TIC5 - 09/02/02 - 15:22 Tropical Ice Cube Newsletter
Tropical Ice Cube Newsletter #5: More Specials of the Week
From: Jean-Philippe 'Tropical Ice Cube' Monteiro" <jph::zenerves.net>
To: pplug::googlegroups.com, barcampphnompenh::googlegroups.com CC: jugcam::googlegroups.com Date: 09/02/02 - 15:22
Black & White and Wet All Over... Well; penguins of course. What were you thinking?
!! Sorry fo rthe dead link - The OpenRoad is experiencing difficulties !! I will try to track it back.
?New?: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20090129/IMG_0626_225x299.JPG
original aerticle by Matt Asay on cnet.com:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10152857-16.html?tag=mncol;title
[My apologies if you receive this message 2 or 3 times: it means you are on the 3 groups I write
to! :) ]
Getting your computer running Open Source, free software has never been so easy in Phnom Penh: Just send us a Text Message from your Mobile Phone, and get the Linux Distribution of your choice, for free!
Text me on 012 561 005 with either:
* Your request for Linux distro, with pick-up yourself at my office: I will reply with street address and delay/time to pick up the disc;
or
* Your distro request with your street address and possible hours for delivery; cost is 1usd per disc/dvd, Business Hours best.
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http://groups.google.com/group/pplug
Visit http://tic.zenerves.net for a full list of available Open Source alternatives for your
computing performance and pleasure + more info and help.
HOT NEWS:
The UBUNTU 8.10 discs have arrived, thanks to UBUNTU and its Shipit programme who sent me 10 of them. I still have 8... You know the drill: 012 561 005 !
There was some messages on the BarCamp Phnom Penh list this week about Telephony on Linux Boxes; Always ready to serve, the Tropical Ice Cube brought in AsteriskNOW and TrixBox, the two leaders in implementing Asterisk in a nice and easy way.
My Tropical Face is There: Get closer to the Penguins by making friend with Tropicalicecube Phnompenh on
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1154962303
&& Join the Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62414700265
SHOWCASE: Distro Of The Week.
LG-Live - OK, I know, holidays are over. But yet... Look what I grabbed for you, asides from some more serious ones: LG-Live 0.9DVD: LG here stands for LinuxGaners and this is a 3Gb Live DVD full of games, including NASTY ones where you drive stupidly fast cars or shoot opponents with massive weaponry. Who said Linux Gaming was dull? Some of them are real BAD. For your reputation, your productivity, your marriage; that is what these are BAD for :)
You'd need a 3D, accelerated openGL graphic card to enjoy these, I'm afraid.
LATEST Additions to the DISTROthèque Repository
Telephony on your linux box:
AsteriskNOW
TrixBox
Linux, boxed:
Ubuntu 8.10 Box-Editions - real, shiny ones!
KhmerOS openSUSE 11 - fresh from the Open Institute
Linux, latest:
Knoppix 6 - the master of teh Live Distro is back, always as quick and usefull, this one with a the Ariane Text-To-Speech system for the visually impaired.
Sabayon 4
Slackware 12.2
Linux, Specialised Distributions:
Clonezilla 1.2.1 - clone your hard drive BEFORE a major rescue operation
GPartedLive 0.4.1 - LiveTool to rescue your harddrive
!! Don't Forget !!
The Tropical Ice Cube always keep the 10 most important Linux Distributions available in their most recent release figure.
As Ever, always available:
OpenSource Software for M$:
Firefox 3 - get rid of Internet Explorer!
OpenOffice 3 - get rid of Word/Excell/etc!
The Gimp 2.6 - get rid of Photoshop!
Thunderbird 2 - get rid of outlook/outlook express
VLC 0.9 - Well, VLC is better than anything else really.
And the Same in Khmer:
[check http://www.khmeros.info for more]
OpenOffice - full offoce suite
Moyura, Email client
Merkhala, Web browser
+ Unicode Typing Trainer for Windows and more.
This Week recommended READINGS:
It's bit old, but thanks to AnhHung fot twitting it:
http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/30/microsoft-intel-anti-linux/
OpenSource model for Mobile hardware vendors:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10153265-16.html
A quick review of ultraslim Linux distros:
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10011918o-2000498448b,00.htm
CONTRIBUTE!
T.I.C could benefit from your help: see http://tic.zenerves.net/faq.html#contribute to check how you can participate in this project and help spread Free Software further in Phnom Penh and Cambodia.
Sponsor!
Pacific Systems gave me a UNICODE Khmer keyboard! Thanks!
You too, Like PACIFIC SYSTEMS, can help. I am sure your company can find a way to see it's name valued in the Phnom Penh Open Source community. Share open source software, download them, advertise T.I.C - there are many ways, and I am sure I am talking to a quite creative audience here!
(http://www.pacific.com.kh - they have all kinds of good stuff that you can't find anywhere else)
"Send a Text Message, Receive Linux for Free"
Getting your computer running Open Source, free software has never been so easy in Phnom Penh: Just send us a Text Message from your Mobile Phone, and get the Linux Distribution of your choice, for free!
Text me on 012 561 005 with either:
* Your request for Linux distro, with pick-up yourself at my office: I will reply with street address and delay/time to pick up the disc;
or
* Your distro request with your street address and possible hours for delivery; cost is 1usd per disc/dvd, Business Hours best.
This newsletter brought to you by
Jean-Philippe Monteiro
The Tropical Ice Cube
DISTROtheque Maintainer
twit: tropicalicecube
web: tropicalicecube.zenerves.net
mail: tic /AT\ zenerves.net
Face: Tropicalicecube Phnompenh
Mob: 012 561 005
--Slackware 12.2 / Enlightenment DR16--
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