items tagged with Ubuntu
Adobe AIR finally lands on Linux, but not officially Ubuntu 8.x
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-18 23:11:56
Adobe’s AIR 1.5, which lets web developers use HTML, Javascript, Actionscript and the Flex framework to deliver web applications outside the browser, is finally available on the Linux platform, after previously being released for Windows and Macs.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-18 23:11:56
Adobe’s AIR 1.5, which lets web developers use HTML, Javascript, Actionscript and the Flex framework to deliver web applications outside the browser, is finally available on the Linux platform, after previously being released for Windows and Macs.
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The real value of Linux
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-12-18 18:23:05
There will never be a "Year of the Linux desktop", but I don't think that is actually all that important. Here's why.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-12-18 18:23:05
There will never be a "Year of the Linux desktop", but I don't think that is actually all that important. Here's why.
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School teacher claims "No software is free, Linux is not legal"
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-12-14 07:14:30
A teacher in Austin, Texas, has confiscated Linux CDs being handed out by a student because, she claims, "No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful." Just how much has the Redmond marketing machine infiltrated our educational institutions?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-12-14 07:14:30
A teacher in Austin, Texas, has confiscated Linux CDs being handed out by a student because, she claims, "No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful." Just how much has the Redmond marketing machine infiltrated our educational institutions?
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Why the IBM Linux desktop will fail
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-12-07 04:12:57
If one was to believe IBM, the days of the Microsoft desktop are numbered, soon to be cut short by a combination of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, IBM's Lotus range of office applications and a virtual desktop from Virtual Bridges. The trouble is IBM's solution is nothing new and addresses none of the issues associated with moving away from Microsoft.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-12-07 04:12:57
If one was to believe IBM, the days of the Microsoft desktop are numbered, soon to be cut short by a combination of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, IBM's Lotus range of office applications and a virtual desktop from Virtual Bridges. The trouble is IBM's solution is nothing new and addresses none of the issues associated with moving away from Microsoft.
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Mandriva falls on bad days - again
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-12-01 16:55:20
The global economic crisis is taking its toll on many technology companies and Mandriva, the Linux company based in France, has now taken a hit.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-12-01 16:55:20
The global economic crisis is taking its toll on many technology companies and Mandriva, the Linux company based in France, has now taken a hit.
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Data encryption and Ubuntu, Part III
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-29 16:30:28
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt emails using the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-29 16:30:28
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt emails using the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Data encryption and Ubuntu, Part II
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-26 18:32:52
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt local files using PGP in the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-26 18:32:52
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt local files using PGP in the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Data encryption and Ubuntu, Part I
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-20 20:37:17
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, I want to spend a bit of time talking about data encryption, focussing on how to achieve this with the Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-20 20:37:17
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, I want to spend a bit of time talking about data encryption, focussing on how to achieve this with the Ubuntu distribution.
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The extremely vocal desktop Linux tinority
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-17 00:54:31
Neither Ubuntu nor any other brand of Linux is ever going to make it as a mainstream desktop operating system. Listen to a roar of protests from some of the millions of Linux desktop users around the world. Very loud they are but in the scheme of things their numbers are tiny - they are a tinority.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-17 00:54:31
Neither Ubuntu nor any other brand of Linux is ever going to make it as a mainstream desktop operating system. Listen to a roar of protests from some of the millions of Linux desktop users around the world. Very loud they are but in the scheme of things their numbers are tiny - they are a tinority.
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Speed up web surfing in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-16 16:36:41
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring one quick way to speed up your web browsing experience in the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-11-16 16:36:41
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring one quick way to speed up your web browsing experience in the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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How two of the world's largest websites use Linux for high availability
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-10 06:53:02
Pop quiz: you have a web site and you want it to be popular. It must scale to tens, hundreds of thousands, even millions of visitors. It has to be snappy and responsive. What server platform will you host it on? Here’s what two of the world’s most popular sites – Wikipedia and Digg - went with, and it wasn’t Windows.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-10 06:53:02
Pop quiz: you have a web site and you want it to be popular. It must scale to tens, hundreds of thousands, even millions of visitors. It has to be snappy and responsive. What server platform will you host it on? Here’s what two of the world’s most popular sites – Wikipedia and Digg - went with, and it wasn’t Windows.
