Linux Journal has spent an evening interviewing Jeff Waugh about Ubuntu, Gnome, different utilities and the meaning of life.
Read the long interview here.Quote:

Jeff said that with Ubuntu there is no sandpit, “we build, ship, support together” and “there is no enterprise glass ceiling”. So, you can get involved in the Ubuntu community as a volunteer. [...]

From the not-so-serious-department, Mark Shuttleworth is now famous enough to appear in “Everybody loves Raymond”
Enjoy a smile here at geekz.co.uk
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Mark Shuttleworth currently lives in space but plans to visit the Earth again someday soon. If you need money or anything, e-mail him and ask.

Henry, our best superhero recommends different Debian-based distros and then there's a clever tool for Ubuntu out there too…
Henry the Adequate recommends Knoppix, Debian, Ubuntu and a soldering iron amongst other things for the ultimate computer toolkit.
And Distroreviews reports about Automatix, a tool to install LOTS of tools and programs on Ubuntu.
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Capabilities:1) Installs multimedia codecs2) [...]

Have we seen the light of a new lightweight distro: The idea is to bring the power of Ubuntu to the typical users of Legacy hardware (ie the grandma who gets an old P2 set up for her but does not know how to use it)
I found it at LiveDistro
But you can check it out [...]

Mark Shuttleworth plans to lead a team of Ubuntu advocates spanning (so far) 17 major cities across 12 countries in Asia – see the announcement here.
Read the release here!
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In each location listed below we plan to host a business breakfast/lunch with local companies, and then hold in-depth meetings with selected companies, as time allows. We [...]

“I am currently looking for Linux for people who don't or can't use Windows” – that's the perspective on this interesting review.
Read the blogging review here.Quote:

All and all I think that the Linux desktop has come a LONG way. It just isn't quite there yet. Lets hope the next version of Ubuntu fixes the above [...]

Containing lots of news from the maillists, wiki and web, it starts: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first issue of UDN, the UbuntuDesktop News.”
The uUbuntu desktop news issue one is found here: http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news/2005-December/000033.html
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first issue of UDN, the UbuntuDesktop News. UDN will be randomly issued once in a while, [...]

Distroreviews.com have a few comments and screenshots from the Flight CD's.
Here's for Ubuntu.Here's for Kubuntu.
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Unlike a lot of people, I get very excited when a new beta of Ubuntu/Kubuntu is released. It's amazing how Ubuntu has taken the Linux community by storm over the past couple of years. Finally, Linux is stepping up to be [...]

The second Flight CD (milestone CD) for Dapper Drake has arrived.
Here's the release note and here's the commented changes.Quote:

This release also includes a new simplified live CD boot system(http://wiki.ubuntu.com/SimplifiedLiveCD), included at the eleventh hourbecause the alternative options stood a good chance of takingconsiderably longer to get working. This system should ultimately end upbeing faster and [...]

Jeff Waugh has announced the creation of the Ubuntu Server Team and could use a hand or two on the project!
Ubuntu Server Project Unleashed!================================
September 2004: Ubuntu 4.10 Preview launched to rave reviews. By all accounts, it was a smashing desktop… But deep underneath lay the foundations of [...]

Here's someone who finally did the big comparison: Which it the easiest one to install. A bunch of screenshots and it ended in a draw!
It's found here at the TechRepublic blog
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But…
At the end of the day, I did not find one easier to install than the other. So all of you Linux zealots that say [...]

Henrik Nilsen Omma have had a look at the general usability of the touchscreen-enabled GOK!
Read it here at the Ubuntu wiki:
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Does GOK have any users? Seriously. Or does it only ever get tested by it's developers? It certainly has many potential users. Those who currently have to pay large sums for a full-featured on-screen keyboard [...]

In this weeks Distrowatch news, John Dong, the Ubuntu Backports project leader has commented on the art of backporting.
Read the entry/comment here
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Backporting is a sweet way for us to enjoy the hot new things in the Open Source world without compromising stability like running a development/CVS/snapshot release.
Backporting can be a major PITA if not done [...]

