Unified communications software startup Unison has added Ubuntu to the list of Linux OSes on which companies can run its software.

In deciding to run Ubuntu in a Windows environment (I run a Windows server as well as a couple of Windows XP machines), one of my key concerns was being able to connect to those Windows machines.

Full Circle Magazine – Issue #22. Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our twenty-second issue.

Below are some reasons why Ubuntu should generally be the distro that new Linux users try first.

After trying several of the most popular releases, I finally settled on Ubuntu which is based on Debian Linux. Like any version of Linux, it’s not quite a turnkey solution to all your computing woes, but it has developed into a competetive solution. Oh, did I mention Ubuntu is 100% free and has a [...]

Although bugs in Ubuntu are typically fixed quickly, there is still the case of user error. Even if a piece of software is completely bug-free, it can be used incorrectly, be misconfigured, or otherwise not work as expected.

If you are reading this, it is fairly safe to assume that you have made the decision to give Ubuntu a try. What a wise choice. Ubuntu is a cutting-edge Linux distribution with a dedication to freedom, ease of use, and flexibility.

Canonical and Intel have teamed up to sponsor the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded (UME) project with a goal of providing the infrastructure and necessary components for mobile application development.

Nokia is hinting that it may further crowd the already-packed netbook space by becoming the first phone maker to jump in. If the Finnish maker of stylish smartphones does make a netbook, it could differentiate itself and make a splash by using ARM and mobile Linux.

The fifth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope) was uploaded a few minutes ago on the official mirrors. As usual, we’ve downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up to date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.04 development.

I will show you howto install PSAD on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server to block DDOS attacks (distributed denial of service) and port scan. PSAD scan iptables log file to generate the attack block.

If all this cloud talk sounds nebulous (his pun, not mine) then Shuttleworth promises to reveal the full feature set at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in May in sunny Barcelona.

Later today the Ubuntu team will release the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04, the latest release of the popular linux distribution. With a final release planned for April there is still much speculation as to what users can expect.

Ubuntu is coming by default with OpenOffice 2.4, so, I decided to upgrade to version 3. To do this, there are two methods, either install it from “http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main deb” repository or manually from files directly downloaded on the OpenOffice web site.

I have been using Ubuntu for the last year now (started off with 7.10) and am pretty certain that while the distro is still by far the most user-friendly among all other Linux distributions, setting up your desktop initially can still seem to be a daunting task.

If there’s one thing Linux is better at than any other operating system, it’s allowing you to pimp the desktop.

It’s not too early to start looking at this feature for Karmic. So I spent some time last week testing this, and I must say that I’m impressed with the very preliminary results. I was able to install the Ubuntu Jaunty Server on my hardware, both suspend and hibernate the system from the command line, [...]

To change hostname in Ubuntu or any Debian variant Linux, modify the /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts.

Due out tomorrow is the fifth alpha release for Ubuntu 9.04 (the Jaunty Jackalope). Ubuntu 9.04 is now in a feature freeze so there isn’t much to expect in Jaunty Alpha 5, but there are a few items worth highlighting.

“A third of our Mini 9 mix is Linux, which is well above the standard attach rate for other systems that offer Linux. We have done a very good job explaining to folks what Linux is,” Dell’s Director of Marketing Jay Pinkert to Laptop Magazine.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it’s official… Ubuntu 9.04 has a whole new notification system, almost the same as the one in the Macintosh operating system.

I’m always hunting around for these various bits every time I do an Ubuntu rebuild – so I thought I would collate them all into one place. This is what we use for our dev boxes, not certified for a production webserver.

Ubuntu is a flavor of Linux, which is similar to the UNIX platform that OS X is built on. Just like Windows, it has a host of applications for everyday tasks like web browsing, note taking, file sharing, document creation, and playing multimedia files

Ubuntu 9.04 is getting closer and closer to the final release and we thought that it would be nice to give you guys a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features.

Ubuntu has managed alliances with two companies which make money doing what they do. Amazon makes money in cloud computing, Dell is still profitable.

A reader recently tried out Ubuntu Netbook Remix’s desktop-switcher and it killed his xserver-xorg file. He rebooted and could not load into Ubuntu’s graphical user interface.

Stefan Hellkvist will describe how to fix some problems when running Ubuntu as a guest OS in VirtualBox on a Mac OS X host

During the process I upgraded, uninstalled the whole program and reinstalled it back again. For this process, I used synaptic package manager to find everything that said openoffice and marked it for complete removal.

Linux uses runlevels to configure startup services. I prefer openSUSE way of doing this. Which is to start system in runlevel 5 with full graphical desktop support. If you need to start system without graphical desktop just switch it to runlevel 3.

Ubuntu 9.04, the next version of the Linux desktop due in April, will definitely feature the new unified, transparent desktop notifications. But non-bleeding-edge Ubuntu users can get them now.