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Do Not Be Afraid To Try Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx During It’s Development Phase

I like cutting edge stuff. I frequently check for updates for everything I use because I want to make sure I have the latest and greatest features (and not to mention bug fixes). However, most people are nervous when it comes to updates, especially testing updates before they are released as stable. Back when Ubuntu [...]

Comparing Chromium and Firefox 3.5/3.6/3.7 Nightlies’ JavaScript Performance

I have always been interested in efficiency and performance. So much, in fact, that when I finished installing three different trunk (latest source code) builds of Firefox (3.5.6, 3.6, and 3.7), I just had to compare their JavaScript performance with that of Chromium. I have heard that the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine got some performance boosts [...]

How to Fix GTK Theming in Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

Sorry I haven’t posted lately, been busy with school and such. Nevertheless, the world has been developing without me, and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala has been released today. I began using the early alphas back in late Spring/early Summer, and have personally witnessed 9.04 (Jaunty) change from an operating system with various issues *cough*pulseaudio*cough*, to [...]