If Twitter provided an important service, email for example, I would have stopped using it in favour of something more reliable; however, arguably, Twitter does not provide an important service, so I have persevered with its less than reliable service, though I have to admit, my patience is wearing thin.

Should not the Twitter experience be fun?

For me, Twitter has stopped being a fun distraction and has become something which I like to do, but more often than not, I end up feeling frustrated when I do. Problem is, I have become comfortable with keeping a virtual diary of day-to-day, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute distractions. I also enjoy the sporadic conversations which occur between mutual followers.

Do not misunderstand me, I think the basis of the Twitter service, "What are you doing?", is valid and simple enough to remain being a great idea; however, for fear of stating the obvious, I do not think the Twitter service is currently scaling well enough to cope with the digital populace. And more worryingly [at least for the Twitter developers], I am not sure it ever will, not in its current guise and regardless of the underlying technologies.

Ah b∗ll∗cks!

Also, there is something which has been bugging me about Twitter, the fact that it is hosting my data. The data in question, may on the surface seem unimportant, and for the large part it is; however, on occasion I have found myself wanting needing to refer to my backlog of tweets, only to find the Twitter service lacking, again.

As an example, only the other day, Becky and I wanted to watch an episode of a certain serial drama and neither of us could remember the last episode we had watched. Ah ha! I thought, I will search my Twitter history, I am sure to have tweeted about it. The following conversation went something like:

me: Ah b∗ll∗cks!
Becky: What's wrong?
me: Something technical!

If I was hosting the tweets myself, I feel certain the above short conversation would never have taken place. I would have been able to search my data, find the information I needed and carry on with my otherwise happy existence.

What are you doing?

I am feeling all Twittered out, not with the concept, but with the service. I am going to rectify this by developing my own mini Twitteresque application. The application will provide similar functionality to Twitter, but obviously it will be served from my own hosting account. The application will store my tweets within its own database as well as pushing them to Twitter. Ideally, once the application is running, nobody, apart from myself, should notice any difference as it will appear as though I am Twittering as normal.

Thank you Twitter

Twitter got me hooked on keeping a diary of meaningless events, but then left me wanting. So, thank you Twitter, I now have a new project to keep me amused for a while.

End rant. Start project.

Tags: projects, rants, twitter

"A consonant please Carol, and another, and another, and another, and another." — actually, this post is not about Carol Vorderman or Countdown, it is about some interesting[?] script output I came across when attempting to write a new spam filter. I will explain…

Just lately my website has been receiving some rather odd junk comments. The comments make no sense and they have quite obviously been sent by some automated junk flinging robot. The reason the comments make no sense is because they seem to be constructed from random characters. Apart from making no sense, these comments were also becoming a nuisance as they were easily slipping past my existing keyword filters.

So, the other night I decided to sit down and write a new filter to try and catch these random character junk comments. I started by analysing some previously submitted comments to try and find any common patterns. One such pattern I found was multiple strings containing 5 or more consecutive consonants. Thinking this to be unusual, I ran some tests against a flat file containing 21110 common English words. I thought the results were interesting. Here is what I found:

• 85 unique strings containing 5 or more consecutive consonants.
• 113 words containing 5 or more consecutive consonants.
• 9 words containing 5 or more consecutive consonants and no vowels: crypt, lymph, lynch, myrrh, nymph, pygmy, rhythm, sylph, tryst
• 10 words containing 6 or more consecutive consonants: latchstring, metempsychosis, polysyllabic, polysyllable, porphyry, rhythm, skyscraper, strychnine, synchronize, synchronous
• 1 word containing 6 consecutive consonants and no vowels: rhythm
• 1 word containing 7 consecutive consonants: strychnine

I should state that the above results are in no way definitive. I know this because I also ran the same test against another file containing 311141 words found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Still, by using the results of the initial test I was able to construct a list of safe words to use with my new spam filter.

Finally, yes, I did consider not writing this post; however, I am sure my publishing of these results will not change anything. Besides, Arthur, my 80 year old neighbour, is the biggest Countdown fan on the planet, he is also quite Internet savvy and definitely thinks Carol Vorderman is hot — he may find these results quite useful in increasing his daily Countdown score!

Tags: antispam, language, programming, projects, whird

Why the neglect?

