Cybernetnews have had a look at the recent Ubuntu beta and is quite positive, despite some issues with it.
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It?s still a bit early for me to give an official thumbs up, but I would say things are looking pretty good. The final release is due out in October, and at that [...]

LinuxCertified Inc, today announced its next generation laptops optimised for engineering and scientific community. Powered with Ubuntu 7.04, these laptops focus on high performance and scalability.
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“We are delighted by LinuxCertified's latest Ubuntu-based laptops,” said Malcolm Yates, Partner Manager at Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu. “This is a great choice for [...]

I have to admit my enthusiasm for the Gutsy release is lukewarm. Looking over the list of features, very few of them seem useful to me. Naturally, that?s going to differ from person to person and machine to machine, but from my perspective, not much is appealing.
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Desktop searches, deskbar applets and tracker [...]

This tutorial enables you to install, boot and run Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) from USB.
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In addition to installing Ubuntu to a USB device and then booting Ubuntu from USB, this tutorial will enable you to automatically save your changes and settings back to the stick and further restore them on each [...]

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu, has hired former Linspire staffers Randy Linnell and Brian Thomason.
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Prior to joining Canonical, Linnell was Linspire's VP of business development. Linnell is credited with having made the commercial software deals that brought legal proprietary software to Linspire. This has included DVD players, multimedia codecs, and drivers. [...]

Full Circle – the Ubuntu Community Magazine are proud to announce their fifth issue.
*full circle #5*
*Full Circle – the Ubuntu Community Magazine are proud toannounce our fifth issue.*
_Contains:_/ * Fluxbuntu – Step-by-step Install* How-To : Report Bugs with LaunchPad, CoLoCo Edubuntu Presentation, From VMware to VirtualBox and Learning Scribus Pt.5.* Review of Bridge Construction Kit.* [...]

This review is a summary of practically all the features and changes in the latest version of Ubuntu.
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The much complained necessity of a manual video configuration through the ?xorg.cfg? file is no longer a mandatory. Since the Ubuntu gutsy there is a way to set most necessary properties through a user friendly interface. [...]

If you are running KDE in Kubuntu or Gnome in Ubuntu, you can easily set up the clock to synchronize the time to any time source on the Internet.
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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.10 and its variants, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Update: Now also screenshots.
Ok, let's start with the screenshots
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.10 and itsvariants, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Codenamed “Gutsy Gibbon”, 7.10continues Ubuntu's proud [...]

Having tried both, neither operating system is perfect but there?s enough in Ubuntu to make a classy alternative.
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But the fact that Ubuntu (and other distros like it) comes chock-a-block full of applications that work straight off the bat, all at no cost to the consumer must go close to halving the [...]

Today you'll be informed about the release dates of Ubuntu 8.04, codename Hardy Heron.
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So, without any further introduction, here's the anticipated release schedule: 29 November 2007 – Alpha 1 release20 December 2007 – Alpha 2 release10 January 2008 – Alpha 3 release31 January 2008 – Alpha 4 release21 February 2008 – Alpha [...]

It's been a wild ride, but I have definitely not regretted my choice to make Ubuntu a major part of my life. As a full-time user, I have been charged by Windows and Linux user alike for not following their own lemming-like mindsets
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I still run Edgy on my desktop and will likely [...]

The Free Agent sets his sights on beta releases of IBM's new Lotus Symphony office suite and Ubuntu Linux 7.10.
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Gutsy is still a beta, so I render no final conclusions about it here; I will say, though, that I like the changes I see, and I'm hungry for more. Luckily, Hardy [...]

If you forgot you password for your ubuntu system you can recover using the following steps.
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Finally, the poor wifi abilities with Feisty have been addressed and every single RaLink based card I tried in Gutsy Tribe 5 worked without any problems; well, almost.
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The issue is going to remain a bit under the sheets so to speak for the time being as I think it is another [...]

