Here's a XFCE Ambiance Style Theme I made for Windows 7.
[Note: This Theme will disable Windows Aero.]
Wallpaper is GNU from Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
Download Here

Software You Need: 7-Zip, Pidgin, Web Browser, Windows 32 or 64-bit.

1. Open CMD as Administrator.
2. In CMD, enter cd %ProgramFiles(x86)% if your on an 64-Bit OS or cd %ProgramFiles% if your on 32-Bit. Hit enter.
3. Type in: mkdir pidgin\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\ then hit enter.
4. Download and save the American English Dictionary to your Desktop.
5. Open the Dictionary's .oxt extension inside 7-Zip.
6. Open %ProgramFiles(x86)%\pidgin\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\ in Windows Explorer.
7. Extract en_US.aff and en_US.dic to the myspell folder.
8. Restart Pidgin.

A few days after announcing she was leaking an unreleased song off Born This Way for her little monsters on christmas, the song Stuck On Fuckin' You is here!
Click the play button to stream the song off of YouTube. 
Click Download to download the free song in MP3 format.

Due to a API update with weather.com awhile back, all old xfce4 weather plugins stopped working.

Here is a list of proposed updates that should fix the API errors. Note it may be buggy.
Direct Download DEB's

Oneiric 11.10: i386 amd64
Natty 11.04: i386 amd64
Maverick 10.10: i386 amd64
Lucid 10.04: i386 amd64

Small update from my September post.

As you may know, Canonical freezes software packages a few weeks before a new distribution comes out.Only security updates will be installed after the freeze.
If you want new fectures for your software, you need to install a ppa.
To add a repository on your system the new way (9.10 and higher) all you do is “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge”
Some software on this list may no longer be updated for older systems. 
 
1: Chromium - Stable: ppa:chromium-daily/stable [10.04+]
2: Firefox - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable [10.04+]
3: Thunderbird - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable [10.04+]
4. Openshot - Bleeding Edge: ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge [9.10+]
5. LibreOffice - Stable: ppa:libreoffice/ppa [10.04+]
6. The Gimp - Trunk: ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn [9.04+]
7. Pidgin - Stable: ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa [10.04+]
8. Shotwell - Stable: ppa:yorba/ppa [11.04+] ppa:flexiondotorg/shotwell [10.04 **, 10.10 **]
9. WineHQ - Stable: ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa [6.06+]
10. Banshee - Stable: ppa:banshee-team/ppa [7.10+]

** Must enable the GStreamer PPA to use: ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa

Some software I recommend getting from the office site:
TOR
VirtualBox
PlayOnLinux
Vuze

The news about Ubuntu dropping Banshee, Tomboy And Mono from the 12.04 CD doesn't bother me. I don't like Banshee, I use Tomboy sometimes, but I don't like it being automatically installed on my computers with lower disk space, I can install that from the Software Center easily. And for Mono, I use a custom PPA for that, not the default Ubuntu version.

I would like Synaptic Package Manager being installed by default. I use that program a lot. 

I'm not sure if I will be upgrading to 12.04 when it comes out. If Canonical doesn't extend support for 10.10, I guess I will have to upgrade or move to some other distribution.

I'm probably going to stay with XFCE as my desktop environment. I'm to geeky to use Unity or GNOME 3. I have over 30 programs running at once at times.

As for Windows 8, I already know I'm not going to upgrade any of my personal or business computers to that in 2012. I'll buy a OEM copy when it comes out and use it as a virtual machine. I will offer full support for Windows 8 for repair, service and Win7 to Win8 Upgrades.
At this time, I do not have a plan to build "Designed for Windows 8" computers.

As for Windows XP, I'm planing to move it from Full Support to Moderate Support due to some software dropping SP3 in 2012.

Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7 RTM, SP1 will stay at Full Support.

Some other plans in the works...

Removing all ads from this website.
Expanding Android support next year.
Partnership/Affiliation with businesses.
Expanding our investment portfolio.
Name change to attract more customers.
New domain name.
Official Business LLC.
Complying with all California state and federal business laws, regulations and taxes.

Flash Player is now out and your wondering how to upgrade?
Your options are, go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ and install it yourself using one of the versions or use a script file to install Flash Player on your system.
The script file can be downloaded at http://web.techfurs.net/Flash11ForUbuntu.html then follow the directions so the script will install it for you.

If you need any help or have questions, feel free to comment.

According to a blog post by Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix; Netflix will end DVD's by mail and turn into a streaming only service. They are going to start up a new company called Qwikster for DVD's by mail only. This news comes as Netflix stopped DVD rentals off their $7.99 streaming plain and recored price hikes.

Source: Netflix Blog http://blog.netflix.com/2011/09/explanation-and-some-reflections.html

As you may know, Canonical freezes software packages a few weeks before a new distribution comes out.
Only security updates will be installed after the freeze.
If you want new fectures for your software, you need to install a ppa.
To add a repository on your system the new way (9.10 and higher) all you do is “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge”
This article was writen for Ubuntu 10.10. You may not need all 9 repositories listed here on newer systems.
 
1: Chromium - Stable: ppa:chromium-daily/stable [10.04+]
2: Firefox - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable [10.04+]
3: Thunderbird - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable [10.04+]
4. Openshot - Bleeding Edge: ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge [9.10+]
5. LibreOffice -Stable: ppa:libreoffice/ppa [10.04+]
6. The Gimp - Trunk: ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn [9.04+]
7. Pidgin - Stable: ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa [10.04+]
8. Shotwell - Stable: ppa:yorba/ppa [8.04+]
9. WineHQ - Stable: ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa [6.06+]

Senate Passed The America Invents Act. H.R. 1249

Today the Senate passed H.R. 1249 after being passed in the House in June. Bill now goes to the president who is expected to sign.

The bill changes the US patent system from a First-to-invent to a first-to-file system that will move ownership structure of patented inventions towards large corporations, away from independent inventors and small businesses.

This bill has strong support from some of the largest corporations in the world, including:*

3M
American Bankers Association
BP
Exxon Mobil Corporation
General Electric
Intel
Johnson & Johnson
Merck
Microsoft
Motorola
PepsiCo, Inc.
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble Company
(Full list at MapLight.org)

Some businesses and organizations opposing this bill are:*

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
American Civil Liberties Union
Generic Pharmacutical Association
IP Advocate
National Small Business Association
(Full list at MapLight.org)

*Source maplight.org

The list of Senate Members who voted on this bill can be found at http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/senate/1/129