Amarok 2.0 has finally been released! You can now get Amarok on KDE 4 without having to install KDE 3 libs taking up valuable space. And it'll look the part too Here's a list of the most important features in the new Amarok (from the official Amarok website)

• Completely redesigned user interface
• Tight integration with online services such as Magnatune, Jamendo, MP3tunes, Last.fm and Shoutcast
• Completely overhauled scripting API and plugin support to allow better integration into Amarok
• Migration from the KDE 3 to KDE 4 framework, and utilization of core technologies such as Solid, Phonon, and Plasma

I recently noticed that YouTube have replaced "Watch in High Quality" with "Watch in HD". The difference is breathtaking! I am so used to watching horrible, blurry videos on YouTube. Now I can watch videos in their full quality, and thankfully, it doesn't keep stopping. Thank goodness for my internet (never thought I've ever say that to Sky Broadband :P).

Compare the two side by side..there is a big difference!

We are getting Tux t-shirts in stock soon. We have all the regular sizes available (S, M, L, XL, XXL) and are in either white, black or ash grey. This for only £4.99!

http://shop.archux.com/content/tux-t-shirt-preorder

We are also getting openSUSE 11.1 in stock when it is released...keep an eye on Software Care for the openSUSE DVD/CDs!

I downloaded the RC a few days ago to see if it would like my rt61pci based wireless card. I worked great! And that hasn't changed Hopefully it will stay that way...

Since I'm liking Ubuntu 8.10, I'm going to say my most favourite new features.

Today Mandriva released a new version called "2009.0". This features the new kernel 2.6.27, KDE 4.1 or GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3.0 and Firefox 3.0. It also boasts better compatibility with netbooks such as the Asus EEE PC, the Acer Aspire One and the MSI Wind.

Recently I have jumped off the Arch ship and back to the Ubuntu one. I thought it would be a lot better. No configuration files to edit all the time, nice and stable, fast boot times (for me 30 sec) and a working Compiz Fusion that doesn't give me a hard crash.

Today I wanted to get a distro on my freshly (ish) build computer gathering dust because it refused to work with Ubuntu, Windows, Arch or many other distros I threw at it. They all hated the wireless, which advertised being compatible with Linux. It even had a picture of Tux on it! Not very common..

If you don't like dark themes, you can try out the new "GNOME look-a-like" theme, which resembles the GNOME default theme: Clearlooks. It is very compact, and has high contrast. It will be better for you if you have a low resolution or dislike dark themes. I won't be putting it on just yet. I still need to make a few adjustments to make it look a bit better

I have been slowly drifting away from Arch Linux. It's a great distro, but I dislike having to set it up manually and it has lots of stability issues. I won't be removing my tutorials though Every time I try out a distro that works on my computer, I'll review it. If it's good enough, I may even start making tutorials for that distro.

Well it looks like I'm looking for a similar distro that someone is looking for on the Ubuntu Forums. So I'll be keeping an eye on that thread.

I was looking for a laptop with my sister (I didn't want her to get another chunky overheating mess she had before...) and I found out that the laptop was very good for the money. AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 1.6GHz, 120GB hard drive, 2GB memory, NVIDIA graphics card, webcam, all packed into a beautiful design. Obviously the more expensive HP laptops are better but this is pretty nice for £400. Here's the link if you're interested

I enjoy doing web designing, and previously used Dreamweaver on Windows, but I rarely used the WYSIWYG feature of it. My favourite feature was the auto completing of the end HTML tags. When you did </ it would autocomplete it to </div> on any element if it was opened. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a text editor on Linux that can do that..

EDIT: Added the FTP clients part.

Anyway, let's get on to...