Combining the best parts of Mac OS X and Ubuntu, gOS is truly a worthy competitor in the OS wars. It has simplicity, a well designed interface, a rock solid linux core and web apps. But is it good enough? Is it ‘a Linux for the rest of us!’ ?
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gOS 3 is an [...]

This is just a bit of fun, blending my two great loves, Linux and football.I make no apology for the English Premiership-centric choices.Indeed, I'd welcome any other suggestions from around the globe…
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Ubuntu = Robinho, Manchester CityHas en eye on world domination, thanks to huge influx of money from billionaire backer, but is actually [...]

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems (“virtual machines”) such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system.
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This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems [...]

Ubuntu is popular, popular for a Linux distribution anyway. You think commercial and enterprise Linux distributions would look to Ubuntu for inspiration, but most companies are close minded.
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I was in a meeting the other day with some salespeople from Novell, and we were discussing how RPM is essential broken, and its been [...]

In this issue we cover: Potential hardware-damaging e1000e driver: Intrepid, Ubuntu 8.10 beta freeze now in effect, Ubuntu 8.10 beta approaching, Ubuntu 7.04 reaches end-of-life on October 19, 2008, Intrepid Release Parties, Ubuntu Upstream Report, Ubuntu Server Survey launched, and much, much more!
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #110 for the week September 21st [...]

Ubuntu 8.10 is soon due. Hence Ubuntu Eee 8.10 will be released in the beginning of November. But what should Ubuntu Eee 8.10 consist of?
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OpenVZ allows multiple Linux distributions to run on a single computer or server, each with their own dedicated resources and configurations, also known as “Virtual Private Servers” (VPS).
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1. It is recommended, but not necessary, to create a separate partition for the VE. Use gparted if needed to resize partitions. After the partition [...]

Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious; the likes of Slackware and Debian have been around since Linus was in short trousers.
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5. Ubuntu
The most popular distro of all time… So far
Desktop Gnome by default KDE available
Architectures i386, amd64, sparc
URL www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu is [...]

New tool adds CPU throttling via a simple user interface to Ubuntu-based notebooks and others using Debian-based operating systems.
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I've been using Ubuntu on my desktop for ages and having built three UserOS operating systems for Australian PC User magazine during the year, I'm pretty familiar with how it works. But over the last [...]

Greg Kroah-Hartman, a respected Linux hacker, has shot many bullets at Canonical, the company behind one of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions (Distro watch) during The Linux Plumbers Conference.
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Matt Zimmerman, a well known developer in the Debian project, who currently works for Canonical Ltd. as the technical leader of the Ubuntu project, [...]

Well, it looks like the good times that are the Ubuntu alpha testing process hit a bit of a snag recently, as one of the latest kernels apparently had the nasty side effect of irreparably damaging some users' hardware — specifically, certain Intel network cards.
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The following assumes that your wireless networking card has been properly detected by Ubuntu and all you want to do is connect to your network at this point.
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I have an older Dell Inspiron 6000 and the Intel PROset wireless detects with no problem whatsoever. Other from-OEM wireless cards should also detect properly as [...]

Ever wanted to see what the all the jazz that “Ubuntu” is? Well you can do it now! No CD’s, no losing Windows, no geek magic to make your computer start. In fact you can do it all in Windows…
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the only requirement – a fast computer (I recommend a dual core processor [...]

Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our seventeenth issue.
Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our seventeenth issue.
This month:* Command and Conquer – Nano & Vim.* How-To : Program in C – [...]

The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 7.04 will reach end of life on Sunday, October 19th, 2008. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 7.04.
Ubuntu announced the release of 7.04 almost 18 months ago, on April19, 2007. As with the earlier releases, [...]

Steve at UMPC Portal jumped on the Ubuntu Mobile image that was released earlier this week and first impressions show that it's a fine mobile computing environment.
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I've decided to make a series on all the different ways to reset your password on either Linux or Windows – today's lesson is how to use the Live CD to reset the password.
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Thankfully one software, Ubuntu Tweak, aims to make changes to Ubuntu very easy. Today we have TualatriX, the maker of UT. Lets ask him the secret of Ubuntu Tweak's phenomenal rise in the Linux world.
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When and why did you set out to write Ubuntu Tweak?Ubuntu Tweak's first version (0.1.2) was released in September [...]

The idea is simple : make a central place where two categories of people can meet. One could post “jobs” and be contacted by others.
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Indeed, often a project start with a single person. But as the project goes on, some needs arise that you can’t alone handle, such as artwork. And we got no [...]

The VIA ARTiGO, a Pico-ITX build kit from VIA, makes one ponder the possibilities of low power, small form-factor computing. The Artigo comes with just about everything you need to build an energy efficient computer based on the VIA C7 processor
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Though VIA’s website mentions that Windows XP is supported, I [...]

Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is asking users of Ubuntu Server edition just exactly how they are using it and in what kind of organisations.
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The anonymous survey takes 10 to 20 minutes to complete and is open to anyone deploying Linux servers today, whether or not they use Ubuntu. The Ubuntu [...]

A pre-release version of another flavour of Ubuntu has been released by the developers, and the first screenshots have begun to appear online.
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Surprisingly, this is actually a different thing to Ubuntu Netbook Pro, which was revealed earlier in the year. Netbook Pro is aimed at people will small computers like Eee PCs and [...]

Today we launched the beta of our Ubuntu Upstream Report. Jorge has more details on how upstreams and Ubuntu contributors can make use of the report, but I wanted to spend a few moments telling the story behind the report.
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This is just one of a number of projects that we are working [...]

eCryptfs is a encryption application for Linux that you can use to encrypt your files/folders and prevent others from viewing it.
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This guide explains how you can install the Google Android SDK 1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With this stable release of the Android SDK, you can now develop applications for Android smartphones (like T-Mobile's G1) and offer them on the Android Market.
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This week's HugDay target is *drum roll please* update-manager: 158 New bugs need a hug and 104 Confirmed bugs just need a review
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This week's HugDay target is *drum roll please* update-manager! * 158 New bugs need a hug * 104 Confirmed bugs just need a review
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With the intepid development cycle the mobile team has split its efforts into producing two different images, one is the well known Ubuntu MID image targeting 4-7″ MID devices with 800×480 desktops using mobiln technology.
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The most illustrious award of the evening went to founder of the Ubuntu Foundation, Mark Shuttleworth, who received the inaugural ‘IT Community Hero of the Year’ award.
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London, 24 September 2008: CNET Networks UK, the UK’s largest online-only publisher, today announced the winners of the sixth annual UK Business Technology Awards. In one [...]

One feature I’ve been looking forward to in Ubuntu 8.10 is the encrypted private directory. With this feature, you’ll get a folder called Private in your home. Private will work just like a normal folder, but it will be transparently encrypted and automatically locked and unlocked when you log in and out.
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The encryption [...]

Now that you’ve installed Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 on your Eee PC, perhaps you want to add KDE to the mix. This tutorial will guide you through doing just that. Keep reading for the instructions.
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The first thing you’ll have to do is enable another software source. From the Netbook Remix panel select Administration and [...]