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Brasero will replace Serpentine as the CD-writing utility in the upcoming April release of Ubuntu 8.10 (code-named Hardy Heron). Brasero extends the functionality of Serpentine to include data CD and DVD projects, file integrity checking, and multisession support.

Why replace Serpentine, a dead simple solution for burning audio CDs? It features tight integration into the GNOME Desktop Environment, with support for Rhythmbox playlists and drag and drop file management from Nautilus, as well as the ability to extract audio from video files. Unfortunately, the application has no support for creating data CDs. You can fill that void by using the native CD-writing capabilities inside Nautilus, but Nautilus offers limited options for data project creation.

Brasero builds upon the functional shortcomings of Serpentine through the addition of data CD and DVD support, along with image creation and burning.

Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Klikit or Ubuntu or derivative installation.It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install. It can make a distributable copy you can share with friends. This will not have any of your personal user data in it.

Install Remastersys in Ubuntu

The Remastersys repository needs to be added to your /etc/apt/sources.list

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ibeentoubuntu writes:

I’ve put together my opinion on the top ten usability issues that exist now in Hardy’s Alpha and will most certainly be in the final long-term release. I also try to suggest a solution, if there is one.

10. The open/save dialog

The open/save dialog in some applications uses the Gnome virtual filesystem while some applications don’t use it, resulting in a situation where the available locations for this action are not the same. This is especially a problem for people with network shares mounted through Nautilus.
Solution: All apps should use the Gnome virtual file system.

9. Importing music files in Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox has a preference for the location of your library and a file hierarchy, but doesn’t move files there when you import folders. Instead, importing a folder is more like adding another location for your library.
Solution: The rhythmbox menu should have an import entry, which pulls the files into your library location and an add music location entry which uses the current method.

8. Browsing of samba shares

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This guide explains how you can enable a remote desktop on an Ubuntu desktop so that you can access and control it remotely. This makes sense for example if you have customers that are not very tech-savvy. If they have a problem, you can log in to their desktops without the need to drive to their location. I will also show how to access the remote Ubuntu desktop from a Windows XP client and an Ubuntu client.

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

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Linpus Technologies has long been known in Taiwan for its Linux distributions. Now, it wants to become a player in the global Linux market with its new Linux distribution Linpus Linux Lite, which features a dual-mode user interface. One mode is for people who may never have used a computer before; the other is for experienced Linux users.

According to the company, these two modes are Easy and Normal. Easy mode uses large, colorful icons, arranging software in terms of its use. So, for example, instead of offering users a choice of Web browser and e-mail programs, there’s an icon for the Internet. Under this icon, there are other icons for Firefox, as well as links that use Firefox to automatically connect to Google Maps, Wikipedia and YouTube. If users want a more traditional PC interface, they merely need to tap an icon on the master tool bar and they’ll switch to Normal mode, which is a KDE 3.5x desktop.

This functional approach to the desktop is quite similar to that of Good OS’ gOS 2.0.

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