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Ubuntu 8.10 introduces “Guest Mode”. This enables the user to create a temporary environment when letting someone use their computer. Users will find this extremely useful, as they can let someone use their computer without any risk of losing settings in various programs, including Firefox. Also, the user will not have to sign out of website accounts in order to protect them or allow for their guest to log in.

When guest mode is activated (see above screenshot), a temporary account is setup with the home folder in /tmp. To return back to the user’s session, they just have to pick their name from the same list. They will then be prompted for their password to get back into their session.

This is a very nice feature for the paranoid as they will no longer have to stand behind their guest to ensure the safety of their data.

Today Dell announced that they are working with Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) to sell Computers running Ubuntu. The article includes a video interview between a Dell person and Mark Shuttleworth.

Over the past few weeks, the Pennsylvania Ubuntu LoCo Team has been working to launch our new site, MeetLinux.com.

They held their first meeting today, but being 3 hours away, I wasn’t able to attend.  From what I’ve heard, an Install Fest is planned for June 2nd in Philadelphia.  More to come as it is announced.

As I am home for a week off from school for spring break, I decided that it wasn’t worth the effort to bring my Ubuntu machine home with me. So now after about 6 weeks of using Ubuntu primarily, I am forced to use Windows XP once again for 9 days, as that is what is installed on my laptop. Already I am missing some of the basic abilities of Gnome, multiple workspaces. Multiple times I have found myself looking down to the lower right corner hoping to find the workspace switch, with no luck.

In good news, I am experiencing Verizon FiOS for the first time at home. We had it installed shortly after I returned to school for the spring semester. Below is the results from one of the speed tests that I have run since returning home. (Our plan is 5/2 Mbps.)

Just over a week ago, with the help of Aaron, I purchased and built my first tower. Specs include 2.13 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and 2 GB RAM, among many other things.

Since Microsoft was close to releasing their next operating system at the time, I decided that it was time that I ditched Windows for good. It is running Ubuntu 6.10, which was released in the fall. Over the past week, I have been tweaking it to fit my needs, and have also installed a few applications for the fun of it. These include Beryl and VMware Server. You can look forward to screenshots of both of these within the coming weeks.