diveintomark.org have written an essintials list that starts with “1. Ubuntu, which is an ancient African word meaning ?can?t install Debian?.”
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Now that I?ve completed my move to Linux (sorry Mac fanboys, the install was flawless and everything worked out of the box), someone emailed me to suggest that I update my essential [...]

Ubuntu's desktop install provides a bunch of useful software for desktop users, but it doesn't install a firewall by default. Luckily, it's really simple to get a firewall up and running on Ubuntu.
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Either Lokkit or Guarddog should be sufficient to protect your Linux desktop. If neither of these strikes your fancy, Ubuntu [...]

Benjamin Mako Hill have written a comprehensive report on the meeting of more than 60 Ubuntu developers in Paris to plan Ubuntu's next release.
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Ubuntu has quickly become many GNOME developers' distribution of choice, and Ubuntu CDs are frequently given out at GNOME booths at trade shows. The same can hardly be said [...]

You could also call it Your First ubuntu Experience, as these introduction videos use Ubuntu.
Get them here at Linux.com
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This group of three short videos shows you how to download GNU/Linux, make a bootable Linux CD, and how to boot Linux on your computer without going through a tedious installation routine. We used Ubuntu for [...]

DesktopLinux has made an overview of Damn Small Linux – Not, if you need a short introduction to the distro.
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Damn Small Linux has always told its story efficiently through its name, and it continues to do so with its latest version: DSL-N (Damn Small Linux-Not) 0.1 RC1. As you might imagine, DSL-N [...]

In this issue: Paris Developer Summit in review, Matthew East interviewed on “`Lug“`Radio, GNOME 2.15.2 now in Edgy, and much more
= Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter – Issue 4 =
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter – Issue 4 for the week of June 18, 2006 – June 24, 2006
You can always find this and other Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issues at:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter
== [...]

The podcast covers exporting a partition table to a text file and using a rescue disk; a walk-through of an installation of Ubuntu Linux 6.06 and a discussion of two scripts created by the Ubuntu community, Automatix and Easy Ubuntu.
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In this episode: three audio feedbacks; new segment ?Listener Tips?; Listener Tips from Anita [...]

UbuntuOS have an interview of Kubuntu developer Jonathan Riddell discussing the plans for the next release, Kubuntu Edgy.
It is a 100MB download, get it directly from one of the mirrors. The interview starts 1 hour 10 minutes in. Go here for the interview

Is Ubuntu too slow on the LiveCD? See here how to do it over a network and enjoy the speed!
Thomas.enix.org shows you how:
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We often use LiveCD (and particularly the Ubuntu one) fordemonstrations during Free Software promotion events. However, theuser experience is often quite bad, because LiveCD are slow, due tothe poor speed of CD-ROM devices. [...]

And now the world have been blessed with Ubuntu Certified Professionals: Fred Strauss and Khayeni Ndlovu of Johannesburg, South Africa
TecTonic is bearer of the news:
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The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) and Canonical have announced the world's first Ubuntu Certified Professionals: Fred Strauss and Khayeni Ndlovu of Johannesburg, South Africa. Strauss and Ndlovu were amongst a group [...]

Manilla Standard Today have an article about living without Windows – and they use Ubuntu as the alternative.
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Frustration faded away and a sense of satisfaction set in. I had survived the weekend without Windows.

Radagast have blogged about how the comparison of XP and Ubuntu fares, and he is impressed by Ubuntu.
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Summary
Windows XP and Ubuntu 6.06 were both quick to install; each install was complete in less than two hours. Windows took about twice as long as Ubuntu to install, primarily because of the additional time [...]

In their ongoing focus on Ubuntu personnel, behindubuntu have an interview with Jane Weidman.
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How much time do you spend working on Ubuntu?
I was working full time on Ubuntu. Spread across my various tasks. Normally between 7 – 10 hours a day, sometimes much more. I am not sure how much time I [...]

Noenemies.com have blogged a bunch of suggestions on how to create a more beautifull experience with Ubuntu 6.06 – idea no. 1 is to use KDE…
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Sometimes people think of Linux as an ugly operating system – and sometimes it is, if you are using the default GNOME, and don?t appreciate the [...]

A few scripts have arrived on the scene to assist users installing property software/codecs. One such script is Automatix. xbit64.net first came across it last year, when they was using Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy and now it's available for 6.06
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Review of Automatix 6.2-1
with copyright patents all over the place. A lot of Linux distributions [...]

