*Full Circle Magazine – Issue #33* Full Circle – /the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our thirty-third issue./

I wanted to play with writing Android apps on my home Linux computer, which is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). These are mostly notes for myself, so don’t feel guilty if you skip this post.

As I’m working on my Dell/Linux laptop, I used to start IntelliJ from the command line as instructed in the readme. Starting it from the command line started bugging me after a while, so I wanted to create a launcher for it

We can safely say that the Apple iPad is received with mixed feelings by the IT-savvy community. The main problem is that the tablet is just not as revolutionary as many expected it would be.

The Ubuntu server is the most innovative distribution for servers. It enables administrators to gain access to cutting edge technology and implement that with new ideas. If you are looking for the latest and greatest, this is the server option for you.

Canonical in the last week or so has made some many bold statements/steps/implications in regards to its future, its position in the OS & Linux world, but most importantly of all, where it may get its revenue from.

The UCLP is attempting to make professional education course materials, because we believe that education is one of the biggest barriers to getting new users and increasing existing users abilities.

Ubuntu 9.10, code-named Karmic Koala, debuted in late Oct 2009. And unlike the commercial operating systems, Ubuntu is totally free;it doesn’t cost you a dime. Eric Geier tells you all you need to know about this nifty Ubuntu upgrade.

All things being equal, the release of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx is likely to be a game changer in its own right and help increase the awareness among more people about the existence of alternatives to Windows.

Ubuntu Netbook Remix is a special version of the famous Ubuntu distribution bound for the netbooks, the new generation of laptops at low prices designed for the simple office automation spots and Internet browsing.

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, the fourth maintenance update to Ubuntu’s 8.04 LTS release. This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

AMD this week released the first of twelve scheduled Catalyst launches this year, the first of which brings the driver suite up to version 10.1.

Mailspect is pleased to announce a new email defense and archive solution that instantly transforms any Ubuntu server into a highly scalable email security and archive device.

Canonical’s Rick Spencer has written about two small changes that are happening to Mozilla Firefox in Ubuntu 10.04. The first is the default Ubuntu home-page with its search box in Firefox will now follow whatever the user has set as their default search engine in Firefox. The second change is that Canonical is changing the [...]

Today I read that the next version of Ubuntu name Lucid Lynx will have its Firefox web browser set to Yahoo as its default search provider. Uh-oh, what in the world does this mean.

One way of testing electronically is iTest. iTest is a computerized exam system that is made up of a server and a client. The server allows the instructor to set up questions and tests, whereas the client allows the students to take the tests you have created

Ubuntu and Kubuntu 9.10/10.04 users can test KDE SC 4.4 RC2 by following the instructions below. A big thank you goes to the Kubuntu.org developers for providing the packages in less than 24 hours from the release!

Normally by the time a book hits my shelf the material is outdated, not necessarily useless, just not the most up to date. This is an exception.

A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools.

I still recommend using Swiftfox over Firefox, but if you really want to use Firefox, there is a PPA (many people might prefer this over the Mozilla Daily PPA which has daily Firefox builds).

Ubuntu. Ah Ubuntu. My old friend. That Linux desktop OS that pried my fingers away from the likes of Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, and many others.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #177 for the week January 17th – January 23th, 2010. In this issue we cover: Developer Membership Board election results, Ubuntu User Days A Big Success, Bugs and hugs, Ubuntu Developer Week: January 25th – January 29th, 2010—

Lexmark, to be fair, does actually supply a Linux driver. Good on them. But it’s RPM only. And there were all kinds of hiccups along the way, so I thought I’d just make a note of everything I had to do to get a Dell 720 to work

As Ubuntu is on the whole maintained and improved by willing volunteers it is constantly being refined and improved. A little tweak here, a little tweak there, and the benefits are available when ready and when the user requests them, rather than having the user wait and then pushing them onto the user by way [...]

UbuntuOne, the cloud storage service from Ubuntu, is being ported to Windows at this years PyCon by the UbuntuOne team.

Canonical’s Jos Boumans has sent out an e-mail on the Ubuntu development mailing list to outline some of the new plans going forward for Ubuntu Server with the 10.04 release.

Every once in a while the Ubuntu User Days Developer Team offers classes for Ubuntu users where you can join a chat room and ask your Ubuntu questions.

The second alpha of Ubuntu 10.06 boasts 15-second boot-time, says an industry report. Meanwhile, the Ubuntu project posted a controversial survey about which proprietary apps might be considered for inclusion with the distro

One of the most mentioned ideas at Ubuntu Brainstorm is creating a custom installation/live cd website-as-service which would allow users to customize their install/live cd, in the spirit of Linux and open-source in general.

All you need to do is to get the latest version of Ubuntuzilla, a python script which pretty much gets the job done, and you will have you Firefox 3.6 installed and ready to rock.