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Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot on Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA 150 ( with a gnome-shell workaround )

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We recently did a review of Windows 8 Developer Preview on Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA 150. In a similar vein, we will be reviewing the October 13 release of Ubuntu's latest stable offering, the Oneiric Ocelot. Ubuntu's dreamy cat-leopard is available as 1) Ubuntu Desktop 32bit and 64bit 2) Ubuntu Server 32bit and 64bit 3) Ubuntu Alternate installer 32bit and 64bit The Alternate installer  is for those who cannot run the desktop version of the installer or for those whose systems failed to login after installation due to driver or other issues using the default installer. The alternate installer has a text based installer. For installation along with Windows, a WUBI installer is available. Official Derivatives: Ubuntu recognises 6 derivatives 1) Kubuntu - KDE desktop with Ubuntu 2) Xubuntu - XFCE desktop with Ubuntu 3) Lubuntu - LXDE desktop with Ubuntu 4) Edubuntu - Ubuntu for education with Unity desktop 5) Mythbuntu - Ubuntu for HTPC with  XFCE desktop

Blackhole Exploit Kit threat surfaces at the Wampserver English Website

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AVG is reporting and blocking access to the website of Wampserver at wampserver.com/en citing a Blackhole Exploit Kit threat.The Blackhole Exploit Kit surfaced late in 2010 on file sharing websites under the guise of security software.  More about the Blackhole Exploit Kit at Websense .

New Look Blogger: Promising Dynamic Views lacks options for customization, third-party scripts and more

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Blogger released a Dynamic Views template recently. Dynamic Views is a set of seven(7) different ways to display the posts of a blog. The official post about the launch of the new look mentions the following benefits The Benefits: 1. Infinite scrolling: Views: Classic 2. Images that load as you browse 3. Integrated search  4. Sorting by date, label and author Views: Flipcard 5. Lightbox-style posts  Views: Snapshot, Flipcard and Timeslide 6.  Keyboard shortcuts  7. One-click sharing to Google+ and other social sites on every post Out of these features, the lightbox post view and keyboard shortcuts are new and interesting.  Gmail shortcuts work, like j and k for previous and next post respectively. The Lightbox view is available in some views. Sort by date, label and author is available in the Flipcard view only. Integrated Search(3), Infinite scrolling(1) and One Click sharing(7) Lightbox style posts in some views Sort by Date, Label