NewsForge have made a mid-week report from the Ubuntu developer's conference where they are discussing the scope and content of the next Ubuntu release.
See the summary here on Newsforge
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On Monday of this week, more than 60 Ubuntu developers gathered in a hotel near Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport to plan Ubuntu's next release, codenamed Edgy [...]

Krzysztof Lichota have made a set of tools for easy customization of Ubuntu
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Ubuntu Customization Kit (UCK) is a set of tools for easy cutomization of Ubuntu Linux distribution (and its derivatives, like Kubuntu).Currently it allows you to:
* Create bootable LiveCD with predefined languages based on original Ubuntu/Kubuntu live CD using wizard [...]

Ubuntu Hacks – Tips and Tools for Exploring, Using and Tuning Linux have been reviewed at Slashdot.
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All the ten chapters combined, there are a total of 100 tips (Oops! hacks) in this unique book which are based on the latest version of Ubuntu – Dapper Drake. What is worth noting is [...]

Linux.com have put a bunch of tips together for the new Ubuntu user.
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Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux distribution for new Linux users. It's easy to install, easy to use, and usually “just works.” But moving to a different operating system can be confusing, no matter how well-designed it is. Here's a [...]

Carla Schroder have a look at Ubuntu Server Edition to see if it lives up to the hype.
It's posted at enterprisenetworkingplanet:
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Do You Trust Ubuntu On Your Servers?This is a good question. Ubuntu uses up-to-date packages, instead of moldy old goo like Debian Stable or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Presumably this incurs increased security and stability [...]

Plan the Edgy Eft! This is the summit at which the Ubuntu developer team will map out the road to Edgy, selecting feature goals and planning the interaction of different features. As of today.
See the announcement here at LWN.net
Or participate/see the presentations using Gobby or TeamSpeak

This is the 3rd installment in the series on deficiencies in common desktop environments. After GNOME and the Mac/MacOS, it is now KDE's turn. As with the other installments, this is a rant
See it in action at OSNews
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A few notes before I begin: this column is based on the KDE as shipped in the latest [...]

If you can't avoid some Windows applications, here's a guide on how to run the MS thing under Ubuntu 6.06
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Why?
Because Dapper was just too Damn reliable… nah, seriously, I need to run Microsoft Visual Studio, and doing so under wine was not going to cut it, and dual booting was going to [...]

Bloggers seems truly impressed by Ubuntu. Here's another one.
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I just can?t express how impressed I am by how far Linux has come in the past 3 years. I used to think that it would never be a good fit for a desktop system, but this has been a very pleasant experience. I [...]

Ubunturial have posted a small guide to setup NAS on 6.06.
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This tutorial is extrememly easy to carry out and takes less than 5 minutes.First you will need to install the following 2 pieces of software; Samba & SMB. There is a good chance that Samba has already been installed but for the [...]

The Ubuntu version with support for Sun's Sparc64-platform have been released.
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This release is an Ubuntu distribution for your servers, with a fast and easyinstall, regular releases, and a tight selection of excellent packages installedby default. Other packages and applications are available from a global networkof mirrors, and professional, commercial technical support from Canonical [...]

The Times Online suggest that instead of updating your old and outdated Win98 with XP, you should go for Ubuntu
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So what can Windows 98 users do? Microsoft's advice is unequivocal ? upgrade. I'd agree – join the 21st century and get a better operating system. They'd recommend Windows XP; I'd recommend the [...]

The purpose of this how-to is to give Ubuntu desktop users (especially new ones coming from the Windows world) the guidance to enable full multimedia support and playback of popular media codecs and technologies in just 3 simple steps.
See it at ehomeupgrade.com
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Once completed, your Linux PC will have DVD (CSS) movie playback support, OGG / [...]

As a sort of follow-up on the latest article about Red Hat and Ubuntu, Raven Zachary believes that the large community behind Ubuntu actually makes a difference.
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Thousands of developer hours behind Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) could make it close to impossible for the Ubuntu operating system [...]

Application Development Trends hosts an overview article about Ubuntu's latest release and the recent UltraSPARC Support. It's a re-write of some of the recent articles about Ubuntu.
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The latest version of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distro, launched on June 1, was designed specifically with large organizations in mind, says the open-source project's founder.
“Ubuntu has a [...]