The title says it all…The big question is whether debian-news.net is amongst them?
No it isn't
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So here I have put together a collection of sites which are dedicated to Ubuntu Linux and where one can find a wealth of information on general topics or accomplishing a particular task in Ubuntu.

Here's a smart little site that shows which packages are i the different Ubuntu versions.
Ubuntu packages!
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This site provides you with informations about all the packages available in the Ubuntu archive. It is generated with slightly modified scripts from packages.debian.org.

Oh, by the way – guess what's at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

Distroreview has commented the latest praise of Ubuntu – Edubuntu as well as the good response from OSDL's survey.
The article is found here.
And here's some sweet survey results for Ubuntu-enthusiasts!
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The three versions — Ubuntu (GNOME-based), Kubuntu (KDE-based), and Edubuntu — are being downloaded with increasing frequency; the distro was named best in show at the [...]

LX'ers comment of the day lists tadelste's reasons for choosing Ubuntu.
Alle the good resons are listed here on Dec. 8th. – he compares often with MEPIS.
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3. It's free and they don't make you feel guilty about not giving them money. When you give something out for free (with out making people feel guilty) people feel [...]

Howtoforge has made a little how-to on getting Samba to run for small workgroups With Ubuntu.
Read the tutorial yourself…..Quote:

This is a detailed description about the steps to set up a Ubuntu based server (Ubuntu 5.10 – Breezy Badger) to act as file- and print server for Windows ™ workstations in small workgroups. This howto uses [...]

Call it the vital hint&tips, call it essential houskeeping – here's a small article full of good things to do in Ubuntu.
The article is found at linuxhelp
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I call it essential housekeeping because it is not exactly a problem, but only a matter of finding out how to get the necessary support. Here I share my [...]

Rarely seen – blogginbaby.com has reviewed Edubuntu and concludes that there's still some work to do to make it work for non-technical parents.
Read the review here at their site:Quote:

Conclusion
Edubuntu still has some work to do. If the Edubuntu project expects parents to install the system themselves, it needs to streamline the installation process, or eliminate [...]

This interesting piece at xyzcomputing investigates why Ubuntu has become so popular, so fast!
Read the analysis here.Quote:

One very interesting aspect of Linux on the desktop is the popularity of each different distribution. Each version has a number of fundamental similarities with the others, but certain changes are made to each in order to differentiate them [...]

LXer Fabio Marzocca is a living proof that talented people can make a contribution to global technology even when the corporate maw would eat them up and spit them out.
Read the entire article here
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LXer How did you get involved with Linux, and Ubuntu in particular?
Fabio: I have a typical ?experimenting? approach towards anything is [...]

In the Macedonian schoolsystem, Ubuntu is being deployed on 5.000 computers – here's a follow-up on how it goes.
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When the Republic of Macedonia decided to deploy Linux in 468 schools and 182 computer labs nationwide, they chose GNOME on an Ubuntu distribution. Arangel Angov met with Darko Arso, Technology Integration Manager at the Education Development [...]

Firefox won – Ubuntu 5.04 is number 26!
You can see the list for yourself.
It's the higest ranking Linux-distribution – I couldn't spot anyone else on the list?

Henry The Adequate finishes his…..errr…..review of Ubuntu. I think he likes it very much!
Read the entertaining story here.
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ConclusionThis Ubuntu 5.10 may be one damn fine operating symptom, but it doesn't seem to contain any plans to soviet nuclear facilities, and it won't play my, um, instructional videos. Also it caused my friend's computer to spontaneously [...]

Chris Del Checcolo and Ricky Hussmann has created a couple of instructional videos of Linux….using Ubuntu.
You can watch them here:
Ubuntu Linux / Windows Dual Boot Instructional Video
Installing software on Ubuntu Linux
This was originally spotted on The Fridge