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Announcing Ubuntu 6.10 Beta

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Beta Release of Ubuntu 6.10 -codenamed “Edgy Eft”. Update – now with plenty of screenshots.
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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Beta Release of Ubuntu 6.10 -codenamed “Edgy Eft”.
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast andeasy install, [...]

Interview: Malcolm Yates, Ubuntu

Malcolm Yates is Canonical's ISV and partner manager and is interviewed by InformationWeek about mostly general Ubuntu topics.
Read the interview here
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TechWeb: Canonical officially launched Ubuntu as an enterprise Linux product just a few months ago [in June, 2005]. What was your initial take on how to position Ubuntu in this market?
Yates:: We have been [...]

Ubuntu, the best Linux distribution?

Arsgeek are fond of Ubuntu, but they are not blind to it's disadvantages. In this article they comments why it is not the perfect Linux distribution.
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Ubuntu has a lot going for it. A rich benefactor cum space tourist, a huge and rapidly growing user base, a sleek look and an easy install. [...]

Book Review: Moving to Ubuntu Linux

Unixreview comments that “In 21 chapters, Gagné moves the reader quite gently from innocent to newbie to user. Not “power user,” but better than the average newbie.”
Read the rest of the review here
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This is the fourth book by Gagné I've reviewed over the past half-dozen years. Though I've found things to carp at in [...]

Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Installation Walkthrough with Screenshots

Debianadmin shows you how to install Kubuntu, an operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment.
With a predictable 6 month release cycle and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.
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Howto mount your Windows partition and make it read/writable

ArsGeek covers how you mount your Windows partition and make it read/writable in Ubuntu
See how to do it here
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Here?s a guide to making the most of your NTFS partition while in Ubuntu. When you?re done you should be able to have your NTFS partition mounted at boot, be able to write to it and read [...]

Ubuntu Weekly News #15

This issue is all about Scott James Remnant. If you see a sentence without his name, report it as a typo. You may notice the occasional word about someone or something other than Scott or Upstart, such as the LTSP Hackfest, rest assured that these are probably known typos.
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue [...]

HOWTO: Configure Ubuntu for Active Directory Authentication

Active Directory authentication uses the Kerberos 5 protocol, and account information uses LDAP. Therefore we need to configure Kerberos 5 and LDAP on Ubuntu in order to manage users in an Active Directory.
Read it at http://developer.novell.com
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This article is written specfic to configuration against a Samba 4 Active Directory as part of the みる directory [...]

Kubuntu not quite right for a Tablet PC

“I attempted to install Kubuntu Dapper Drake (6.10) on a Compaq TC1000 Tablet PC. I discovered that while Linux may … not always be the best-fitting choice for every environment. ”
Read more about the attempt here
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I finally decided that a slower, non-free OS with decent applications and a little better look-and-feel and much more [...]

Hands on: Making Ubuntu even easier

In this article, we expand on a previous article that examined the update of a fresh Ubuntu Dapper Drake installation to make it more desktop and multimedia-friendly, by looking at the automated options.
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System builders could do this work for you on a pre-installed system, but most people will be installing Ubuntu themselves from [...]

Review of book – Ubuntu Unleashed

Linux-toturial.info have had their hands on “Ubuntu unleashed” and here you find their impressions.
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It would be nice to spend a week (rainy fall days come to mind) with this book at my side (propped open, of course), my Ubuntu laptop before me and a cup of coffee nearby and explore just where Hudson [...]

Ubuntu Desktop Even More Cost-Effective?

Well, it's a press release, so it doesn't have to be true – but “Userful Corporation announces the wide-spread availability of its multi-station Linux software that enables Ubuntu users worldwide to easily add multiple workstations to their existing computers.”
Perhaps your lift will improve if you read here
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Userful's Multiplier software is ideally suited for organizations that [...]

Is Ubuntu Linux a Sensible Alternative for Mac Users?

Perhaps Ubuntu isn't the best thing for all users – lowendmac.com thinks it should be used with caution.
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Does Ubuntu Linux make any sense for Macintosh users?
In my friend's case, I would say no, and I did.
He's an experienced, but not especially tech-savvy, non-power user, and the geek aspect of Linux would be [...]

Ubuntu Weekly News #14

In this issue they cover the release of Edgy Eft Knot 3, the passing of Rob Levin of Freenode, announcement of the next development summit for Ubuntu, changes in Edgy, Ubuntu in the news and much more.
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #14, for the week ofSept, 10 – 16, 2006. In this issue [...]

