As usual, OSDir have a screenshot tour of the latest Ubuntu release.
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The next Ubuntu Developer Summit will take place from 18 – 24 June outside Paris, France. The primary focus of this event will be for the distro team and others to gather together to concentrate on spec writing and technical planning for Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft).
Canonical is proud to announce that the next Ubuntu [...]

At the 4th annual Linux Desktop Summit in San Diego Monday, Jane Silber, the chief operating officer of Conanical sat down to talk to Computerworld's Eric Lai about how the upcoming June release of Ubuntu 6.06 might appeal to corporate users, too.
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The new SUSE Linux Desktop 10 from Novell Inc. sports some impressive [...]

Colin Watson has announced the release of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta 2. Update: Screenshot tour at OSDir!
Enjoy the screenshout tour at OSDir right here
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The Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu teams are proud to present a secondBeta release of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 6.06 LTS, codenamed “DapperDrake”. This release corrects some serious flaws in the installerpresent on the Desktop CD [...]

We've all heard the fuss about Windows on a Mac, but now it's time for Ubuntu on the Mac!
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Late last week, I received an Macbook Pro 2Ghz (Intel Core Duo based) laptop with the instructions 'we know Bootcamp makes OSX work with Windows, what about a real operating environment'.
… by the [...]

MySQL has introduced MySQL Forge, a new Web site and community directory designed to encourage and support active MySQL-related open source development.
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Located at http://forge.mysql.com, MySQL Forge is a central online resource for all MySQL users and developers to communicate, collaborate and share MySQL code and applications.….Ubuntu is the fastest-growing Linux distribution and [...]

Titeled “The Truth about Ubuntu!”, the 'review' goes through a bunch of applications and their use.
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My grumbles of Ubuntu Dapper Flight 6, after being used on a day to day basis on a T41 in a University Environment:
aMSN:The gtk version 1 really sucks. I mean, even my friends comment on how ugly it [...]

This interesting blog entry comments on the Ubuntu world, its maturity and relates it to what is needed to succeed.
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I don?t know if you saw my post ?10,000 bugs away from World Domination? which made my day by getting Digged and was even read by one of your engineers Scott James Remnant, but the [...]

Computerworld.comhave sat down with Jane Silber, the chief operating officer of Conanical, about how the upcoming June release of Ubuntu 6.06.Update: There's also an interview with her at behindubuntu.org
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How did you join Canonical?
I joined Canonical in July 2004. My original background is in software development, and then, later, project management. [...]

Mark Shuttleworth has announced an invitation for the Kubuntu and KDE community to join us at LinuxTag on 6 May in Wiesbaden near Frankfurt to chart the future course of Kubuntu.
This is an invitation for the Kubuntu and KDE community to join us atLinuxTag on 6 May in Wiesbaden near Frankfurt to chart the future [...]

chantra at debuntu.org has written another small support-piece, this time about using the ubuntu default root password or the sudo way
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The first time I installed Ubuntu on a computer, I was rather used to debian and went through the whole install process easily.
When I rebooted my system and open a text-console, my first [...]

With both excitement and trepidation Techtonic have downloaded Ubuntu Dapper Drake's beta release last night and started testing it this morning.
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Finally, I think some work still needs to be done on the install disc. Some of the problems were obvious beta issues — simple bugs that I'm sure will be fixed. [...]

Having reviewed (K)Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) I thought I should at least try out Xubuntu. On the same system that I have Dapper Drake Beta installed I decided to install Xubuntu. This review is on Xubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake Beta.
Xfce has been supported in Ubuntu's universe since hoary. The difference now is that the Ubuntu [...]

xbit64 have had a look at the beta release for Ubuntu Dapper Drake, and there's yet another fan.
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If you are thinking “should I upgrade my system to Dapper Drake Beta (Ubuntu/Kubuntu 6.06)” The only way to answer that question is.Can you see yourself spending perhaps hours getting your system backup and with a chance of [...]

Very short, very positive: Blog about Ubuntu 6.06 Beta.
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Rather cleverly, the LiveCD also gives the option of creating a more permanent installation if you grow to like it.
This is vaguely reminiscent of a car salesman quickly whipping out the contract ? sweeping in to close the deal at the earliest opportunity. Behind [...]

