Ubuntu 10, Guest Accounts, and Persistence

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So Ian, after hearing Dad talk incessantly about the virtues and sheer coolness of Linux over the years, had me install a dual-boot of Ubuntu with his XP. However, he judged that it was a PITA to switch between the two, and he decided to go Windows-free. He first installed Ubuntu into his XP installation, but it was awkward. After some thought, he backed up all his files and did a from-scratch reformat-the-disk install of Ubuntu 10.

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To Do List After installing Ubuntu 13.04 aka Raring Ringtail OS

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Ubuntu 13.04 Unity Desktop Environment

Ubuntu 13.04 Classic "Fallback" Desktop Environment

Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome 3 Desktop Environment

Ubuntu 13.04 Cairo Desktop (Gnome Environment)

Supported until January 2014

Ubuntu is designed primarily for use on personal computers, although a server edition also exists. Ubuntu holds an estimated global usage of more than 12 million desktop users, making it the most popular desktop Linux distribution with about 50% of Linux desktop marketshare.

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Greater Security with Two Step Authentication

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We know your blog is important to you, and today we're proud to announce Two Step Authentication: an optional new feature to help you keep your WordPress.com account secure. For those of you who use Two Step Authentication with your Google account, you'll know how useful this feature is for keeping your account secure.

Two Step Authentication works like this: when you log in to your WordPress.com account, we'll prompt you to enter a secret number.

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Why Facebook Home Is Potentially Brilliant

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Let's say we build a phone, theoretically. We're not! But if we did, we could get maybe 10 million people to use it. 20 million. That doesn't move the needle for us.

-Mark Zuckerberg, Disrupt SF 2012

With today's leaks, it's looking like Zuck was being almost completely honest.

Facebook isn't building a Facebook Phone. They're letting HTC do it for them.

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CakePHP : Retrieving Your Data

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As stated before, one of the roles of the Model layer is to get data from multiple types of storage. The CakePHP Model class comes with some functions that will help you search for this data, sort it, paginate it, and filter it. The most common function you will use in models is Model::find()

find

find(string $type = 'first', array $params = array())

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Real-world usage of CakePHP

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It is used by many blogs and websites. CakePHP's official site lists some of them.

# Applications

  1. Auspayroll: Online payroll system
  2. Autojunk.nl: UGC autofan video/photo sharing community
  3. Billbugger: Bill tracking and reporting for personal and groups
  4. BlueInk: Content Management System built using CakePHP
  5. CakeApp.com: an rapid development online tool for CakePHP.
  6. Cheesecake Photoblog: A photoblog builder…

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Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSlam For $20M

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Apple has acquired WiFiSlam, an indoor GPS startup that enables a smartphone to pinpoint its location -- along with that of your friends -- in realtime up to 2.5 meters in accuracy.

Apple paid $20 million to acquire WiFiSlam, although the specific terms of the deal have not been shared as of yet.

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