There are several reasons for my recent lack of commitment to Whird:

1. I have spent a large amount of time [probably too much] working on other projects; since the beginning of the year, CrunchBang Linux has consumed most of my free time.

2. Now that I have a working copy of Whird, I seem to have become far too comfortable simply using it, instead of developing it. Since starting this blog, in September last year, I have written 165 posts [not including this one.] Maybe I should have spent more time developing, instead of writing?! Hang on a minute, I am doing it again now. Doh!

3. Related to the last point; now that I have test driven Whird, I pretty much know what is wrong, what needs fixing and what works. Knowing this, I would ideally like to perform a complete rewrite. A daunting thought!

4. I have no self-imposed deadlines. This is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing, because it means any work I put into Whird remains a fun activity, something I can perform at my leisure. It is a curse, because I may not actually touch the project for months on end.

Will Whird ever be released?

Answer; maybe, probably, I hope so. Having said that, I would not hold your breath. It has occurred to me that Whird is in danger of becoming [if it hasn't done so already] "that" project, the project that provides endless hours of fun, without actually resulting in anything tangible.

Anyhow, that pretty much sums up the current status of Whird. Time to crack on and have a bit more fun :) In the meantime, if you are reading this and you are looking to start a new blog, why not try Steve Kemp's Chronicle. I have not actually tried it myself, but from what I have read, it looks like an interesting piece of software, something I could see myself using.

Tags: projects, whird

I have been running this release on my own systems for a number of weeks and it seems to be quite stable. Having said that, this release is based on a "development" release of Ubuntu and therefore is not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage.

What's new?

I am really quite happy with how CrunchBang Linux is developing. This release sees numerous improvements and when installed makes for a really usable, fast and attractive system. I would really like to thank the users on the forums for all their suggestions and feedback; I have implemented many improvements based solely on their input. See below for a list of changes.

Major updates:

• CrunchBang Linux is now based on Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron". This brings many new improvements and package updates; most notably an updated 2.6.24.15 Linux Kernel, and Xorg 7.3.
• Openbox 3.4.7-pre2, this release includes many improvements including the GDM control mentioned here.
• CrunchBang Linux repositories are now enabled by default. The repositories include CrunchBang Linux specific packages and fixes, plus Openbox related updates etc.
• A new default theme based on Clearlooks, "Darkness Returns". See the screenshots.

Other changes:

• Firefox 3 Beta 5 is now the default browser, replacing Epiphany.
• Claws Mail replaces Thunderbird as the default e-mail client.
• Mirage replaces EOG as the default image viewer.
• Easy enabling of compositing via xcompmgr and a new Openbox pipe menu.
• tablaunch application launch bar installed by default. Easy configuration via "Preferences" menu.
• Parcellite clipboard manager, replaces Glipper. Fixes this.
• Skype and Gizmo VoIP clients removed.
• Osmo PIM installed and linked to pypanel clock. Thanks to K.Mandla for the suggestion.
• pysdm "Storage Device Manager" added to "Tools & Utilities" menu.
• Xpad sticky notes added to "Tools & Utilities" menu.
• Gtk+ 2.0 Change Theme added to "Preferences" menu.
• Nitrogen GUI desktop background/wallpaper setter installed.
• Numerous other minor fixes and improvements.

Download

The CrunchBang Linux ISO image is approximately 614MB. It can be downloaded from the following locations:

• http://crunchbang.net/pub/linux/crunchbang-8.04.01.i386.iso
• http://www.dropshock.com/pub/crunchbang-linux/crunchbang-8.04.01.i386.iso - courtesy of Jason Liquorish
• http://stas.nerd.ro/pub/cbl/crunchbang-8.04.01.i386.iso - courtesy of Stas Sushkov

MD5: 90c83bac8ec4411fea422b439bfbcc65

Screenshots

Disclaimer

CrunchBang Linux is not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. CrunchBang Linux could possibly make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG! Therefore CrunchBang Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Tags: crunchbanglinux, openbox, projects, ubuntu

I'm planning of using the new repository to issue updates for CrunchBang Linux, as well offering packages that are not available in the Ubuntu repositories. A couple of package updates which I've already uploaded include, Openbox 3.4.7-pre2 and obconf 2.0.3-0.

