That being said, we thought it would be interesting to take a fresh look at Ubuntu’s popularity. Is Ubuntu gaining in popularity? Is it being used by more people? Are more people searching and talking about Ubuntu?

So I was getting a bit frustrated with the responsiveness of my Ubuntu Firefox when compared to the Firefox installed on my Windows machine. I’d tried everything I could find, from about:config tweaks to disabling IPv6 support, but still Firefox remained one area where the Windows experience was actually noticeably faster.

Instead of a review of what everyone already knows, this week I thought we’d take a look at how the newly released Xubuntu 9.04 compares to Debian Lenny with an Xfce desktop.

A handful of companies have offered Linux netbooks that have additional RAM or other features. And now Laptop Spirit reports that Archos has launched a version of the Archos 10 netbook with Ubuntu Linux, 2GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive.

If you’re running a server, always-on media box, or other system that’s powered by Ubuntu, you probably don’t love having to reboot just to install security updates. Ksplice, a semi-free service, eliminates the need for downtime.

The tablet on the X61t is amazing. Unfortunately, not everything works out of the box. This guide goes through setting up most of the tablet-related things on the x61t.

Some websites need Internet Explorer to work properly. In Ubuntu, there is no direct support for IE. Here are some alternatives for Internet Explorer in Ubuntu…

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 148 for the week June 22 – 28, 2009. In this issue we cover: MOTU Council, New Ubuntu Members, First Paper Cut milestone reached,…

Full Circle Magazine – Issue #26: Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux communityare proud to announce the release of our twenty-sixth issue.

I’ve been using Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop for ages, and never had any reason to upgrade from there – “it just works, I’m done upgrading” is what I’d smugly tell people… Now, I’ve found a big reason to upgrade: Ksplice

Like many others, I am very frustrated with the new Kile and Ubuntu Janty has chosen it as default. It is ridiculously slow and the text doesn’t do dynamic word wrap (YES, it doesn’t!).

When taking a look at “CompizConfig Settings Manager” in Ubuntu it can be a little overwhelming when considering all the possible combinations available to us.

As I have been very interested in the newly released 2.6.30 Linux Kernel, I was browsing around the ubuntu kernel wiki and I’ve found and interesting tidbit:”…Note that the i386-server flavour is being dropped. I can think of no good reason to continue to support a 32 bit server….”

Karmic Koala is scheduled to be released on October this year, while its rival Windows 7 is going to kick start at the end of the year. Both releases offer impressive features, but will Ubuntu 9.10 stand up against Windows 7. Let us check out………….

I am so happy that I have been able to get the Sims 3 to run on Ubuntu Linux! Yes!!! I downloaded Playonlinux and once that was installed just click on Install and follow the screens it’s pretty much that easy!

The Ubuntu technical board appears to have decided that there is no significant cause for IP concern over Mono, the contentious clone of Microsoft’s .NET development environment.

However, being as how the bulk of my Linux experiences led me to the mighty Slackware about three months ago, and because my first nine months with Linux were spent using Ubuntu…I want to give five good reasons why I prefer Slackware over Ubuntu.

I’m going to take a look at the Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 desktop and user interface. My intention is to look from two different perspectives – my own, as a Linux “Pro”, and that of my partner, my neighbor, or others who we might consider Linux “Amateurs”, often having been Windows users.

The next release of the popular Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution may include a third Mono-dependent application by default, a spokesman for Canonical, the parent company for Ubuntu, told iTWire today.

But there’s one thing Oracle still lacks, despite awkward efforts to fill the void: an operating system. Though Oracle has unsuccessfully courted Red Hat as an acquisition target for years, its affections might be better placed on Ubuntu.

Picasa is a free tool offered by Google to organize, edit, and share photos. You can manage, crop and add description to your photos. Further, it also offers the facility to upload your organized photos to Picasa Web Albums. It is one of the most popular desktop photo organizing tool available today

Ubuntu 9.04 Required the foll0wing steps to Run Multimedia files like MP3, AVI, Mpeg, Flash file etc…In Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty jackalop”, the universe, multiverse and restricted repositories are activated by default.

Eclipse 3.5, codenamed “Galileo,” was released this week! While there is a team actively working on building an Ubuntu deb package, they do not yet have a package yet for Eclipse 3.5. I put together some super simple instructions for installing Eclipse 3.5.

Ubuntu is the leader in the Linux environment and it’s slowly making its way into the mainstream. But is it ready to tackle the enterprise? While there is no chance of Ubuntu overtaking Microsoft Windows’ dominant market share or even making a dent compared to Apple’s Mac OS X, this open-source operating system can make [...]

For this How-To, I’m going to show you how to change the top level menu name “Applications” in Ubuntu Jaunty. No-third party installation manager software is going to be used here. Just some good old CLI hacking.

THE NEXT Ubuntu release may include a third Mono-dependent application by default. Mono is a software project begun some years ago to create an open source clone of Microsoft’s .Net development environment.

The following tutorial was created especially for those of you who want to test the Android platform and install various applications, on the popular Ubuntu operating system. OK, so let’s get started… shall we?

Linux has a default firewall called Ufw(Uncomplicated Firewall) but it has a terminal based interface and you need to be familiar with complex terminal commands in order to perform common firewall operations. Gufw is the front-end powered by Ufw

I used Ubuntu exclusively for about 3 years, before that I tried out Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuSE and a couple of others. I liked Ubuntu and made a lot of people switched to it, too. But here I am, an Ubuntu enthusiast, using Fedora 11 now. And the reason is again simple: freedom.

So here’s the story. I’ve been using Windows for just about all my computer life. I’ve gone through Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP and Windows Vista. And I’m just damn tired of Windows already.