Indonesian Ubuntu distributes DVD versions

CNet Asia have an article about the Ubuntu community in Indonesia, who compiles DVD's of Ubuntu software to those without internet access and a bunch of other activities.
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Due to expensive Internet access, the Indonesian Ubuntu community has had quite a unique approach to distribute the whole Ubuntu software package in DVDs. So far, [...]

Ubuntu needs your input

Ubuntu needs to find out quite a bit about their customers, users and how the world is put together – so give them some input in their surveys.
Read more about what they want here
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Who our potential customers and users are, what they need and how we can recruit them.
Who our current customers and users [...]

(K)Ubuntu 6.10 Knot CD3 screenshot tours

OSDir have posted a bunch of screenshots of the upcomming Ubuntu releases
Here's Kubuntu
Here's Ubuntu

Zenoss network monitor on a Ubuntu Server

The title says it all – HowToForge use the LAMP server from Ubuntu server CD
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Dapper+Zenoss min requirements: 150mb+232mb=382mb ram, 1400mb disk (900mb used, 500mb free for data). This install tested on vmware server 1.0.1.

How to stay connected

TheFridge have aa article about the different places to connetc using Ubuntu – and use Mark Shuttleworth as their case.
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Using off-line email reading and replying means that you do not have to remain hooked-up permanently to the internet. You?re free to download the email from your service provider, then to write replies [...]

Ubuntu 6.10 Knot CD3

The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. The Edgy Eft Knot 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 6.10.
Get it here
And learn more about it here
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The new init system, upstart, has now been turned on by default. For [...]

Interview with Daniel Holbach

BehindUbuntu has interviewed Daniel, who is spending most of his Ubuntu time in Ubuntu's DesktopTeam, doing package maintenance and working on Desktop bugs.
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How much time do you spend working on Ubuntu?
It must be 50+ hours per week (if you count the weekends, etc.) It varies a lot though. Here I'd like to [...]

Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks by Rickford Grant

Free Software Magazine reviews the book “Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks”. UPDATE: Blogcritics and Linux.com have also reviewed it.
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This book shows you the solutions to problems. It does it in a very helpful, easy to understand, style. By including the CD with the book, non technical folks don?t even have to worry about that [...]

Speed up Ubuntu boot process

This thread at the Ubuntu forums seems usefull as: This HowTo is for those who complaint ubuntu boot-up speed is pretty slow but not willing to install any alternative tools to speed up.
Read the guide here
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The way I use here is not the altimate solution by any means but it does make differences and [...]

Automatix: Making Installation a Snap in Ubuntu

MadPenguin have tested the latest Automatix and its usefullness on Ubuntu.
Read the review here
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Is it Safe to Use? There have been some concerns in regards to the safety of using Automatix while having other package mangers installed. Should you be concerned? Not at all. The source code is open and free for anyone to examine [...]

Ubuntu Upstream Hug Day

A fancy title for forwarding bugs from Ubuntu's bug-tracker, Malone, to any upstream projects, as for example Debian on Sept. 13th
Read the announcement here
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The BugSquad is always looking for new volunteers and we?d love it if you joined us. We?ll be meeting in the #ubuntu-bugs IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. When, you ask? All of Wednesday [...]

Ubuntu: Community Building for Human Beings

At the 2006 Open Source Convention, Jeff Waugh, describes the process by which Ubuntu's team went about creating a community with shared values and vision.
Read the intro here
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Waugh also addresses Ubuntu governance. Ubuntu's team based approach provide structure and peer review. By comparing it to other projects Waugh is involved in, such as GNOME, he [...]

Making wireless work in Ubuntu

This article is excerpted from the newly published book The Official Ubuntu Book and is found at Linux.com
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Simply click on the Network-Manager icon to see all available wireless networks, and click on the network to connect to it. If wireless authentication is needed, be it WEP, WPA, or 802.1x, a network-manager dialog will [...]

Ubuntu cannot exist without Debian

A few days ago, Mark Shuttleworth blogged about his view on the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian.
See the entry here
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I?m of the opinion that Ubuntu could not exist without Debian. So it?s absolutely my intention to see that Ubuntu is a constructive part of the broader Debian landscape. It?s vital that Ubuntu help to [...]

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on a Packard Bell iMedia 1307

With the added graphics card, Ubuntu and Swiftfox, the iMedia 1307, in spite of being roasted, was turned into something decent; it is definitely not an embarassment.
Read of the attempt to rescue an overheated computer here
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I don?t think I?ve ever seen a set of desktop computers in a more wretched state than those I [...]

Ubuntu 6.10 Knot CD2 screenshots

OSDir have posted a bunch of screenshots for you.
They are here

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