Most people say that when you are using Linux, you won't get any viruses. This is wrong. A few weeks ago, a fake screensaver was put on Gnome look and people installed it thinking it was fine, but it wasn't a screensaver at all! This is the first time I've seen something like this happen in the Linux community.

I have uploaded my first video to YouTube. It is me doing the famous "Hare Hare Yukai" from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Hope you like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGE_cWIMml4

KDE 4.3 has beenKDE 4.3 released, and on the same day, the Arch Linux repos have been updated! Amazing Downloading it right now...will review the new features soon after.

Something that also came as a surprise to me was how the packages are now. They are now modular! What happened to "keeping it pure" and the same as upstream? Oh well, I'm not complaining

I was very surprised by this news. Google has announced officially that they are making a "Google Chrome OS". They seem very serious about it. They have even decided to make their own window manager. And the best part is, that it is based on Linux! This is a great! A giant company like Google backing Linux is really good news!

Since I have gotten into anime, I have also been sucked into the music from it, also known as J-pop. I now want to learn Japanese so I can understand the songs, and understand things in anime that are written in Japanese that aren't explained...

Does anyone here have any recommendations to any books, CDs, websites etc. that could help me learn Japanese? If so, could you tell me by commenting on this post?

I have made a tutorial on setting up ALSA. It is much more simple than the one in the Arch Linux wiki. Hope you like it!

KDE 4.0: From this...I have been using KDE 4 even before it was a golden release. I started using it when KDE 4.0 was in the betas. I was impressed with it, especially plasma, even though it was extremely limited. You couldn't move the widgets around it, you couldn't change the size...it was a big giant panel fixed to the bottom of the screen. There wasn't even a native Kontact program! When KDE 4.0 was released, people complained saying it should have waited six more months.

The new theme for Archux is now complete! As you can see, it is much cleaner looking and everything is now styled properly. It also works better in lower resolutions. Enjoy!

I said I would have the new layout ready for the end of the week, but unfortunately I haven't had the time due to my work experience. For those who don't know what it is, it is when I go to try working in a real job for two weeks. Sometimes it is one week. It has been very tiring working from 9 to 5...I'm used to 9 to 3 Well it definitely shows you how the workplace really is!!

I recently bought half of the first season of Fullmetal Alchemist on DVD. I got it from Play.com for £18, which is pretty good to be honest. It has over 6 and a half hours of episodes on it! I have watched up to the 6th episode, and I am really into it now. I'm going to be buying the next half very soon

In other news, I'm in the process of making a cleaner (and original) layout for Archux. I have based it on a foundation like theme. At the moment, it isn't looking that impressive...I expect to have it up by the end of the week, with new tutorials included