Combining the best parts of Mac OS X and Ubuntu, gOS is truly a worthy competitor in the OS wars. It has simplicity, a well designed interface, a rock solid linux core and web apps. But is it good enough? Is it ‘a Linux for the rest of us!’ ?

This is just a bit of fun, blending my two great loves, Linux and football. I make no apology for the English Premiership-centric choices. Indeed, I'd welcome any other suggestions from around the globe...

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system.

Ubuntu is popular, popular for a Linux distribution anyway. You think commercial and enterprise Linux distributions would look to Ubuntu for inspiration, but most companies are close minded.

In this issue we cover: Potential hardware-damaging e1000e driver: Intrepid, Ubuntu 8.10 beta freeze now in effect, Ubuntu 8.10 beta approaching, Ubuntu 7.04 reaches end-of-life on October 19, 2008, Intrepid Release Parties, Ubuntu Upstream Report, Ubuntu Server Survey launched, and much, much more!

Ubuntu 8.10 is soon due. Hence Ubuntu Eee 8.10 will be released in the beginning of November. But what should Ubuntu Eee 8.10 consist of?

OpenVZ allows multiple Linux distributions to run on a single computer or server, each with their own dedicated resources and configurations, also known as "Virtual Private Servers" (VPS).

Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious; the likes of Slackware and Debian have been around since Linus was in short trousers.

New tool adds CPU throttling via a simple user interface to Ubuntu-based notebooks and others using Debian-based operating systems.

Greg Kroah-Hartman, a respected Linux hacker, has shot many bullets at Canonical, the company behind one of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions (Distro watch) during The Linux Plumbers Conference.

Well, it looks like the good times that are the Ubuntu alpha testing process hit a bit of a snag recently, as one of the latest kernels apparently had the nasty side effect of irreparably damaging some users' hardware -- specifically, certain Intel network cards.

The following assumes that your wireless networking card has been properly detected by Ubuntu and all you want to do is connect to your network at this point.

Ever wanted to see what the all the jazz that “Ubuntu” is? Well you can do it now! No CD’s, no losing Windows, no geek magic to make your computer start. In fact you can do it all in Windows…

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our seventeenth issue.

The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 7.04 will reach end of life on Sunday, October 19th, 2008. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 7.04.

Steve at UMPC Portal jumped on the Ubuntu Mobile image that was released earlier this week and first impressions show that it's a fine mobile computing environment.

I've decided to make a series on all the different ways to reset your password on either Linux or Windows - today's lesson is how to use the Live CD to reset the password.

Thankfully one software, Ubuntu Tweak, aims to make changes to Ubuntu very easy. Today we have TualatriX, the maker of UT. Lets ask him the secret of Ubuntu Tweak's phenomenal rise in the Linux world.

The idea is simple : make a central place where two categories of people can meet. One could post “jobs” and be contacted by others.

The VIA ARTiGO, a Pico-ITX build kit from VIA, makes one ponder the possibilities of low power, small form-factor computing. The Artigo comes with just about everything you need to build an energy efficient computer based on the VIA C7 processor

Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is asking users of Ubuntu Server edition just exactly how they are using it and in what kind of organisations.

A pre-release version of another flavour of Ubuntu has been released by the developers, and the first screenshots have begun to appear online.

Today we launched the beta of our Ubuntu Upstream Report. Jorge has more details on how upstreams and Ubuntu contributors can make use of the report, but I wanted to spend a few moments telling the story behind the report.

eCryptfs is a encryption application for Linux that you can use to encrypt your files/folders and prevent others from viewing it.

This guide explains how you can install the Google Android SDK 1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With this stable release of the Android SDK, you can now develop applications for Android smartphones (like T-Mobile's G1) and offer them on the Android Market.

This week's HugDay target is *drum roll please* update-manager: 158 New bugs need a hug and 104 Confirmed bugs just need a review

With the intepid development cycle the mobile team has split its efforts into producing two different images, one is the well known Ubuntu MID image targeting 4-7″ MID devices with 800×480 desktops using mobiln technology.

The most illustrious award of the evening went to founder of the Ubuntu Foundation, Mark Shuttleworth, who received the inaugural ‘IT Community Hero of the Year’ award.

One feature I’ve been looking forward to in Ubuntu 8.10 is the encrypted private directory. With this feature, you’ll get a folder called Private in your home. Private will work just like a normal folder, but it will be transparently encrypted and automatically locked and unlocked when you log in and out.

Now that you’ve installed Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 on your Eee PC, perhaps you want to add KDE to the mix. This tutorial will guide you through doing just that. Keep reading for the instructions.