This is for people who have a dual boot installation of Ubuntu and Window (XP or Vista). When booting you will see that Ubuntu has created a boot menu that allows you to select an OS to start.
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Start Ubuntu. Open a console (menu Applications > Accessories??? > Terminal?) and type the [...]

I am pleased to announce the availability of the very first Ubuntu Project Team Report – this is for September 2007.
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This report provides a summary of work for the following teams:
Desktop Team Kernel Team Kubuntu MOTU Mythbuntu Screencast Team Server Team Ubuntu-IRC Ubuntu Women US LoCo Teams Project [...]

? we find that the businesses using Ubuntu tend to use the server edition right now and so a windows comparison is not relevant. Ubuntu desktop is largely in the consumer space not business.
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It hardly comes as a surprise to discover that most businesses use Windows, but I did think there would be [...]

In this issue we cover the Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 beta release, new MOTU members, new Launchpad release, Software Freedom Day organized by the Ubuntu Nicaragua Team, and, as always, much much more!
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #58 for the weekSeptember 16th – September 22th, 2007. In this issue we cover theGutsy Gibbon 7.10 [...]

Has anyone noticed the negative press about Ubuntu recently? There really has been some good reviews of Ubuntu, as well as editorials, but in the past week or so there seems to have been a mini-explosion of anti-Ubuntu articles.
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The benefit of these articles is that it shows Ubuntu is really [...]

IBM Lotus Symphony is an office-suite that is based on OpenOffice.org and ported to Lotus Expeditor. It contains programs for word processing, spreadsheet and presentation.
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This howto is meant as a practical guide; it does not cover the theoretical backgrounds. They are treated in a lot of other documents in the web.

Bruce Byfield reviews Ubuntu at LinuxPlanet and ….well….likes it but finds it lacking flexibility.
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Some of the shortcomings mentioned here originate in GNOME itself. Yet Ubuntu has often changed GNOME to suit itself, so it must still take part of the blame. Ubuntu began with some promising improvements on the desktop, but [...]

For one startup in Portland, Oregon, Ubuntu Linux is the operating system of choice. Why? $146,000 in savings.
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Dawson has run all but one of Box Populi's internal management systems and all of his company's retail applications on open-source software since he founded the company in October 2003, saving an estimated $146,000 by [...]

Updating Ubuntu only to discover that the kernel update has brought you to a black screen – never fun.
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Once you manage to get back into your Ubuntu PC, you will be feeling a lot better. You have your important data backed up and of course, you can now take steps to [...]

OSNews have taken the opportunity to take a look at Ubuntu's soon-to-be-released Gutsy Gibbon with GNOME 2.20
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Overall, however, I am simply extremely impressed by the new GNOME and the upcoming Ubuntu release. You can see the developers have put a lot of effort into not just cramming in new features, but also making [...]

Ubuntulite strives to make modern software available for older computers in an easy-to-use distribution while upholding the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and contributing back to the community.
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To that end, Ubuntulite is back. Rather than being its own ISO, the Ubuntulite install begins with a server install of Ubuntu and then [...]

Ubuntu Gutsy is the next major release of the most popular Linux distro, due for release in October.
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NOTE: Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) is still in beta mode as of this writing. Please backup all files or consider not upgrading, because there will likely be problems.

OSNews: I upgraded my laptop to the latest Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon a few days ago only to be greeted with an additional feel of polish and goodness. Read more for our mini preview.
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First of all, let me start by saying that lately bug reports seem to be resolved at a faster pace. [...]

Ubuntu reserves all ports under 1024 as 'privileged ports'. Therefore only a 'known and trusted' service can access them properly….well this was a problem as you could imagine.
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But SugarCRM would still not access things properly. I sigh one more time. More digging and googling. I come up with [...]

One of Linux strong points over Windows is the capability to switch desktops. Several exist, but the two most popular are Gnome and KDE.
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If you have been using Ubuntu, which uses Gnome as the default desktop, or Kubuntu which uses KDE as the desktop, and have been wondering what the other desktop looks [...]