Ubuntu came out as the winner over Mac OSX and MS Vista. While some people are shouting from the rooftops, I'm not jumping for joy, and I'll tell you why in a minute
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Honestly, I was surprised that Vista wasn't first. Yes, I expose my anti-MS feelings. Still, I've said many times [...]

Review: “Ubuntu 8.04, code-named “Hardy Heron”, is scheduled to be an LTS (Long Term Support) edition, and you can tell its developers have worked diligently to make it worthy of the title. ”
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Under the hood, however, Ubuntu 8.04 has improved considerably. Between a new kernel, a new version of the Gnome desktop, improved [...]

A lot of the “advanced desktop effects” built into Ubuntu 7.10 are nothing but eye candy, but a handful of them, when set up and used properly, can really put your productivity into full-throttle.
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As much as I adore Compiz Fusion, I understand why some people might see it as visual fluff. Demo [...]

During a thread about daylight savings confusion here in Sydney, Martin Barry asked the SLUG list why updates to Ubuntu packages go into a separate “updates” repository.
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In this issue we cover: new MOTUs, Ubuntu 6.10 End-of-Life, Xubuntu refocuses, Ubuntu countdown graphics, Launchpad 1.2.3, Launchpad logo contest closing, Ubuntu UK Podcast #2, Reside@HOME: Linux Health Care, PWN To OWN (Ubuntu wins), and much, much more!
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 84 for the weeks March23rd – March 29th, 2008. In this [...]

Linux 8.04, Hardy Heron, is now on the horizon. Does it look any better than Gutsy Gibbon? ITWire takes a look.
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This should please those who found Gutsy Gibbon disappointing – and indeed, Gutsy was an experimental version of Ubuntu. It’s experimental nature did give a fresh look but also meant it [...]

In my ever ongoing quest to get Ubuntu Hardy Heron beta to work on my beloved Thinkpad T60p, I finally managed to get suspend/resume working.
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Let's say you have a Windows Active Directory domain configured with any number of Windows servers and workstations, but you want to add your Ubuntu 7.04 Linux servers to the domain.
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Let's also say that you want only specific people (an AD security group, for example) to have shell access to the Ubuntu [...]

One common complaint about Ubuntu, and many other open-source projects, is that the release notes or feature lists are too hard for non-geeks to understand.
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It's hard to hear about Linux in a truly neutral and educated tone on the outside of the Linux community. People are either saying it's the best thing ever, or it's complete trash because App X doesn't work on it.
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The winners and losers in the CanSecWest zero day hack contest are in. The winner is Ubuntu, as it was the only OS who did not fall to hackers.
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The losers are Apple OS X.5.2, Safari, Windows Vista SP 1 and Adobe Flash. The Windows Vista laptop [...]

I bought a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 and a Creative Live! Cam Optia AF, both 2 Megapixel webcams. The video for both “just work”ed perfectly in Ekiga, Cheese, and Skype, on Ubuntu Linux Gutsy (7.10) and Hardy (8.04, currently in beta),
The findings are described here

After years of highlighting the benefits of using a small form factor platform for a Linux application, we decided to allow customers to fully take advantage of these benefits and purchase a total Linux solution (well, Ubuntu to be specific).
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A while ago I talked about how you can setup the ThinkFinger package to enable fingerprint authentication on Ubuntu.
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Installing Ubuntu is literally as easy as dropping in a disk. However, it is important to understand that Ubuntu needs its own clean drive to run correctly.
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Here I have put up a list of some of the best games available for Linux, all of them are free of course.
Game on!
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Frozen-Bubble
Ubuntu Package: frozen-bubble
In this game you’ve to shoot colors bubbles onto the game board in an attempt to match up three or more similarly colored bubbles. Doing so will cause them [...]

Today I got to chat with Gerry Carr, a product manager for Canonical, the people behind Ubuntu, the very popular desktop version of Linux.
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CrunchGear Right now Linux is a full-fledged operating system. Do you think we’ll ever get to the point where Linux is more of a shell or gateway to Web-applications?
Gerry Carr [...]

Full Circle – the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our eleventh issue.
Full Circle Magazine – Issue #11
Full Circle – the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux Community are proud toannounce the release of our eleventh issue.
This month:* Linux Mint vs Ubuntu.* How-To : TrueCrypt on Ubuntu, [...]

…moving to a different operating system can be confusing, no matter how well-designed it is. Here's a list of tips that might save you some time while you're getting used to Ubuntu.
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8. Log in automagically
By default, when you boot up the computer, Ubuntu will give you a login screen before you get [...]

Installed CompizConfig Settings Manager and are wondering where the custom visual effects setting has gone? The way this works has changed in Ubuntu 8.04.
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This document describes how to set up iTALC on Ubuntu 7.10. iTALC is an open-source classroom management solution that lets you view and control other computers in your network.
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It lets you remote-control other computers, show the teacher's screen on all students' computers, lock workstations, send text-messages to students, power on/off and [...]

In this tutorial I walkthrough setting up Evolution mail witha POP account, in this example I use my gmail account information. This can be applied in similar fashion for your own ISP mail server information accordingly.
See the tutorial here

Development of Automatix has been discontinued, so in a release or two, we won't have to worry so much about fixing the issues it causes with upgrades. Yay!
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Well the day has finally come, development of Automatix has been discontinued. We are doing this, NOT because we think Automatix is no [...]

Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” beta – making life easier for Windows users, Ubuntu 8.04 beta: an agile upgrade and Hardy Beta: Ooh La La. OSNews and LaptopMag also have a review
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There’s another feature of the umenu loader that makes it easier for the less technical to take Ubuntu for [...]

I read a blog about someone disliking Linux. The About page describes him as being a kid, so I don't want to be too rough on him, but the blog entry contains so many factual error (not differences of opinion) that I just can't let it sit.
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This is something that I have been toying with as an idea – creating my own distribution, based on the Ubuntu core, but making sure some basics that continue to go ignored are covered.
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Is Remastersys Better for Back-Up Than Distro Creation? This is something that I'm still exploring as each application has [...]

One of the most significant new features added in alpha 5 is support for Wubi, a new installation mechanism that makes it easier for Ubuntu and Windows to coexist on the same computer.
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Wubi provides a complete Ubuntu installer that can be run in Windows from the Ubuntu Live CD. It installs [...]

Launching a web app using Prism is done in the same way as launching an application installed on your computer, from the Applications menu. The Prism browser is simplified to not get in the way of the web app
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The integration between desktop and web applications has been taken to the next level in [...]

As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 6.10 will reach end of life on Friday April 25th, 2008
Ubuntu announced the release of 6.10 almost 18 months ago, on October26, 2006. As with the [...]

Perhaps the greatest single productivity-boosting feature in Linux is the ability to open several virtual desktops at one time.
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This allows you to create separate work environments for various simultaneous tasks, such as one with a word processor, image editor, and spreadsheet open for creating a report, and another with e-mail and browser windows [...]