I've also uploaded a few other packages which I'm planning on using in the next release, see the wiki page for a list of available packages. All of the packages in the repository should be compatible with Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon", so if you're running with the Gibbon you're more than welcome to use it/browse the packages.

Adding the repository

Below are the instructions to add the CrunchBang Linux repository to your system's list of APT repositories. A shorter version of these instructions is available on the wiki, see: http://www.crunchbang.org/wiki/CrunchBangLinuxRepository

1. Open a terminal and enter the following to edit your APT sources:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

2. Add the following line to the end of the file, save and exit:

deb http://crunchbang.net/packages-7.10.xx 7.10.xx main

3. Back in the terminal, add the GPG Key with the following command:

wget -q http://crunchbang.net/crunchbang.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -

4. Update APT:

sudo apt-get update

Enjoy :)

Tags: crunchbanglinux, projects, ubuntu

I've released another version of CrunchBang Linux, my remastered version of Ubuntu featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager. Version 7.10.02 is the version that was never meant to be; however, as soon as people started downloading and using the original [I'm still finding it hard to believe that anyone would actually do that] I realised I'd better try to clean up the distribution and start to attempt to fix any issues/problems.

One of the biggest issues with the original release was the dark GTK theme. While the dark theme worked well with all the default applications, it would render some other applications, installed via the repositories, next to useless. Therefore, the dark theme has been replaced by a new more usable/reliable light theme. I know some users [including myself] are quite fond of the dark theme, don't worry, it's still available and I'll post information on the forums and wiki about how to get it back.

Also, before I get on to the list of changes, I'd like to thank all the brave pioneers who downloaded and tried CrunchBang Linux 7.10.01. I've been overwhelmed by all the support and positive feedback on the distro, you guys rock!

Changes to 7.10.02

Below is a list of changes I've made for the new version. I've compiled the list from my TODO file and so it's fairly complete, though I did make some adjustments on-the-fly and I'm sure to have missed out some stuff.

• New default GTK and Openbox themes
• gnome-volume-manager used instead of ivman
• htop interactive process viewer installed
• Geany text editor installed
• Brasero CD/DVD creator installed
• Gizmo VoIP client installed
• Skype VoIP client installed
• obmenu installed
• PyTube installed
• ROX-Filer MiME-type added for Flash video files
• VLC installed and set as default media player
• slight changes to default Conky config
• gworldclock installed
• xCHM HTML help file viewer installed
• Deluge BitTorrent client installed
• Twitux Twitter client installed
• GNU Screen installed
• gdebi installed and ROX-Filer MIME-type created for .deb files
• all packages updated, as of 21st February 2008

I've compiled a list of installed applications, it can be found on the wiki. See: CrunchBang Linux 7.10.02 Applications List

Download

The CrunchBang Linux ISO image is approximately 580MB. It can be downloaded from the following locations:

• http://crunchbang.net/pub/linux/crunchbang-7.10.02.i386.iso
• http://www.dropshock.com/pub/crunchbang-linux/crunchbang-7.10.02.i386.iso - courtesy of Jason Liquorish
• ftp://ftp.botux.net/pub/crunchbang/crunchbang-7.10.02.i386.iso - courtesy of Romain Fluttaz
• http://stas.nerd.ro/pub/cbl/crunchbang-7.10.02.i386.iso - courtesy of Stas Sushkov

MD5: f59aa9ba1cca475762e115ffc95a8f8e

User forums

Don't forget to visit the forums, register and join in with discussions and feedback regarding CrunchBang Linux. All feedback is really appreciated and helps to improve CrunchBang Linux. Forums are located at: http//crunchbang.org/forums/

Screenshots

Some screenshots of CrunchBang Linux 7.10.02 in action, more screenshots are available on the wiki.

Disclaimer

CrunchBang Linux is not recommended for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. CrunchBang Linux could possibly make your computer go CRUNCH! BANG! Therefore CrunchBang Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Tags: crunchbanglinux, projects, ubuntu

TwitterZoid differs to other PHP based Twitter RSS parsers, at least the ones I tried before I wrote it, in that it will automatically link both lexicons and URLs found within individual tweets. It also tries to mimic Twitter's timestamping, although this could be improved.

