Ubuntu the world’s best open source operating system announced that they are in plan to drop Open Office from Ubuntu Notebook 10.4 simply called Ubuntu Notebook Remix

February 8th, 2010 by cj2003

Have you switched to Ubuntu 9.10 from Windows, and want to move or transfer Google Chrome browser profile and settings like History, Bookmarks, Passwords, Cookies, Cache to your Ubuntu OS?

February 8th, 2010 by cj2003

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium Software for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

February 8th, 2010 by cj2003

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Monday 8 February 2010 – linux.conf.au 2010 is over, but the generosity of its delegates will leave a lasting impression on the Life Flight Trust.

February 8th, 2010 by cj2003

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #179 for the week January 31st – February 6th, 2010. In this issue we cover: Open source industry veteran Matt Asay joins Canonical as COO, Lucid Translations now open…

February 8th, 2010 by cj2003

TestDrive is an Ubuntu application that is especially designed for non-technical users to easily download and run the latest Ubuntu development daily snapshot in a virtual machine.

February 7th, 2010 by cj2003

I am using Ubuntu “Daily builds” for some time inside Suns VirtualBox. Unfortunately the daily builds are not longer booting inside VirtualBox for more then 2 weeks now

February 7th, 2010 by cj2003

Shore line firewall known as “Shorewall”, it is a very high level firewall and very easy to install and configure

February 7th, 2010 by cj2003

This is good for novice and expert alike: People new to Linux have an easy way to experiment with it in comfortable surroundings and experienced users can manage their Linux installation like an actual computer.

February 6th, 2010 by cj2003

Yesterday I played with QEMU in order to run a Debian Lenny distro on a virtualized ARM arch. The Debian installation was easy thanks to this post of Chris Dew. I just wanted to point out what I did to get the virtual machine running after installing the distro.

February 6th, 2010 by cj2003

Canonical announced a few hours ago the immediate availability of a new Linux kernel security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake), 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and 9.10 (Karmic Koala).

February 6th, 2010 by cj2003

One thing that’s always puzzled me about Ubuntu Netbook Remix is that some of the applications that come preloaded by default just don’t make that much sense on a netbook.

February 6th, 2010 by cj2003

Backing up data can be difficult, especially when you only want to copy files that changed since the last backup. It can be even more troublesome when you have to remember to start the process manually,or you have to delete old backups to make room for new ones

February 5th, 2010 by cj2003

Hearing that the next Ubuntu release will use Yahoo! as the default search engine in Firefox leaves me with a twinge of uneasiness. My misgiving — and it’s a small one — is not so much with the decision as with why it was made.

February 4th, 2010 by cj2003

This article is part of a series entitled “Ubuntu Beginners” which walks new users through basic Desktop and Command Line usage. This article will detail how to change and customize your Ubuntu look by managing your themes

February 4th, 2010 by cj2003

Expect huge advances in Ubuntu server installations during 2010 as a result of Ubuntu improvements, customer concern as SunOS comes under Oracle control, and restlessness among the Red Hat user base.

February 4th, 2010 by cj2003

For some users, sound in Linux is nothing short of a nightmare. Even once beyond the initial setup of your hardware (a task that is usually handled automatically at install) some still have trouble trying to figure out where and how to manage their sound.

February 4th, 2010 by cj2003

Fedora or Ubuntu? That is a question that Linux users are asking with increasing frequency.

February 4th, 2010 by cj2003

If you install Ubuntu 9.10 the default package manager is Gnome. KDE is another desktop manager that you can use on your Ubuntu distro, and we’ll take a look at it here.

February 3rd, 2010 by cj2003

This is just a short post to say that, to configure exim4 to use gmail as a smart host on Ubuntu 9.04, I did only the following, and no more…

February 3rd, 2010 by cj2003

Tapping into a new revenue source, Ubuntu Linux’s corporate backer Canonical has signed a partnership to use Yahoo’s search results by default in the version of Firefox it ships.

February 3rd, 2010 by cj2003

I wanted to play with writing Android apps on my home Linux computer, which is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). These are mostly notes for myself, so don’t feel guilty if you skip this post.

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

This is a document I put together at the beginning of 2010 while building yet another Ubuntu VM, digging through our internal documentation to try and find out what I needed.

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

So now my mom is using Ubuntu: I’ve enabled remote controlling (ssh and rdesktop) to help her with the transition and I’ve installed a VirtualBox instance with Windows XP, just in case

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

This tutorial shows how to set up a PXE (short for preboot execution environment) install server with Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). A PXE install server allows your client computers to boot and install a Linux distribution over the network

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

Although I’m pretty sure that there are still other Ubuntu upgrades in the pipeline, the minimum system requirements will remain the same. This knowledge will save you from unnecessary upgrades.

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

Upon a second look coupled with some reflection on the entire Linux desktop market, I have come to believe that the deal is a win-win situation for both Canonical and we the Ubuntu users. Here’s why.

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

Using the official CD from Debian or Ubuntu to install a fresh new system can be tedious if you just want a minimal or customized system. An alternative way to install Debian or Ubuntu is to use cdebootstrap.

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

Since I’m really behind the notion of people moving to Python 3 (not only did I write a book about it, Python 3 is a better language), let me recap your options for installing Python 3 on Ubuntu systems. The same approach will work for Debian boxes.

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #178 for the week January 24th – January 30th, 2010. In this issue we cover: Contribute with Ubuntu One Bug Day, Lucid changes to Firefox default search provider…

February 2nd, 2010 by cj2003