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New arrangement opens IBM's Lotus Symphony to wider audience
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-05 20:49:57
A new release of IBM's Lotus Symphony office suite brings the software to a wider audience with a beta for Mac OS X and a full version for Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Can Symphony take a significant share of the office suite market from OpenOffice and Microsoft, or is the company's attempt to compete merely an Irrelevant Business Move?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-05 20:49:57
A new release of IBM's Lotus Symphony office suite brings the software to a wider audience with a beta for Mac OS X and a full version for Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Can Symphony take a significant share of the office suite market from OpenOffice and Microsoft, or is the company's attempt to compete merely an Irrelevant Business Move?
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I didn't know you could do that in Linux!
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-05 07:59:01
Here are 12 tips, tricks, tweaks and techniques to make you say "I didn't know you could do that in Linux." Sure, not every one may be your cup of tea but here are 12 items to help you have the most positive Linux experience you can and to show why Linux is a superior operating system to other alternatives.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-05 07:59:01
Here are 12 tips, tricks, tweaks and techniques to make you say "I didn't know you could do that in Linux." Sure, not every one may be your cup of tea but here are 12 items to help you have the most positive Linux experience you can and to show why Linux is a superior operating system to other alternatives.
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Is Ubuntu killing other distributions?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-11-03 17:27:27
First, it was the Debian people who were jealous of the success of Ubuntu. They, at least, had some reason to be annoyed. Now it appears there are others, from other distributions, who are envious too, and try to guise their envy under a veil of concern for GNU/Linux as a whole.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-11-03 17:27:27
First, it was the Debian people who were jealous of the success of Ubuntu. They, at least, had some reason to be annoyed. Now it appears there are others, from other distributions, who are envious too, and try to guise their envy under a veil of concern for GNU/Linux as a whole.
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Windows 7 pre-beta: it really rocks!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 06:52:40
The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to reality.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 06:52:40
The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to reality.
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Do you really need to install Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu Linux 8.10)?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-02 09:14:15
Ubuntu fans rejoice, the latest release is upon us in the form of version 8.10, Intrepid Ibex. But can't you just run a software update in Hardy Heron? I'll tell you what's different down to the package level between an upgraded Hardy installation and a fresh Intrepid installation so you can evaluate for yourself.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-02 09:14:15
Ubuntu fans rejoice, the latest release is upon us in the form of version 8.10, Intrepid Ibex. But can't you just run a software update in Hardy Heron? I'll tell you what's different down to the package level between an upgraded Hardy installation and a fresh Intrepid installation so you can evaluate for yourself.
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Linux Hater's Blog dead, long live the redux
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-02 03:29:17
On October 25, 2008, the Linux Hater's Blog reached the "eof", or end of file. But if you've been hassled endlessly by Linux lovers and are sick to death of Linux this and Linux that, fear not - the Linux Hater's Redux is born, with plenty of eye-opening news on problems with Linux. Read on.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-02 03:29:17
On October 25, 2008, the Linux Hater's Blog reached the "eof", or end of file. But if you've been hassled endlessly by Linux lovers and are sick to death of Linux this and Linux that, fear not - the Linux Hater's Redux is born, with plenty of eye-opening news on problems with Linux. Read on.
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Ubuntu 8.10: what's new, Doc?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-30 20:48:40
Why do people climb Mount Everest? Well, because it's there, I guess. Why do so many people dislike George Bush? Saves a lot of time, I guess.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-10-30 20:48:40
Why do people climb Mount Everest? Well, because it's there, I guess. Why do so many people dislike George Bush? Saves a lot of time, I guess.
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Give your old PowerPC Mac a new lease of life with Ubuntu Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-28 23:30:25
Windows Vista gets a bad rap for its hefty hardware requirements, but it's not alone. Apple's MacOS X platform has left a lot of Macs with PowerPC G3, G4 and G5 chips out in the cold. However, Linux isn't just for the Intel set; here’s how Ubuntu to can bring new life to your old Mac too.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-28 23:30:25
Windows Vista gets a bad rap for its hefty hardware requirements, but it's not alone. Apple's MacOS X platform has left a lot of Macs with PowerPC G3, G4 and G5 chips out in the cold. However, Linux isn't just for the Intel set; here’s how Ubuntu to can bring new life to your old Mac too.
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Linux incognito part three: Windows Vista
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-27 08:13:06
Here's how to skin Linux to give a Windows Vista appearance. You can help provide a familiar look and feel to your Windows-trained friends and family as you coax them towards Linux. Or you can enjoy the satisfaction of having something looking like Vista actually run with stability.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-27 08:13:06
Here's how to skin Linux to give a Windows Vista appearance. You can help provide a familiar look and feel to your Windows-trained friends and family as you coax them towards Linux. Or you can enjoy the satisfaction of having something looking like Vista actually run with stability.
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