Today I heard about a Linux distribution called Linux Mint. More specifically, I was interested to read about their release of a KDE Edition of their distribution. On the page talking about their KDE edition, they mention the software that is included with their distribution. But something seemed out of place. It took me a moment to realize what it was: … the default Web browser is Firefox 2.0.0.3.
I felt the need to clarify some things with this article that discusses so-called “Ubuntu Web Browsers”. The fact of the matter is that those browsers are in no way tied to Ubuntu. Likewise, Ubuntu supports browsers other than those.
Browsers like Firefox and Opera run on many different operating systems, from Windows, to Linux, to Mac OS X, to Solaris, to FreeBSD. Check out the Opera FTP site for proof of this. Look at the wide range of platforms they support. And don’t forget that some of those directories, like the “unix” directory, themselves contain several platforms.
Today I read an article introducing a service called booBox. booBox apparently allows web site owners to try to sell the items they are writing about. Like the article suggests, it’s probably best to try out their demo for yourself. For their demo, if you click on the image of an iPod, for example, it will bring up an overlay showing images of similar or related items that can then be purchased from Amazon.