Found some useful tools lately to speed things up on my end:

Opendns – for a safer, faster and smarter internet. I have configured both naga.gov and techtribe to point to their DNS servers.
Swiftfox – an optimized Mozilla Firefox build for Linux.
Ubuntu system tweaks via automatix

Speed bumps indeed!

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I joined Ubuntu Philippines Team just recently and I was inspired to know that there are already bicolanos on the team (Zak and Irvin), both are actively involved in advocating Ubuntu and FOSS in general. I also was able to meet other Ubunteros from different parts of the archipelago virtually via irc.freenode.net’s #ubuntu-ph channel.
The team is still small, only a handful of volunteers but it’s great to know that they’re doing their share to advance FOSS in the country.
I hope …

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I was able to attend SFD Bicol yesterday at AUL with bossing dune and nhile. We came rather late as our bus moved in myterious ways The event was participated mostly by students from Legazpi schools. It’s co-sponsored by BiOS where I’m a member of.
Anyhow, I actually liked the theme: Bicol: Towards Open Source Country and I’m one with making this vision a reality in our place. Why not? Let’s do it slowly one at a time.
Im …

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