thanks for taking on the work!.

David Nalley

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Re: Planet Fedora beat for FWN

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 14:57:12 -0400, "CyberSpy" <cyberspy1@gmail.com>
said:
> Volunteering for the Planet Fedora beat for FWN. I was asked to follow up
> here with a note saying that I volunteered for this, so here I am :)

Hi Lee,

Great to have you here. If there's any help you need just ask. In the
meanwhile here's a rough overview of how we produce each issue. The only
immediately pertinent thing is the "Writing News Beats" section:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/WorkFlow

Best wishes,
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Planet Fedora beat for FWN

Volunteering for the Planet Fedora beat for FWN. I was asked to follow up here with a note saying that I volunteered for this, so here I am :)

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announce beat complete, planet beat not happening

That's my status this week. Apologies on the Planet Beat. There's a
collection of the most important links on the page, but I simply don't
have the time to do the proper write-up to make it "newsworthy".

I'm going to try to recruit for a new writer for that Beat.

--Max

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Microsoft brings Windows, Office online

		November 1, 2008

	Microsoft brings Windows and Office to the cloud This week Microsoft unveiled Azure and online versions of its Office applications--both Web initiatives that take traditional software products and put them right in your browser. Of the two, the one you're likely to use is the online office suite, which will retain many of the core features of its software counterpart. However, Windows Azure might be the more interesting product in the long-run, as it lets you run virtual versions of Windows in your browser which are hosted on Microsoft's servers. This could open things up for immensely powerful Web and software applications that run on any hardware. Read all of this week's Windows coverage here Josh Lowensohn Associate Editor, Webware.com New on Webware.com LinkedIn's apps platform goes live Posted by Caroline McCarthy LinkedIn users now have another reason to hang around on the service besides polishing their resumes and looking for jobs. This week the company introduced an applications platform, letting users add a wide variety of tools that have been created by third-party developers.  Read more  Shop Amazon.com in 3D Posted by Josh Lowensohn Want to browse Amazon's selection of new music, books, and DVDs in 3D? Check out WindowShop, a new browsing experience that lets you fly through the latest products with your mouse or keyboard. It's not just eye candy though; you can find the latest products a lot easier than on Amazon's standard site.  Read more  When browser meets media player Posted by Rafe Needleman Radus is an ambitious browser-based media-viewing service that gathers up text, video, audio, and photo items from multiple blogs and content sites (like Flickr and YouTube) and lets you view them all in one interface that strips away the framework of the originating sites so you can focus on the content.  Read more  Hands-on with Netflix for Mac Posted by Josh Lowensohn We get an early hands-on look with Netflix Watch Instantly for Mac, which is coming soon to all Netflix subscribers. The new version on both Macs and PCs uses Microsoft's Silverlight to stream movies and TV shows straight to your browser.  Read more  Third Chrome beta a notch faster Posted by Stephen Shankland The latest beta of Google's browser, Chrome, shows a 37 percent JavaScript performance improvement over the initial beta released two months ago. JavaScript is a programming language used to add some pizazz to innumerable Web pages, but more importantly from Google's perspective, to power sophisticated Web applications such as Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Gmail. Users of Chrome should see that speed bump in other JavaScript services too.  Read more  All things Google Gmail chat gets SMS support Posted by Stephen Shankland Users of Gmail's Labs have a new option to send SMS text messages to Google Chat contacts right from their e-mail in-box. Behind the scenes, Gmail Chat sends text messages to people's phones from a specific Google phone number--one of about 1,000 the company reserved for the purpose--and each pair of people communicating gets to keep that number for future use.  Read more  Google Docs gets 99.9% uptime Posted by Stephen Shankland Burned by Google Docs going down in the past? This week Google announced a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee for its paying customers. What happens if the service goes down during that time? Users get a refund. There are no plans to bring that same uptime guarantee to non-paying users, but the increased focus on reliability could carry over.  Read more    Related Newsletters Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most CNET offers a wide variety of newsletters on everything from tech industry news to the latest games and gear. Browse the entire list now. Manage newsletters More Webware  Webware RSS feed  The Webware 100  About Webware.com Sponsored Links
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