We Have A New Name, A New Home

Libya Technology News Blog found a new home, this website now called TechnoLibya, please change your bookmarks to the new address www.technolibya.com, news archive also is there.

1-SNC-Lavalin gets contract to build airport in Libya

Tripoli International Airport

Sept 15 (Reuters) – Canadian engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin Group Inc (SNC.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said it got a contract for procurement and construction of an airport at Benghazi, Libya, for about C$500 million.

The contract for the airport includes construction of a new international terminal, runway and apron, the company said.

The airport, with a capacity of 5 million passengers a year, is expected to be completely built in 2010.

Shares of the company were down C$1.30 at C$42.75 in morning trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Anurag Kotoky in Bangalore;

Guess what, I am the airport website designer, I am still finishing it so it’s a coming soon right now.

Ubuntu Made A Great Success In Libya

If you don’t know what is Ubuntu it’s an operating system based on Debian, a Linux distrbutiong known for it’s friendly user interface so if you are familiar with Windows, using Ubuntu wouldn’t be a problem, as you all know that 98% of Libyan people uses Windows and the rest uses Mac OS and Linux.

I’ve met lot of people already using Ubuntu, some thinks it’s great and some thinks it’s usless “They don’t know how to use it in fact”, but I did my duty as a computers and science freak and spread the word by donating Ubuntu Cd’s to all of my friends and some of my workmates.

If you didn’t try it yet, I recommend that you download your free copy, burn to to a CD and install the thing in your machine, you can also find it in some shops around Tripoli 2 or 3, they are selling and that’s not spoused to happen, it’s a free open source project.

Or just request a free CD, yes they deliver it to Libya also for free.

here is a video of Ubuntu in action “To get 3d effects you need enable compiz”:

And yes I am the biggest fan.