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Most modern digital cameras and cell phone cameras add metadata to the images they create. That information can be very useful for you when you need to know exactly when, or in some cases even where, a photograph was taken. That information, however, may be more than you want to share when you decide to place photographs online. Luckily, there is a very easy way to remove this data in Ubuntu.

With Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 now out the door and momentum building towards a rocking Karmic Koala release, it is time to name and share the direction and focus for the next step in the Ubuntu evolution that follows Karmic. via Announcing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: The Lucid Lynx | The Fridge.

There are a few tools that are not included in a base Ubuntu or Debian install that I use every day. Some are in a nice package called moreutils.

Seagate has announces, in its Knowlege Base, that the problem is a result of bad firmware and that drive owners can protect themselves by upgrading the firmware for the affected drives. The KB article assumes that you are a Windows user. They provide a tool to let Windows users scan their drives and discover the model number, serial number, and firmware revision. However, if you are a Linux user their Knowledge Base article is not going to help you. Fortunately, this information is very easy retrieve in most Linux installations. If you are using a Debian or Ubuntu install this method will definitely work.