The amount of applications available in the Ubuntu repositories can sometimes be overwhelming for a new user who is used to scouring the net for very simple applications to run on their Windows platform

This tutorial shows how you can upgrade your GRUB bootloader to GRUB 2 on Ubuntu 9.04. GRUB 2 has been rewritten from scratch to clean up everything for modularity and portability.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #157 for the week August 23rd – August 29th, 2009. In this issue we cover: Karmic: Feature Freeze in place – Alpha 5 freeze ahead, Ubuntu Pennsylvania Open Source Conference, Ubuntu Arizona Installfest, Ubuntu Mexico Podcast #1…

_This month:_ * Command and Conquer * How-To : Program in Python – Part 2, LAMP Server – Part 1, Networking with SSHFS and Fast Internet With Squid.* My Story – My Linux Experience I and II…and much more

I thought I would finally take the time to promote and show off some of the changes I have been making to the Kubuntu installer, Ubiquity.

xplash is the package in charge of the new boot splash and it is a userspace software that uses the X interface to draw a splash screen at boot before the desktop loads. See the video below to see it in action!

One thing that I look forward to each time a new distro is released is the artwork, theme and overall graphical setup of each distro.

I was wondering what effect a release of Ubuntu 9.10 being released at the same time as Windows 7 and Mac “Snow leopard”.

By the time Ubuntu 10.04 LTS rolls around next April, Canonical is interested in seeing Ubuntu boot on an Intel Atom netbook (specifically the Dell Mini 9) in less than ten seconds.

Ubuntu is using its upcoming release as an opportunity to find and fix little bugs that drive users nuts. Referring to these as “papercuts”, the goal is to find and fix 100 of them in time for the next release.

Lest you think that Netbooks are dead, Sharp is out with the PC-Z1, released under the “NetWalker” brand in Japan. Running an Ubuntu Linux derivative, several sites have compared the PC-Z1 to the fabled Sharp Zaurus.

The institution has been using Information and Technology infrastructures for the past 15 years, but the challenge has been software licensing. This was however, resolved by the Introduction of Open Source software, i.e. Ubuntu 8.04. Parliament is using both the Server (4 Servers) and Desktop (100 Desktops and 2 Laptop computers).

Beyond pushing out a new graphical boot screen just before the feature freeze went into effect for Ubuntu 9.10, Canonical released the first public version of their own app store, previously codenamed AppCenter, but now known as the Ubuntu Software Store

Anyone that might be nervous about having to install Ubuntu Server really shouldn’t be! It is much easier than you might think, in fact it will probably surprise you how easy it really easy.

First off, this one will be quick and painless, and only applies to those who are installing Apache2, MySQL, and PHP5 after the fact. The major step that stumps most people is getting PHP5 to work, more on this in a moment. If you are doing any kind of PHP development at all, most will [...]

Mono is an open-source project providing the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Monodevelop is probably the best IDE for developing .NET applications on Linux. In order to install and use it for development, you will also need the Mono .NET [...]

Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution – among the most user-friendly (although Linux Mint etc. are better in that regard) of all. Like any other Linux flavour, it is open-source and has a huge community behind it. Being open-source, Ubuntu can be customized extensively.

This script automates the set up of openerp-server-5.0.2-0 & openerp-client-5.0.2-0 & openerp-web-5.0.2-0 on Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS (Server or Desktop). The goal is to provide an all-in-one installer of OpenERP for Linux.

I’m very very excited about next week. Ubuntu Developer Week will happen for the fourth time and we’re still not running out of exciting topics.

So oft delayed but never forgotten, we have finally finished our look at Ubuntu 8.04, and we hope it has been worth the wait. This massive look at Ubuntu gives you a thorough picture of 8.04

Which came first? The Debian or the Shuttleworth. Much has been made of Mark Shuttleworth’s efforts to get Debian to ‘release on time’ vs. ‘release when ready’. According to Mark this would make things easier for the derivative folks like Ubuntu and upstream developers.

This tutorial explains how you can install the Google Chrome browser on Ubuntu 9.04 and how to enable the Adobe Flash plugin in it. Please note that Google Chrome for Ubuntu is still in alpha state and should not be used on production systems.

PCSX2, a PS2 emulator, is one of my favorite applications. PCSX2’s official website is at pcsx2.net. Now, what Ubuntu has to do with it?
PCSX2 guys use Ubuntu in their server. More reason to like this guys.

In an open letter to Michael Dell posted at Free Software Magazine, Tony Mobily details the difficulties he experienced with his Mini-10: freezing, driver problems, and bad tech support.

If you are the only user on your Ubuntu system (or if you have a default user on a Ubuntu system that should always be the user logged in) then you might want to consider setting up auto login.

Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is a free book written by Keir Thomas, the well-known author of Beginning Ubuntu Linux and co-author of Ubuntu Kung Fu, two popular books about Ubuntu Linux.

Most businesses would simply not migrate to an OS where if they have any problem, they are asked to consult an informal forum. Ubuntu has made great strides in winning a lot of both Windows and Mac OS users. But most of these users are those that like to try new things no matter the [...]

If Ubuntu is based on Testing or is a snapshot of Debian unstable then it should be fine not to actually provide any software other then what is in Ubuntu main and then just have people pull directly from Debian repositories.

I bought an Eee PC 701 a little while ago, when Catch of the Day had them as their daily special. Since I bought it mainly as a travel computer, rather than one I intended to use day-to-day, I’ve hardly touched it since it arrived and I dropped Ubuntu Netbook Remix onto it.

Ubuntu desktop uses Gnome and its default desktop. You can add several interesting features to your contextual menus. ( You get a contextual menu when you right click on an object.). Let us see how we can add a simple script to the contextual menu.