TwitterZoid usage

I wanted to make TwitterZoid as simple to use as possible. Therefore I decided to write the script to be used as a simple include file which can be used on any PHP page. Basically, to use TwitterZoid all you need to do is set a couple of variables, include twitterzoid.php and then echo the main $TwitterZoid variable where you would like your list of tweets to appear.

Example set-up:

$twitter_username = "corenominal";
$twitter_feed = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/99713.rss";
require_once('twitterzoid.php');

Call on the main TwitterZoid variable to produce the list of tweets:

echo $TwitterZoid;

Don't worry if this reads like gibberish, I've included an example page within the download.

TwitterZoid examples

There are currently two demonstrations of TwitterZoid in action, see:

My official "What am I doing?" Twitter page:
http://crunchbang.org/what-am-i-doing/

A more stylised version of "What am I doing?", included within the download:
http://crunchbang.org/projects/twitterzoid/demo/

Download TwitterZoid

Location: http://crunchbang.org/projects/twitterzoid/twitterzoid-0.1.tar.gz
MD5: 99dace9f9872cf1ebf93588bb2d36458

TwitterZoid license

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/

Tags: code, php, projects, scripts, twitter, webdesign

The complete Serbian set can be viewed on this demo page. The code to display the images is below, simply copy & paste into your HTML/blog template where you would like the random image placement to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/rs/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Get Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/rs/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Get Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

I use IRC most evenings and I'll add #crunchbang to my channel list. I'll try to log in whenever I can. Please say "hi" if you see me about, I'm always up for a chat with fellow Linux users. My nick is corenominal.

Tags: crunchbanglinux, projects, ubuntu

The complete Russian set can be viewed on this demo page. The code to display the images is below, simply copy & paste into your HTML/blog template where you would like the random image placement to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/ru/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.ru/get" title="Get Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/ru/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Get Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

The complete Elvish set can be viewed on this demo page. You can help spread the word of Ubuntu to the oldest of all common races by copying and pasting the code below into your HTML/blog template:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/ev/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Kaer Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/ev/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Kaer Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Can of worms anyone?

Tags: advocacy, artwork, fun, images, projects, ubuntu

The full turkish set can be seen on this random rotation demo. As with all the translations I've made the images available from my file server, simply copy & paste the code below into your HTML/blog template where you would like the random image placement to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/tr/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Get Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/tr/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Get Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

We took CrunchBang for a little test drive on one of our systems here at Softpedia, and we found it quite interesting and very fast. It includes the following applications:

• Epiphany web browser
• Firefox web browser
• Thunderbird e-mail/news client
• Liferea RSS reader
• gFTP FTP client
• XChat IRC client
• Pidgin instant messenger
• GIMP image editor
• Inkscape SVG editor similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw or Visio
• Eye of Gnome image viewer
• Agave palette designer
• Specimen font previewer
• Xsane image scanner
• OpenOffice.org office suite
• Totem movie player
• Rhythmbox music player
• Audacity audio editor
• PiTiVi video editor
• Kino video editor
• AcidRip DVD extractor
• Cheese webcam application
• Sound Juicer CD extractor
• Serpentine audio-cd extractor
• GnomeBaker CD/DVD writer
• ROX-Filer file manager
• Thunar file manager
• Xarchiver archive manager

It also includes a few text editors, a lot of system administration tools and other useful scripts. We've noticed that CrunchBang doesn't have a fancy boot splash, not even a cool boot screen like Ubuntu has, but it boots so fast that I think you don't even have time to see the boot splash.

In conclusion, our tests revealed that a torrent application is missing and we do believe that Brasero is much better that GnomeBaker when you want to write CDs or DVDs. CrunchBang is a fast and good looking Ubuntu remaster. It includes a lot of useful tools, scripts and applications. Give it a try!

The review also features a whole bunch of screenshots. The full review can be read at:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-look-CrunchBang-A-faster-Ubuntu-77535.shtml

Also, I've received a number of emails and comments regarding the initial release, most of which have also been positive. I'm still not convinced the distribution is fit for general consumption; however, it's nice to know that some people are enjoying it.

Regarding the actual feedback, something that has been mentioned on more than one occasion is the use of the modified Darkilouche theme. It's a trivial thing really and only cosmetic, however it does seem to cause a few issues with some applications; VLC for example, which is not installed by default, has issues with the playlist window, text is light on light. If I do make another release, I'm undecided on the matter, I'll more than likely change the current theme to something less problematic.

