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Error when updating Ubuntu

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Lately I migrated all of my server to Ubuntu server, what I really loved about it the easy of updating the system, all I need to is:

$ sudo aptitude update # to update packages meta data
$ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade # to perform the actual upgrade

But sometimes on of the package information meta data files get corrupted, and I will get this error:

$ sudo aptitude update
:
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>

W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

To solve this problem, try:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/*
sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::http::No-Cache=true

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January 15th, 2010 at 11:04 am

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Smart phones and netbooks operating system

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I compiled a quick and dirty list of smart phone and netbook OS, the list included the OS that I think are relevant.
I merged both smart phone and netbooks OSes in the same category, because it seems they can be used on both platforms.
Please let me know if you want to include any data worth adding.

Open

Chrome OS

Started: 2009
Company: Google
OS Base: Linux
Browser: Webkit based (it is Chrome!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS

Android

Started: 2007
Company: Open Handset Alliance (Mainly Google)
OS Base: Linux
Browser: Webkit based (like Chrome, and Safari)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29

Moblin

Started: 2007
Company: Intel (and LinuxFoundation!)
OS Base: Linux
Browse: Gecko based (like Firefox)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moblin

Mameo

Started: 2005
Company: Nokia
OS Base: Linux
Browse: Gecko based (like Firefox)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maemo

Closed OS

WebOS

Started: 2009
Company: Palm
OS Base: Linux
Browser: Webkit based (like Chrome, and Safari)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS

IPhone OS

Started: 2007
Company: Apple
OS Base: Mac OS (UNIX)
Browser: Webkit based (it is Safari)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_OS

BlackBerry OS

Started: 2002
Company: BlackBerry
Browser: BlackBerry, Opera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_OS

Symbian

Started: 2001
Company: mainly Nokia
Note 1: Closed moving to open
Note 2: Is it relevant nowadays?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS

Windows Mobile

Started: 2000
Company: Microsoft
OS Base: Windows CE
Browser: Internet Explorer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile

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October 4th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

FLOSS weekly Linus interview

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FLOSS weekly (FLOSS = Free Libre Open Source Software) interview with Linus Torvalds, straight questions and honest and simple answers, I love it.

http://twit.tv/floss88 (56 minutes)

FLOSS weekly

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September 30th, 2009 at 1:07 am

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Linux.com relaunched

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The new Linux.com relaunched under the management of Linux Foundation.

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May 13th, 2009 at 7:58 am

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What does it mean to be free?

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April 15th, 2009 at 12:38 am

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Qt becomes LGPL

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Slashdot:
“Qt, the highly polished, well documented, modern GUI toolkit owned by Nokia will be available under the LGPL starting with version 4.5! … [Nokia] want to encourage and stimulate the use of Qt Everywhere. This is fantastic news for all commercial developers looking to create cross-platform applications …” Slashdot

Wikipedia:
“Qt is most notably used in KDE, Opera, Google Earth, Skype, Qtopia, Adobe Photoshop Album, VirtualBox and OPIE.”

Really good news for KDE project and fans.

More links:
Wikipedia Qt page
Qt Software
Via: Slashdot

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January 14th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

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Wikipedia switch its infrastructure from RedHat to Ubuntu

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It is a bit of old news but thought I would share in case you missed it.
Basically Wikipedia is switching 400 server from Redhat and Fedora mix to Ubuntu server.
Check the details in ComputerWorld article

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November 3rd, 2008 at 12:27 am

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