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• Only 4 Hours Left To Nominate Us For The SA Blog Awards – http://g33q.co.za/ – Currently in 4th place in Category 11 http://fb.me/vdm10Kjp #
• Only 3 Hours Left To Nominate Us For The SA Blog Awards – http://g33q.co.za/ – Currently in 4th place in Category 11 #
• @letstalkgeek made it through to the finals @sablogawards please give them some vote love over at http://letstalkgeek.net #epicpodcast #
• We are through to the voting stages of the Sa Blog Awards! A BIIIIG thank-you to everyone who nominated us. Now we… http://fb.me/zlB9ypwC #

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(If you have not done so, you can read the dailies from day one HERE)

Tonight the second of our Reader Voted Lightweight Distros. Linux Mint XFCE, the second Mint to grace this series.

I couldn’t wait to check out this one. Linux mint has again become a favorite of ours, and the XFCE version of it promised to deliver.

Did it?

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I actually had this posted about ten minutes ago, but for some reason Wordpress failed me. So sorry if you eagerly clicked through looking for your daily fix of… stuff.

We (again) bring you India going after more technology companies to increase their snooping capabilities, more governments planning to go after RIM to increase their snooping capabilities, Vodacom and Nedbank following Kenyas lead three years after the curve and other stuff. We add other stuff.

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Daily Snippets Time.

We are saddened to bring you news of RIM putting the dollar ahead of the privacy of their users and of Paul Allen from Microsoft becoming a patent troll. Well more of one…

Not to worry though, there are some good news also – like Diaspora, a Facebook competitor launching soon… continue reading…

(If you want to work through the series from DAY 1 click HERE)

Right, we are now at the first of our extra distros, voted in by you folks. Today our victim is Peppermint OS, the newest version based on Ubuntu Lucid.

What did we think?

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• my #FF for 2day @corrie206 IT Guy Extraordinaire @AndyWandy Changing the world one striker at a time @IvoVegter looks fetching in orange #
• @kmf thanks for the #FF in reply to kmf #
• My 2nd #FF for today: @kmf FLOSS champion and all round nice guy, @alastairotter the force behind @tectoniclive #
• TO anyone who does not know me that well – I HATE windows, and I HATE anything provided by @softlinepastel – seriously your products suck #
• Re-installing @softlinepastel AGAIN. Oh the joys of working with proprietary software and vendor lock-in. #
• @hindsjeff hell no. in reply to hindsjeff #
• @hindsjeff I am not sure I would do even that – I hold international companies to high standards, no nokia (iran) no apple (child labor) etc in reply to hindsjeff #
• did you know @softlinepastel gets borked when one of the pcs using it has a date in the future? What a great Friday I am having, thanks guys #
• @letstalkgeek Thanks guys – you okes are stunning. in reply to letstalkgeek #
• My 3rd #FF for today: @letstalkgeek my favourite Geek Chatshow. Nominate their blog for #SaBlogAwards at http://goo.gl/TMzt #
• #FF @ElzjevanRooyen my pretty wife and fellow g33q #
• Love it when people use what they are responsible for and try to force other people to their whims. #powercorrupts #
• @corrie206 you HAVE to tell that one in reply to corrie206 #
• @corrie206 you seriously persona non grata in the USA?! Wow. in reply to corrie206 #
• @IvoVegter Hey, I know some guys that were in the army back then, maybe one will know… in reply to IvoVegter #
• Hey everyone. We are ranked no 11 in our category (11) on the SA Blog Awards. We need your nominations! Top 10 go through. http://g33q.co.za #
• One of the most concise and insightful bloggers of our time. Read Ivo Vegters Opinionista on the strikes. Good Stuff http://bit.ly/das0nq #
• Well the page is up, kinda… #
• Aaand a better picture… #
• Right everyone. The Facebook page for the blog is up, you may like or follow us from there as well! #
• Our weekly roundup is pending. This week I muse about (Prospective) Employers and your Facebook/Twitter. Should they have access or not? #
• http://letstsalkgeek.net/audio-stream/ going live now! Join in the fun! We even have video. Barry looks hotness in a pink shirt tonite. #ltg #
• Day 8 of our Distro Roundup. Today it is Puppy linux, and I am impressed. Click on "Blog" above to have a look see. #
• The Weekly Roundup has been put up this morning. SO sorry for not letting you know. Read it here:… http://fb.me/yrz5STZa #
• We have added Elzje's insights to the Distro Roundup. Read it at… http://fb.me/EudUguaQ #
• We have updated all the entries in the Distro Roundup Series with links to either the ISO files or download pages of the Distros we tested. #

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Daily Snippets for Thursday.

Today – Touchable 3D TV, Nano Glass everywhere and becoming a cellphone battery. Oh, and it is not sex, its ‘molestation’ Mr Assange – know the difference.

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(For the first day of this series READ HERE)

Hi, Quintin here. For the most part I am flying solo today. I came back late from the Lets Talk Geek podcast last night where I elbowed myself into being their guest for the week and I did not have the chance to get Elzje’s insight into our featured distro for the day.

I will add it later after one of her epic dinners.

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(This weeks roundup is a bit late – I got home late from the LetsTalkGeek podcast, so it is up today!)

We live in a world where our on-line lives are intertwined with our real world lives.

Often what we do on-line reflects who we are. Often we “do” that in publicly accessible areas.

Some of those services are less than public – Facebook, for example. And your email.

Tonight I answer the question: Should employers be allowed to check your social networking sites?

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Daily Snippets for, erm, today.

Today we bring you Wikileaks hitting back at CIA, Facebook worth 33BILLLION and more.

Enjoy

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