Tags: crunchbanglinux, projects, ubuntu

The full French set can be witnessed in this random demonstration. The code to display the images is below, simply copy & paste into your HTML/blog template where you would like the random image placement to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/fr/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Installez Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/fr/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Installez Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

The full image set can be seen on this demo page. As with all the translations, I've made the images available from my file server. The code for the images is below, simply copy & paste the code into your HTML/blog template where you would like the random image placement to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/pl/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Rata Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/pl/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Rata Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Also, believe it or not there are more translations on the way, I'm working my way through them and hope to post an update for each as I do. French and Serbian translations coming soon.

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

The complete Romanian set can be viewed in this random rotation demo. As with all the translations I've made the Romanian images available from my file server. Copy & paste the code below into your HTML/blog template where you'd like the random image place to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/ro/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Ia-ti Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/ro/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Ia-ti Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

Anyhow, during my experimentation I wrote this little PHP function for filtering words out of a string. Basically the function takes 2 strings as arguments before filtering words out of the first string based on words found in the second. I've posted it below for future reference:

function word_filter($string1,$string2){
    $string1 = trim($string1);
    $string1 = preg_replace('/s+/', ' ', $string1);
    $string1 = explode(" ",$string1);
    $wordcount = count($string1);
    $i = 0;
    while ($i < $wordcount) {
        $string = $string1[$i];
        if (strstr(strtolower($string2),strtolower($string))) {
            $string1[$i] = "";
        }
    $i++;
    }
$string1 = implode(" ",$string1);        
return($string1);
}

Example usage

This is probably not the best example, but this:

$poem = <<<EOD
<p><em>GIVE me women, wine, and snuff <br />
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!" <br />
You may do so sans objection <br />
Till the day of resurrection: <br />
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be <br />
My beloved Trinity.</em></p>
EOD;

$common_words = 'and be but do for is it may me my not of the they there so was you';

echo word_filter($poem,$common_words);

Would output something like this:

GIVE women, wine, snuff
Untill cry out "hold, enough!"
sans objection
Till day resurrection:
For, bless beard, aye shall
beloved Trinity.

John Keats would be proud, not! Please feel free to optimise, or let me know if a one line equivalent already exists :)

Tags: code, php, projects, whird

You can witness the entire Japanese set in all their glorious randomness on this demo page.

As with the other translations, I've mirrored Yuya's images on my file server, simply copy & paste the following code into your HTML/blog template where you would like the magic random image placement to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/jp/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Get Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/jp/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Get Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Also, I'd just like to say a BIG thank you to everybody who is helping out by translating the images and spreading the word — the translations and links are appreciated not only by me, but also by the webmasters and blog authors who are using the images and spreading the Ubuntu love. So, THANK YOU :)

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

You can see a Dutch Ubuntu randomness demo here. The code for the Dutch images is below, simply copy & paste the code into your HTML/blog template where you would like the random image placement to occur:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/nl/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Neem Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/nl/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Neem Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu

Portuguese images

Anyway, while I've been tucked-up in bed and snoring my head off, Miguel Wahnon Monteiro has very kindly translated the Random Ubuntu Advocacy images into Portuguese. He is also hosting them from his domain. Thank you Miguel :)

I've also uploaded Miguel's translated images to my file server, to ease/share any load. You can see the demo here. The code needed to display the images is below:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/pt/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/getubuntu" title="Comece Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/pt/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Comece Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Italian images

Also, Davide Pedrelli has been busy translating the images into Italian. He has also put together a couple of modules for the Joomla platform 1.0x. I'm not familiar with Joomla, but if Davide's site is anything to go by, I'm sure the modules work well.

As with Miguel's images, I've uploaded Davide's Italian versions to my file server. You can witness the demo here, and the code needed to display the images is below:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/it/ubuntu_199_164.js">
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://www.ubuntu-it.org/index.php?page=Ottenere_Ubuntu" title="Installa Ubuntu!">
<img src="http://crunchbang.net/advocacy/it/199_164_ubuntu.png" alt="Installa Ubuntu."></a>
</noscript>

Finally, Aldo Latino has also translated the images into Italian, before converting them into a rather nifty animated gif. Nice work, thank you Aldo :)

Tags: advocacy, artwork, images, projects, ubuntu