Latest free Ubuntu Linux operating system version is officially released today. Ubuntu 9.04 for desktop, server and “netbook remix” is available for immediate download, CD purchase or you can request a free CD.
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How to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
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This tutorial will explain how to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibix) to Ubuntu 9.04
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Ubuntu Launches 9.04, Get’s Serious About Netbooks
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As usual, Ubuntu's home page advertises both Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 Desktop Edition and Server Edition. This release, though, a third product joins them: Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
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Four Simple Features That Set Ubuntu Apart
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I had to set up a Fedora 8 machine recently. The installation process was simple enough, but configuring the system reminded me of several simple features that I take for granted when using Ubuntu, but which, when absent, make the user experience significantly more daunting. Below are four of the features that provide an extra boost of user-friendliness to Ubuntu.
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Grisbi - Personal finance management program in Ubuntu
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Grisbi is a personal accounting program. Grisbi can manage multiple accounts, currencies and users. It manages third party, expenditure and receipt categories, as well as budgetary lines, financial years, and other informations that makes it adapted for both personal and associative accounting.
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Red Hat Announces Open Source Cloud Computing Forum
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Red Hat, Inc. today announced a call for presentations for its Open Source Cloud Computing Forum, a virtual event scheduled to take place July 22, 2009.
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A Dream Distro, looking from a noob’s perspective
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Some friend of you asks you to try out Linux. How would you feel? To feel the same you need to first unmount the geekism in you and walk a mile in the shoes of a newbie.
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Microsoft’s Earnings Collapse (Down 32%), GNU/Linux a Major Cause
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Serious disaster unleashed in Redmond today as net earnings drop by a third
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Intel Graphics Performance Guide for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Users
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Some users are experiencing performance issues with Intel integrated graphics chips in Jaunty, for several reasons...
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Adobe Offers Proprietary Drugs to Students, Then Cracks Down on Schools
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ADOBE is notorious for its attempt to get young people "addicted" to its software. The company hopes that grown-up men and women will be so locked in that they will be forced to pay dearly for habits, data, and skills that they acquired in their younger days.
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FLISOL 2009: Hundreds of cities in 18 Latin American countries to host install fests!
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FLISOL - The Latin American Festivals of Installation of Free Software are install fests organized by the regional free software communities since 2005. The event is the largest distributed free software event in the world — last year, there were install fests in more than 200 cities in 18 countries in Latin America.
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Another term for open source
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Open source is the democratic process applied to software, just as Wikipedia is the same process applied to the collection of information.
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Jargon Jam - Distro
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Essentially this is just an abbreviation of the word “distribution”, which according to dictionary.com means “an act or instance of distributing” and also “the delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients”.
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How Long Until There Is A Linux Distro Focused On Social Media?
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If you check out DistroWatch.com you will see hundreds of Linux distros available. There are distros out there for just about every purpose you can think of, except social media and social networking.
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Ukrainian NGO Employs New Tool in Battle Against HIV/AIDS
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"...To implement this operation, the NGO needed only a laptop, a cell phone and FrontlineSMS – free software available to community-focused development NGOs.
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