items tagged with Ubuntu
New Skype Beta Client For Linux
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-08-31 05:36:18
The Linux community has been waiting for a long time for an updated Skype client. Recently Skype released a Beta client, version 2.1.0.47, with many new features and bugfixes, bringing Skype functionality on Linux much closer to that available for Mac and Windows.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-08-31 05:36:18
The Linux community has been waiting for a long time for an updated Skype client. Recently Skype released a Beta client, version 2.1.0.47, with many new features and bugfixes, bringing Skype functionality on Linux much closer to that available for Mac and Windows.
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Linux saves the day ... again
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-24 02:53:18
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-24 02:53:18
What do you do when Windows will not boot and cannot repair itself from the installation CD? You fire up a Linux Live CD!
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Kernel contributions: Canonical, where are you?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-19 19:26:20
Over the past four years, the word Linux has become almost synonymous with Ubuntu; the company behind Ubuntu, Canonical, has proportionately gained an enormous amount of mindshare within the FOSS community.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-19 19:26:20
Over the past four years, the word Linux has become almost synonymous with Ubuntu; the company behind Ubuntu, Canonical, has proportionately gained an enormous amount of mindshare within the FOSS community.
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Which netbook OS is right for you?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
Windows 7 is here, and unlike Windows Vista, it will probably run on your diminutive netbook PC. However, there is an alternative. Here is why you ought to give Linux a shot.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
Windows 7 is here, and unlike Windows Vista, it will probably run on your diminutive netbook PC. However, there is an alternative. Here is why you ought to give Linux a shot.
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Debian-Ubuntu debate: an upstream view
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 19:58:24
Ever since the release team of the Debian GNU/Linux Project announced that it would be adopting a time-based freeze for future releases, there has been much debate about it on the project's mailing lists.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 19:58:24
Ever since the release team of the Debian GNU/Linux Project announced that it would be adopting a time-based freeze for future releases, there has been much debate about it on the project's mailing lists.
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Ubuntu removes multisearch feature after protests
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 18:53:04
The Ubuntu development team has been forced to remove a feature called multisearch from Firefox for the upcoming release, Karmic Koala, following a number of objections by users.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 18:53:04
The Ubuntu development team has been forced to remove a feature called multisearch from Firefox for the upcoming release, Karmic Koala, following a number of objections by users.
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Mono advocate offers Mono-free Ubuntu remix
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 21:25:36
Debian and Ubuntu Mono packager Jo Shields has come up with a Mono-free remix of the last released version of Ubuntu, version 9.04, which he has chosen to call Chicken Little Remix.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-06 21:25:36
Debian and Ubuntu Mono packager Jo Shields has come up with a Mono-free remix of the last released version of Ubuntu, version 9.04, which he has chosen to call Chicken Little Remix.
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Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence continues
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 20:36:46
In September 2006, an article titled "Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence" appeared in these columns, outlining why these two projects were not exactly the best of bedfellows.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 20:36:46
In September 2006, an article titled "Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence" appeared in these columns, outlining why these two projects were not exactly the best of bedfellows.
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Canonical releases Launchpad source code
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-22 00:06:23
Two years ago, Mark Shuttleworth, the head of Canonical, told iTWire that the company was on track to free up the source code for Launchpad, a system that serves as a single repository for revision control.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-22 00:06:23
Two years ago, Mark Shuttleworth, the head of Canonical, told iTWire that the company was on track to free up the source code for Launchpad, a system that serves as a single repository for revision control.
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Virtual Linux is the prescription for hospital patients
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-07-02 02:06:26
A Californian hospital is using Linux virtual desktops to provide patients with email and web access.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-07-02 02:06:26
A Californian hospital is using Linux virtual desktops to provide patients with email and web access.
