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Friday, 8th April 2005

Anabasis: Userscript.org. Jeremy wants feedback on his plans for a userscript directory site.

# 8:42 am

A Tour of the BBC Film Archive at Windmill Road. Martin Belam continues his streak of fascinating posts about the BBC.

# 9:20 am / film

Enter the hedgehog

The Ubuntu community have released Hoary Hedgehog, otherwise known as Ubuntu 5.04. If you haven’t tried Ubuntu yet, it’s an excellent Linux distribution based on Debian with a strong focus on desktop usability. Unlike most Linux distros, Ubuntu comes with just one desktop manager (Gnome) and one obvious default application for each of the essentials: Firefox for browsing, OpenOffice for office work, Evolution for mail.

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See the sights with Google Maps. MetaFilter thread with links to interesting satellite photos on Google Maps.

# 10:23 am

Ubuntu 5.04 Release Notes (via) What’s new in Hoary.

# 2:57 pm

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