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Mark Shuttleworth, Open-Source Software’s Sugar Daddy

cj2003 — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:32:23 +0000

Ten years ago, just ahead of a trip into space, Mark Shuttleworth took out an insurance policy on his reproductive future. “I put a couple swimmers on ice,” he says. “There was going to be a gamma ray source about a foot from my balls under my seat on the Soyuz. So I made a deposit in a secret location before I flew.” Read more here

Notes from the Ubuntu Developer Summit

cj2003 — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:31:35 +0000

In other news from the summit, Ubuntu developers are planning to fork the GNOME Control Center to create their own Ubuntu Control Center package. Other than GNOME Shell, it is planned that the installation CD for Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal” will include almost all core components of GNOME 3.6, including Clutter. Read more here

Ubuntu will hit the big time on Amazon: Here’s how

cj2003 — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:29:44 +0000

Indeed, while Red Hat dominates the data centre, every survey I’ve seen suggests that Ubuntu is still the dominant cloud OS, above RHEL, CentOS, and even Windows. This is the case for AWS, Rackspace, and other public cloud infrastructure. It’s also true of the market for public websites where Ubuntu also surpasses Red Hat. Read more here

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: The morning after

cj2003 — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:28:41 +0000

I decided it was time to scrutinise the latest version of Unity running on the latest version of the OS. Some of the observations that follow relate to new features and some to features already present in Ubuntu 11.10 and earlier versions. Read more here

New Dell Ubuntu ultrabooks a step in the right direction for Linux support

cj2003 — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:26:30 +0000

Dell has launched an experimental project called Sputnik to produce a Linux laptop that is tailored to meet the needs of software developers. The first stage of the project is a six-month exploratory effort that will pair Dell’s XPS13 Ultrabook with Ubuntu 12.04. Read more here

How Google Developers Use Ubuntu

cj2003 — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:25:25 +0000

There was a very interesting session at UDS by Google developer Thomas Bushnell. He talked about how Ubuntu, its derivatives and Goobuntu (Google’s customized Ubuntu based distro) are used by Google developers. Read more here

Unity 2D To Go Away In Ubuntu 12.10

cj2003 — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:45:58 +0000

It appears that Unity 2D — the Qt non-accelerated desktop version of the Ubuntu Unity desktop — will be abandoned by Canonical. There’s also going to be some GNOME 3.6 packages appearing in Ubuntu 12.10. Read more here

Precise Pangolin: Ubuntu Grows Up

cj2003 — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:42:49 +0000

Precise Pangolin is a big step up in many regards. The new Ubuntu OS is friendlier with legacy hardware. It’s peppier and more responsive. I find it is far less sluggish on my older gear. It flies on my newest hardware. However, while its Unity interface has been improved somewhat, it’s still too limited and too confining, at least for some experienced Linux users. Read more here

EA launches two games on Ubuntu Software Center

cj2003 — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:42:01 +0000

In a rather unexpected move, Electronic Arts has added two web-based game titles to the Ubuntu Software Center of the popular Linux distribution, and although they’re far from the newest games, Linux users will likely welcome Command and Conquer Tiberium Alliances as well as the Lord of Ultima with open arms. Read more here

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review

cj2003 — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:41:06 +0000

CANADIAN LINUX VENDOR Canonical has pulled out all the stops with Ubuntu 12.04 to get enterprises to give its Linux operating system a go, and on the whole it succeeds, even if some features might put off traditional users. Read more here

Dell aims Ubuntu Linux laptop at developers

cj2003 — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:39:28 +0000

Through its Project Sputnik, Dell has been working on a prototype open source laptop aimed at developers, based on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 “Precise Pangolin” and Dell’s XPS 13 hardware. Read more here

Canonical: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

cj2003 — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:19:02 +0000

Chris Kenyon, the VP of sales and business development for Canonical, just spoke this afternoon at the Ubuntu 12.10 Developer Summit about what Canonical does with OEMs and ODMs. He also tossed out some rather interesting numbers about the adoption of Ubuntu Linux. Read more here

Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 8: Five points of comparison

cj2003 — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:17:15 +0000

2012 has already seen a major update of what’s arguably the most important Linux desktop: Ubuntu 12.04 and we’re also seeing the most radical update of Windows with Windows 8 Metro coming since Windows 95 replaced Windows 3.1. So, which will end up the better for its change? Read more here

NoMachine & LXDE Installer for Ubuntu/Debian

cj2003 — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:15:32 +0000

This is the first in a line of tutorials I am working on for less experienced linux users to effectively use their VPS. I’ve been tinkering with a little script that some of you might find helpful, it’s designed to install LXDE and NoMachine on a fresh VPS installation. Read more here

Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10)

cj2003 — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:13:05 +0000

EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through filesystem, not an encrypted block device, which means it is created on top of an existing filesystem. This tutorial shows how you can use EncFS on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10 to encrypt your data. Read more here

Oracle BI Publisher Blog

cj2003 — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:12:09 +0000

The recent release of the BI Publisher Trial Edition (see here) we state support for Linux but to be fair, we narrow that down to Oracle Linux Redhat and SLES. OK, but as its so lightweight it would be great to be able to fire it up on my laptop without the need for a winddoze VM. Read more here

The Perfect Server – Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)

cj2003 — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:54:30 +0000

This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. Read more here

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 264

cj2003 — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:52:05 +0000

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 264 for the week April 30 – May 6, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

* Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue264

== In This Issue ==

* Quantal open for development
* Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11
* Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3
* Welcome New Members
* Ubuntu Stats
* Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference
* Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q
* Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu
* Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft
* David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates
* Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests
* Daniel Holbach: “After the release” is “before the release”
* Stephane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
* Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website
* Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
* Ubuntu’s Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software
* Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04
* Android’s new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu
* Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
* New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple?
* Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04
* Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview
* Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production
* In Other News
* Other Articles of Interest
* Featured Podcasts
* Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
* Upcoming Meetings and Events
* Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
* And much more!

4 Things You’ll Love About Ubuntu 12.04

cj2003 — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:00:03 +0000

The new version of Ubuntu–12.04, codename “Precise Pangolin”– is officially here, meaning two things: I get to be really happy about new features, and some people get to complain about Unity in the comments. Horray! Read more here

Ubuntu 12.04, a review

cj2003 — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:59:08 +0000

Ubuntu has been one of the top two distributions in Linux for a very long time, yet this is the first time I have really used Ubuntu for more than a week. I prefer Linux Mint, which is derived from Ubuntu. Read more here

Using DisplayLink USB Graphics On Ubuntu 12.04

cj2003 — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:57:12 +0000

Here’s the first shot at using a USB-based DisplayLink graphics adapter with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Read more here

Ubuntu’s Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software

cj2003 — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:56:23 +0000

Free of charge, free of viruses and designed to outpace its rivals on low-end systems – Ubuntu has some obvious advantages. Read more here at the BBC

Getting Back to a Pure Unity Gnome on Ubuntu

cj2003 — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:40:31 +0000

These removal commands were created based on what Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc. packages were added to a default Ubuntu installation. It’s possible that the commands might remove some other packages you have since added to the default and want to keep. If that’s the case, keep track of which packages those are and reinstall them. Read more here

Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 7: Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge Loses On Linux

cj2003 — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:31:56 +0000

Here’s a comparison of the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS versus Microsoft Windows 7 performance when it comes to using Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors with integrated graphics. While the Sandy Bridge graphics performance was once faster when it came to OpenGL with the open-source Linux driver, that’s no longer the case. Read more here

7 Reasons to Like and Dislike Ubuntu Unity

cj2003 — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:26:43 +0000

The release of Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) hasn’t exactly made critics warm to Ubuntu’s Unity interface. However, Unity having gone through several versions, a definite tone of acceptance — or maybe resignation — colors discussion of the new release. Read more here

Android’s new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu

cj2003 — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:25:13 +0000

Strong sales of the iPhone 4S are putting renewed pressure on Android to innovate. Ubuntu for Android could give the platform a key capability iPhone is still missing. Read more here

Setting Up VNC on Ubuntu in Amazon EC2

cj2003 — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:24:04 +0000

As with most cloud hosts, Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) offers only Secure Shell (SSH) access by default to Linux cloud servers. But if you aren’t a command-line fan or your application requires a GUI, you can set up remote desktop access to most Linux cloud servers. Read more here

Ubuntu Linux 12.04: Microsoft’s Worst Nightmare?

cj2003 — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:39:33 +0000

I’m confident that any version of Ubuntu released in the last five years will have absolutely no problem beating [Windows 8],” said Slashdot blogger Barbara Hudson. Of course, “after the success of Windows 7, this is Microsoft snatching defeat from the jaws of victory,” Read more here

What’s Coming Next for Ubuntu Linux?

cj2003 — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:37:20 +0000

Also with an eye to the future, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth on Tuesday spent an hour answering questions about what else is coming down the pike for Ubuntu in version 12.10 and beyond. As part of Ubuntu Open Week this week, Shuttleworth’s “Ask Mark” session offered a compelling glimpse at what’s to come. Read more here and another interview with Mark here

Ubuntu 12.04 under Hyper-V on Windows 8

cj2003 — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:34:32 +0000

Recently a number of the Hyper-V drivers for Linux made it into the main kernel branch. This means that native support for Hyper-V is starting to turn up in a number of Linux distributions. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is an example of a new Linux release with Hyper-V support “out of the box”. Read more here