kiwilinux in virtualbox

i enjoy exploring distros in virtualbox and creating screenshot galleries. i use flickr because i like the way it works as opposed to picasa.
kiwilinux is basically ubuntu with some kiwi artwork and some non-free packages. it runs well in virtualbox.

kiwilinux.org
distrowatch announcement
flickr gallery
flickr slideshow

hardy heron in virtualbox

i discovered something strange about running ubuntu 8.04.1 hardy heron in virtualbox. when i resize the virtualbox window the resolution of ubuntu automagically resizes to whatever size the VB window is. i'm not sure why it's doing this but i'm not complaining. it's pretty cool actually.
notice the strange resolutions, 1576x1103, 1472x1061, 1184x859, 1440x1050.

mitchell baker - trapeze artist

WOW, I didn't know this. Mitchell Baker, Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation and Chairperson and former Chief Executive Officer of the Mozilla Corporation is a trapeze artist. she's also affectionately known as "chief lizard wrangler".

watch video.

something happened

holy smokes, am i dreaming? did i strike a nerve with yesterdays post, or was it just my pisces intuition? ibm announces partnerships with linux distributors to deliver microsoft free computers. one article even used the same words as me, "make it happen". this sounds like good news if you ask me and a huge step in the right direction. i will be watching for these computers to hit the market.
here's the news links i've accumulated.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24825.wss

http://offer.interwebsearch.org/2008/08/05/ibm-linux-and-the-microsoft-free-pc/

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3699706

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Selling-the-MicrosoftFree-Desktop/

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0422213.htm

http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/08/05/ibm-targets-microsoft-with-desktop-linux-initiative

mandriva partner program

hey computer manufacturers listen up; if you ever want to sell me a computer then you better get involved in this mandriva partner program. hello? hello? knock, knock, is anybody home? this means you Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba, Asus, and all the rest of you microsoft brow beaten computer makers.
i will not buy a computer with microsoft on it. do you hear what i'm saying? let me repeat that for your deaf ears. i will not buy a microsoft computer. the next computer i buy will either have mandriva linux preloaded or be certified for mandriva. ya'll better get with the program because ya'll ain't getting a dime from me till you do. why can't you make this happen?

mandriva partner program