Cheap is good, but free is better
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| Kiss Bill Gates goodbye by switching to Ubuntu (oo-BOON-too) instead of using
| XP or Vista. Ubuntu is an African word with a nebulous definition suggestive
| of friendship and sharing. It is an operating system similar to Windows but
| is based on linux. It comes loaded with most all the applications that most
| people need such as a Web browser, Open-Office, instant messaging and other
| programs. Ubuntu requires much less "horsepower" to run than Windows XP and
| Vista, making it an ideal choice for older systems. If you are familiar with
| Windows, you will find the transition to Ubuntu easy.
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http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080218/NEWS/802180303/-1/COMMUNITIES
Plenty to like in newest Firefox version
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| Don't look now, but the third volley in the second browser war is about to be
| fired, and it's packing an impressive payload.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/silverman/5550602.html
Related:
Inside Firefox 3's Latest Beta Update, Part 1
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| Integration with Linux has also been kicked up a notch so that default icons,
| buttons and menu styles in Firefox now use the native GTK (The Gimp Toolkit)
| theme.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/it-management/61710.html?welcome=1203204489
Firefox 3 Beta 3 now available for download
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| Firefox 3 Beta 3 is now available for download.
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http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/02/12/firefox-3-beta-3-now-available-for-download/
First look: Firefox 3 beta 3 polishes rough edges
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| I'm extremely impressed with Firefox 3 beta 3. I've been using the nightly
| builds for quite some time now, and I'm convinced that Firefox 3 is very
| close to being ready for widespread adoption.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080212-first-look-firefox-3-beta-3.html
Mozilla offering limited live chat support for Firefox
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| Mozilla has been quietly offering live Web support for the Firefox Web
| browser since the beginning of the year. It is one of the open-source group's
| experiments in improving the user experience and woo more of them from
| Microsoft's still-dominant Internet Explorer.
|
| [...]
|
| Rivaling Linux itself as most popular open-source project, Firefox has never
| had trouble attracting volunteers. More than 1,000 people freely contribute
| code, 20,000 test pre-beta versions of Firefox every night and another
| 500,000 test the actual betas.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=639475544&rid=-50
Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 Is A Win For Linux
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| Mozilla has released the latest beta of Firefox 3 today, and the Linux
| efforts behind it are starting to show even more. This release, being a beta,
| is surprisingly stable. Here’s the killer that makes this beta release
| amazing: true GTK support.
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http://fosswire.com/2007/12/20/firefox-30-beta-2-is-a-win-for-linux/
Firefox 3: rocking on Linux
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| A few people have been noticing how good our support on Linux has gotten
| during the Firefox 3 development cycle and I thought I would post to try and
| point out some of the good stuff that we have coming down the pipe.
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http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=325
Personas from Mozilla Labs give Firefox a sleek coat
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| I probably won't use Personas much myself since I greatly prefer the
| unadulterated GTK look in Firefox 3, but the addon is very intriguing from a
| technical standpoint. The way that Personas takes Firefox's Internet
| capabilities and leverages theme to bring dynamic content to the Firefox
| chrome layer is very creative and it reflects a lot of possibilities that I
| had never previously considered.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/12/16/personas-from-mozilla-labs-gives-firefox-a-sleek-coat
Update on the Firefox 3 Linux Theme
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| Work on the new linux theme for Firefox 3 is progressing nicely due to a very
| active group of contributers. To match the operating system’s theme,
| Firefox’s navigation toolbar will use native GTK icons.
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http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/11/13/update-on-the-firefox-3-linux-theme/
Shop offers Firefoxers a discount
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| He reckons Fireyferret users get, "a better overall experience when browsing
| the internet. We want to reward people who take the next step and try the
| browser for themselves."
|
| We reckon it's just a publicity stunt, so we've forgotten to mention the name
| of the shop or provide a link.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/07/shop-offers-firefoxers-discount
Mozilla freezes Firefox 3.0 Beta 3
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| "[We] will be adding another milestone before moving on to Release Candidate
| builds," Beltzner said. "Our goal is to do a quick turnaround on Firefox 3
| Beta 4, but we cannot provide a good estimate until we know the size and
| scope of blockers remaining after the Beta 3 code freeze."
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;727307863;fp;16;fpid;1
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