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Ubuntu says yes to Mono, SFLC says no
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-30 19:17:06
The Ubuntu technical board has announced that it sees no reason to consider a dependency on Mono as an issue when suggesting applications to be included in the default set included in the GNU/Linux distribution.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-30 19:17:06
The Ubuntu technical board has announced that it sees no reason to consider a dependency on Mono as an issue when suggesting applications to be included in the default set included in the GNU/Linux distribution.
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The netbook belongs to Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-29 03:42:18
Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-29 03:42:18
Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.
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Ubuntu tech board plays down Mono IP concerns
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-26 19:25:14
The Ubuntu technical board appears to have decided that there is no significant cause for IP concern over Mono, the contentious clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-26 19:25:14
The Ubuntu technical board appears to have decided that there is no significant cause for IP concern over Mono, the contentious clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment.
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Ubuntu may increase Mono-dependent apps
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-24 18:34:43
The next release of the popular Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution may include a third Mono-dependent application by default, a spokesman for Canonical, the parent company for Ubuntu, told iTWire today.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-24 18:34:43
The next release of the popular Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution may include a third Mono-dependent application by default, a spokesman for Canonical, the parent company for Ubuntu, told iTWire today.
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Like the Windows 7 starter netbook wallpaper? You'd better; there's no changing it.
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:40:47
Microsoft seems bent on making netbook users know they’re running the cheapest version of Windows 7. After relenting on the previous restriction only three apps could run at one time the company now will lock the operating system desktop so the default wallpaper can not be changed.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:40:47
Microsoft seems bent on making netbook users know they’re running the cheapest version of Windows 7. After relenting on the previous restriction only three apps could run at one time the company now will lock the operating system desktop so the default wallpaper can not be changed.
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OpenSolaris: how long will it be with us?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-09 00:19:15
OpenSolaris came out with its third release last week and within a year there seems to have been some pretty good progress.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-09 00:19:15
OpenSolaris came out with its third release last week and within a year there seems to have been some pretty good progress.
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Acer right, Windows 7 launching on October 22
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-06-02 20:54:05
Although no pricing has yet been revealed, Microsoft has confirmed it will launch Windows 7 on October 22, 2009, blowing away the “2010” launch nonsense Microsoft tried perpetuating, while also suggesting discounts to Vista users might be in the works!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-06-02 20:54:05
Although no pricing has yet been revealed, Microsoft has confirmed it will launch Windows 7 on October 22, 2009, blowing away the “2010” launch nonsense Microsoft tried perpetuating, while also suggesting discounts to Vista users might be in the works!
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Win 7’s 3-app limit - finally appendectomised!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-30 05:59:49
Microsoft has finally confirmed its crazy 3-app limit idea is being removed from Win 7 Starter Edition, now letting netbook owners run as many apps as they want, but Microsoft’s mentality in still offering the Starter Edition at all is still the real problem!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-30 05:59:49
Microsoft has finally confirmed its crazy 3-app limit idea is being removed from Win 7 Starter Edition, now letting netbook owners run as many apps as they want, but Microsoft’s mentality in still offering the Starter Edition at all is still the real problem!
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Linux finds a role in Australian prison cells
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-29 02:35:56
Cybersource's Linux-based PrisonPC secure desktop system has been installed at another Australian prison. Almost 60 units, plus associated servers, have been installed at the Alexander Maconochie Centre correctional facility in the Australian Capital Territory.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-29 02:35:56
Cybersource's Linux-based PrisonPC secure desktop system has been installed at another Australian prison. Almost 60 units, plus associated servers, have been installed at the Alexander Maconochie Centre correctional facility in the Australian Capital Territory.
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ASUS Linux insult will be Intel and Dell's gain
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-27 05:22:32
ASUS has effectively abandoned Linux and stated a power user would use Windows instead. This backflip stands against the history of their successful Eee netbook line. Nevertheless, ASUS’ loss will be the gain of more savvy players.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-27 05:22:32
ASUS has effectively abandoned Linux and stated a power user would use Windows instead. This backflip stands against the history of their successful Eee netbook line. Nevertheless, ASUS’ loss will be the gain of more savvy players.
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