The upcoming release of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is highly anticipated not only for the system enhancements it will likely get, but also for its new default theme.
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The October release date of Ubuntu 8.10 is fast approaching, yet until now, we don’t know exactly what the finished product will look like. I don’t [...]

Here are ten things that you (probably) didn’t know you could do in Ubuntu. All are taken from Ubuntu Kung Fu, a new book.
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Create website links that automatically install software
Sometimes if you’re trying to help somebody fix a problem, you’ll have to tell them how to install software. Yet for some Ubuntu newbies, [...]

Ubuntu is driven by a philosophy of software freedom that hope will spread and bring the benefits of software technology to all parts of the globe.
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For Ubuntu, the “free” in “free software” is used primarily in reference to freedom and not to pricealthough committed to not charging for [...]

Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our sixteenth issue.
Full Circle Magazine – Issue #16
Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our sixteenth issue.
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* Command and Conquer – [...]

To get the ball rolling, you’re going to need a way to install Ubuntu on your shiny new eeePC. If you don’t have a USB CD/DVD drive laying around, all is not lost.
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2. Kernels, Drivers and Flash Drives, oh my..If you’re on an eeePC 901 or 1000 model, after you reboot, there [...]

This week I finally decided to move to the Ubuntu machine for my primary activities. Why? Because I just don’t like OSX that much. It hinders my activities in some pretty significant ways.
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Why I’m leaving MacCrap file management.The Finder doesn’t work for me. No location bar and no tree strucure side panel makes [...]

Ubuntu 8.10 is now feature-frozen; effort has moved away from adding new features to concentrate on fixing bugs. The final release is on track for October 30th.
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A comprehensive and up-to-date list of the new features has been posted on the Ubuntu Forums.
Development of Ubuntu 8.10 started with the Linux 2.6.26 kernel, compared to [...]

So naturally, another large showdown, at least for me, its the match up of Fedora vs Ubuntu. Now, I’m not planning on doing some big review, screenshots, bootcharts, etc. I just want to go over some of the good and bad parts of both
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So, what was the point? Well, I suppose it was [...]

I often get reader e-mails asking how Ubuntu works on this device or that device, so I wanted to point out this screencast of the Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
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Linux fans are in for a treat in the remaining few months of the year as most of the major Linux distributors prepare to release updated versions of their operating systems.
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The first of these will be the granddaddy of Linux, Debian, which plans to release its latest version called Lenny in September.
October, [...]

So I decided to try Ubuntu. To me, Ubuntu’s Netbook Remix seems like the ideal user interface to run on netbooks, but for starters I decided to give ‘Ubuntu Eee” a try. Here’s how I went about it.
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Ubuntu runs great on my 901, even with the ‘advanced desktop effects‘ (a.k.a. Compiz Fusion). I [...]

Anyway, I decided that the hardware is sound even if the OS isn’t so a quick install of Ubuntu should fix everything. Unfortunatley that isn’t true either.
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First, the Xandros tabbed OS seems really cool. As this is really just a net appliance, I didn’t think a full blown OS was really needed. All [...]

The page is targeted at critics of desktop Linux (and Ubuntu in particular). The intention is not to say “We're right and you're wrong.”
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I fear Linux does not have a graphical user interface/it is not polished/professionalUsers often fear that since Linux distributions are the result of community efforts, they lack professional polish [...]

The two colleagues whom I instructed to install Ubuntu on the Lenovo laptops haven’t used or seen Ubuntu before. After a few “hiccups” as Archon put it, the guys were able to install Ubuntu on the Lenovos
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Ubuntu costs nothing – and updates to Ubuntu are always free and will always be [...]

The next time somebody tells you Ubuntu Linux is just for the desktop, check out Egressive Limited, a solutions provider in New Zealand that’s gaining traction in the Ubuntu Server market.
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Still, The VAR Guy knows Red Hat and Novell largely dominate the Linux business market. And it’s hard to find Ubuntu-focused companies like [...]

A small but growing number of users are being vocal about the fact that even after more than 5 years in the market, Ubuntu has still not been able to fulfill their promise of a Linux system which normal human beings can use.
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Infact, the next time a friend comes along asking [...]

The other podcast that I did while I was at Debconf8 down in Argentina was with the ever charming Mark Shuttleworth, Debian developer in a past-life and founder of the Debian-based Ubuntu.
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Dell unveiled Wednesday two new laptops and two desktops in its Vostro range designed to meet the needs of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), governments, and educational institutions in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.
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The products run the Ubuntu Linux distribution and have been engineered to provide [...]

My old Dell Inspiron has long since been rendered quaint by advances in processor speed and hard drive capacity. Rather than buy a new machine running Windows Vista or take the Mac plunge, I decided to walk the open
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I visited the booths of several distros, Ubuntu, Suse, Red Hat and even BSD [...]

I'm extremely pleased to announce the second Ubuntu Developer Week! From Sep 1st to Sep 5th we're going to have a great time in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net.
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I’ve long been a sucker for small-footprint Linux distributions. So naturally, I thought it would be interesting to explore the latest version of “Ubuntulite.”
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Ubuntulite seems to work well, although it does seem to have a few rough edges. But that’s understandable considering that it’s a work in progress. From what I’ve seen [...]

It is very easy to set up, and management is done with an easy-to-use web interface called eBox so once the system is set up, you can forget about the command line. eBox was developed to administrate advanced services for corporate networks.
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I assume you have already set up a basic Ubuntu 8.04 [...]

I have discovered quite a number of keyboard shortcuts that are very useful, but seldom used by many. If you are looking for more keyboard shortcuts to add to your collection, I am sure you will be able to find some new tricks here.
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Previously, Mark has covered some of the essential keyboard [...]

Canonical is the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open-source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines.
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In an email sent overnight on Monday, the Linux vendor warned users to update all machines running recent versions of Ubuntu, ranging [...]

If you have a huge collection of music and would like to build a media streaming server to manage your collection, then Jinzora is the right one for you.
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Jinzora is a Web based media streaming and management system. It is supported in various platforms and it allows you to access your music collection [...]

This is day 2 of the finishing of Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1. If you haven’t read what happened day 1, please take a look in that blog entry
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My internet connection is working at 1kb/s or something. But I think Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 is ready! Reinstalling policykit fixed the permission problem.

So, this weekend, I decided to get that old piece of junk started again. Luckily for me, there was still some life left in it and now I’m writing this article via firefox running on Ubuntu on that old machine.
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When you get a new machine, you think to yourself that this time you [...]

Got to be honest, the first time I heard about Ubuntu was sometime April of this year over at Archon-Digital’s blog when he made an article of his switch to Ubuntu. Even after reading his post, I still didn’t get the idea of what exactly Ubuntu is all about.
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So in non-technical terms, [...]

Up until fairly recently the best/easiest way to test drive the latest Enlightenment has to offer has been ELive (which is debian based). Well, nowadays we’ve got another option.
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So, last night I decided to give Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron another try. I blogged previously about setting it up and getting wireless to work, and what a nightmare it was
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So now I have Mac OS 10.5, Vista, and Ubuntu 8.04 all running on different machines. I would say right now though I [...]