Getting the O2 Broadband to work with Ubuntu is quite easy, and usually it works out of the box, but there are some good ressources for those unfortunate where it doesn’t “Just Works”(tm)

According to an Ubuntu security alert, the WebKit flaws are dangerous enough to cause arbitrary code execution attacks. The Ubuntu Linux operating system has been refreshed to fix multiple WebKit flaws that expose users to malicious hacker attacks.

Phoronix recently ran a survey, asking users to tell them what they dislike (or hate) about Ubuntu. A couple of others hit some of my pet peeves as well – such as the “Not Invented Here” syndrome, which causes Ubuntu to put massive amounts of effort into re-inventing things (often inferior), and their general slowness [...]

So I noticed a few days ago that videos on msnbc.com had stopped working. I’m running Ubuntu 11.04 and Unity. Yes, I know, no flame wars please. At first I hated it, and now I just use it on all of my machines. The icon bar is on the left. Big deal

Do not try to install GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal from GNOME3-Team PPA, at least for now. I was trying to do just and ended up with a completely unusable Ubuntu now.

There was so much to love about the new desktop. The whole idea behind Unity was to unify the desktop so that everything was seamless and made every aspect about simplicity. And Unity succeeded in doing just that. But how did the transition from beta to full release turn out? If the state of the [...]

This is another article of the new Ubuntu Packaging Guide project. Please leave your comments below, or report a bug on it, or start helping out. Just branch the code and get involved.

Oh my God! There are security holes in Ubuntu 10.04! The sky is falling! Bill Gates is the maker of the one true operating system; forgive us Bill for we have worshiped at the feet of false Penguin idols. Oh please, give me a break!

Almost 40 vulnerabilities have been discovered in the kernel of Linux Ubuntu 10.04, also known as Lucid Lynx, which is a long-term support version of the operating system.

A fundamental flaw has dogged Ubuntu through the years and there is still no sign of it being resolved. Misbehaving applications are one of the first hurdles that an operating system must overcome. Microsoft Windows endured mountains of criticism in its early days for allowing badly written applications to bring the whole OS to its [...]

If you’re running Ubuntu Maverick with Nvidia Official drivers, and your screen messed up at starting up and shutting down the system. You can try following method to fix the problem.

The latest version of Ubuntu known as Maverick Meerckat or 10.10 has a minor bug which might be bothering you as well. When you try to open a folder via Places, instead of opening it as a folder, it opens it with some media player, Rhythmbox or VLC, etc.

Ubuntu 10.04 has been out for a while now…long enough so that some of the more pestering issues have been finally fixed. But in some cases those issues continue on. What do you do?

If you are looking for a great way to help improving the usability of Ubuntu and the projects it uses, then the One Hundred Paper Cuts project is something for you! This project was set up to collect bugs reporting small usability issues in the default installation of Ubuntu

NoScript, which is one of the most popular add-ons for Firefox, allows you to only run Java and other executable content from domains that you trust. This greatly enhances the security of the Firefox’s browsing experience. However, this time, it’s the OS that seems to be causing the problems.

This is how anyone can fix the Firefox slow problem in Ubuntu 10.04

The Ubuntu 10.04 release candidate contains a “major” X-Server memory leakage bug that “causes the computer to get slower and slower over time.”

Yesterday on my laptop openoffice simply topped launching, running oowriter from the terminal did not reported any error but nothing happened.

The update patches 5 important security issues (see below for details) discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various hackers. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to update your system as soon as possible

Canonical announced a few hours ago the immediate availability of a new Linux kernel security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake), 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and 9.10 (Karmic Koala).

Since Ubuntu 8.04 aka Hardy Heron, I’ve had issues with every new release. As Ubuntu evolves into being a viable desktop OS alternative, its complexity has been growing and with the new and improved looks new challenges arise.

Fed up with my Karmic fate, I just took the easiest escape route – reinstall good ol’ Jaunty Jackalope

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) to Karmic (9.10), and the sound stopped working. As a matter of fact, no sound card was detected

We have recently discovered that possibly all screensavers with lock capabilities are prone to a cleaning lady attack. By issuing Alt+SysRq+f you (or a malicious cleaning lady) can make the OOM killer kill your screensaver process

Bryce Harrington is agonizing over the nontrivial task of delivering a working X server for Ubuntu. On the Ubuntu desktop mailing list he speaks of a flood of bug reports and appeals to improving the situation.

This time around as work continues on Ubuntu 10.04, developers hope to have addressed all confirmed Paper Cuts with that release before it goes live.

The Linux-based Ubuntu was fast catching up with the Windows on all these parameters, at least till its latest version 9.10 — the ‘Karmic Koala’.

Hear me, Ubuntu-using brothers and sisters! Never use the on-line upgrade option to switch to a newer version of the operating system!

There seems to be quite a few concerns and complains about recent Ubuntu releases. Are there really that many regressions and instabilities with the latest releases of Ubuntu? Probably!

I am yet to read anywhere that it was stated Karmic was going to be bugless. I am amazed at how people are equating Karmic to Vista in terms of buggs and hiccups.