The latest version of Ubuntu, “Intrepid Ibix,” was released on Thursday.  It includes the latest version of the usual components (Gnome, X.org, etc.) with improved networking (WiFi) and portability.  Recent Ubuntu releases have focused on laptops, and “Ibix” moves another step forward (peep the screenshot!).  The usual sites are abuzz with this latest release.  Here’s the round-up: (more…)

I have not run a screensaver in years. Usually I just set my LCD to go off after 30 minutes of inactivity. But that’s changed. I’m hooked on a really cool screensaver that makes beautiful ever-changing images

Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver created by Scott Draves. It’s run by thousands of people all over the world, and can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers “sleep”, the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as “sheep”. The result is a collective “android dream”, an homage to Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

The software is available for download for PC or Mac or Linux.