Like most people I use Microsoft Windows and Office on my computer at work, and up until recently I had a similar setup for my home computer. But I recently changed to use the Ubuntu version of Linux and OpenOffice at home and and feel that both systems perform comparably.

Mark Shuttleworth claims some progress toward his goal of having distributions synchronize their major releases and calls for more distributors to join in.

Canonical designer Ivanka Majic has written a blog entry that describes the reasons behind the change. Majic is also seeking additional feedback from the Ubuntu community.

While it may not be as exciting as looking at these new end-user features, in this article we are testing out the available kernels for Ubuntu 10.04. Besides the standard Linux 2.6.32 kernel used in the Lucid release, there is also a specialized server kernel as well as a new -preempt kernel is now available.

When you have Mark Shuttleworth as your backer, as commercial Linux distributor Canonical does, it is a bit like having money in the bank when the bank also believes fervently in your cause.

Ever since FSF chairman Richard Stallman was accused of making sexist remarks at the GNOME summit in Spain last year, the free and open source software community has indulged in much discussion about the proportion of women in the community and the reasons for the same.

I’m going to write this post as an opposite follow up to “It’s the little things that count” that shows off some of the neat new additions to 10.04 that I think are sweet as.

I’m getting pretty sick and tired of the Ubuntu users out there that revert to saying that all changes that canonical has made to Ubuntu for 10.04 are bad “because Ubuntu users aren’t used to them”.

I wanted to look at some of the things I’ve done recently on Ubuntu that under Windows would be costly, difficult or impossible. So without further ado….

Jane Silber has been chief executive of Canonical for 11 days. But she’s no outsider swooping in to take over Ubuntu Linux’s corporate sponsor. She joined Canonical in June 2004, two months after previous CEO Mark Shuttleworth founded the company.

Ubuntu Server not only follows the same twice yearly updates (April and October) as its desktop counterpart does, but it also benefits from unsurpassed commercial support, consulting and training available through Canonical.

In the attempt to make Ubuntu 10.04 a rock solid LTS release, large changes have been made to the packaging stack and as a result, Nouveau’s kernel module is now in the main kernel package.

The guys over at XDA-Developers have managed to do it again, and run Ubuntu on devices such as the HTC Touch Pro2, and the XPERIA X1.

I was privileged to be invited to the Canonical offices in London recently to preview the image changes and comment on how we might adopt them; offer opinions on how I feel the community would interpret the changes, and offer feedback.

I am a Gnome fan, but this Kubuntu shakes my loyality towards Gnome. I am not to be blamed if Kubuntu seduces me and I leave behind the simplicity that Gnome offers and take a dive into the world of Apple Mac killing KDE 4.

Mark Shuttleworth personally took the challenge of polishing Ubuntu to an extent that even Mac users feel envy. He is heading in the right direction. Lucid Lynx is till date the most polished, sophisticated, resource efficient, and user-friendly operating system ever built.

From its Debian roots to its commercially available support to its overwhelming popularity, Ubuntu is the ultimate Linux distribution.

Well, this is a welcome surprise for those of us waiting for Ubuntu 10.04, the Lucid Lynx. Several users are reporting that their iPod Touches and iPhones (including the 3GS) work in alpha 3 – without tweaking, without jailbreaking, without patching – with Nautilus and Rythmbox.

Despite its desktop-oriented reputation, Ubuntu is making serious inroads as a business server that can compete with Red Hat

Canonical’s kernel manager, Pete Graner, spoke at UbuCon—held just prior to SCALE 8x—on the “Ubuntu Kernel Development Process”. In the talk, he looked at how Ubuntu decides what goes into the kernel and how that kernel gets built and tested

Heres a few comments on that Canonical is replacing its signature brown color scheme with the debut of Ubuntu 10.04, the next major release of the popular Linux distribution.

For the past few releases, Canonical has put quite a bit of energy into making Ubuntu a first-class OS for use in the cloud. Ubuntu now has cloud support for Amazon’s EC2 and Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (a “private cloud” system based on Eucalyptus).

Why the hell would I not want to use the system python? If I’m using any sane distribution I’ll have package management and security updates, and any flaw in Python will be patched, packaged and tested by people that are far smarter than me

According to the statistics page on the Cloud Market, which claims to be “the most complete catalog of Amazon EC2 images”, images using Ubuntu as the base platform have the largest share in their catalog.

One of the features expected with the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release is the Ubuntu One Music Store (UOMS). The UOMS is a mechanism by which Ubuntu users can purchase songs in the MP3 format, with some of the revenue going to support Canonical

Ubuntu 10.04 is shaping up to be a fine release. Alpha 3 is pretty stable and brings some great new features with it. There are still more features to come, such as the Ubuntu One Music Store and possibly a new theme. INCLUDING: Ubuntu 10.04 Supports iPhone / iPod Touch Out Of The Box

This release will happen in April 2010 and is much anticipated by users across the globe. I have installed the Alpha of 10.4 and have been using it for a while now. It is time to offer up my impressions of what is to come to those wacky Ubuntu fan boys and girls.

While visiting Craigslist today before signing in I noticed that the picture they used to display cautionary directions about scam addresses is most likely an Ubuntu screenshot of Firefox.

The developers behind the Ubuntu One Music Store have put a FAQ online, which I’ve reproduced below. I’ve been beta testing the store out for a few days and have bought some singles and albums directly in Rhythmbox.

A source from inside the Ubuntu team has informed a blogger that there will be an important announcement coming from Canonical regarding a possible rebranding of Ubuntu.