OSDir have posted a bunch of screenshots of the 6.06 beta of Kubuntu and Ubuntu. Phoronix have screenshots of Ubuntu.
Go here for Ubuntu screenshots
Go here for Kubuntu screenshots
Go here for Ubuntu screenshots at Phoronix

Ars Technica comments the thoughts and plans of Mark Shuttleworth for the next Ubuntu release. Unfortunately, they too have the name obsession.
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Despite the absurd name fixation, Ubuntu continues to be one of the best Linux distributions available on the Internet. It has become the distribution of choice in the Strategic Penguin [...]

Andreas Lloyd at the department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen propose to start an anthropological fieldwork study of the Ubuntu development community.
It'll be interesting to see where this leads!
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Hello all Ubunteros,
My name is Andreas Lloyd and I am a graduate student at the departmentof Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Having usedand [...]

The beta version of Ubuntu 6.06 aka Dapper Drake has been released – read the announcement.
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Beta Release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS -codenamed “Dapper Drake”. The Beta Release introduces the new Desktop CD,which can be used both to try Ubuntu “live” and to install the system.
Ubuntu is a [...]

This user reports of the pleasures and not-so pleasures of using Dapper Drake before it's been released.
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But I believe these are minor hiccups which will be ironed out by the time Canonical releases the final version of Ubuntu Dapper in June. Overall, this is one distribution which is going to find [...]

“Ubuntu is now outperforming even Solaris express, and we?re sustaining 22,183.43 requests per second – using out of the box Apache 2.2.0.”
Found at The Fridge, but in more detail at Colm MacCárthaigh's blog
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He also pointed me at Dave Miller?s latest kernel with T1 fixes, which I?ve built from git, and showed me the way to [...]

On the ubuntu-announce maillist, Mark Shuttleworth has announced the plans for the next Ubuntu release – The Edgy Eft, the successor to Dapper Drake.
This mail charts the territory post-Dapper for those of us who like todream a little.
First things first. The codename of Dapper+1 will be:
The Edgy Eft
And here's why. Edgy is [...]

Tectonic surely likes Ubuntu – they have put together an article about what to expect from the beta that is to be released tomorrow!
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Ubuntu Dapper Drake, originally set for release Wednesday 20 April until it was postponed to 1 June, will instead be released as a beta tomorrow. Tectonic has a look [...]

Following the recent news about Oracle wanting a Linux distribution, this article speculates wildly about Oracle buying Ubuntu. No, April 1st has passed.
Enjoy the ramblings at TechTarget.com.
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“Buying Novell would put Oracle into the top three [for the software stack space], so it kind of makes sense in that regard. But the other [Novell] products like [...]

Here's a simple guide to use Steve Kemps xen-tools package for Ubuntu (originally developed for Debian).
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This is the page for anykey solutions xen-tools package for ubuntu.
We used the excellent debian packages from www.steve.org.uk and made minor changes to them to work with ubuntu.
xen-tools is a compilation of scripts made by Steve Kemp to [...]

I've got to try this one! Here's a how-to to setup your wireless network on Ubuntu with the GUI.
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In case you don?t already know, [tag]NDISWrapper[/tag] is a tool for Linux that allows the use of Windows [tag]drivers[/tag]. This is almost always used for [tag]wireless[/tag] [tag]network[/tag] drivers. It is a very simple [...]

MadPenguin has made a comprehensive test of Dapper Drake and are extremely positive.
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All in all, Ubuntu 6.06 is gearing up to be quite an impressive release. Granted, I saw some bugs during my stay on the distribution, but can I really complain? It's not a full release, so it deserves some [...]

Linuxforums.org have had a look at Dapper Drake and reviews what they see. And they like what they see!
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Happily Ever After
I like Ubuntu. I just do. There's a simplicity about it that appeals. Every successive release adds an additional layer of abstraction between the user and the 'plumbing'. While some might pass this [...]

Have you ever wondered who the people behind Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu are and what they do? This website will over time carry interviews with them.
Relevant enough, the first interview is with Jonathan Riddell of Kubuntu who is involved in the recent problems with Kubuntu.de.
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How and when did you get involved in Ubuntu?
I [...]

Former DPL and ounder of the Open Source Initiative and Linux Standards Base Bruce Perens has commented Userlinux and Ubuntu in LinuxFormat.
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LXF: Since UserLinux started up, Ubuntu came along and it seems to play the same sort of role. I think Jeff Waugh actually made a post saying “Hey, UserLinux guys, you can [...]