With Ubuntu 8.04 now on the streets, it’s time to catch a breather and reflect on just why Ubuntu gets all the hype. Why is Ubuntu the hottest brand in Linuxdom at this time? Why is it the distro most frequently advocated? I posed these questions to readers and LUG members; here’s the feedback from real-life Linux users.
Read more »Why we love Ubuntu Linux (or maybe we don't)
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Universal Writ
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I just read an interesting post over at Linux.com buy someone named Susan Linton. Titled "Review: Hardy Heron converts an Ubuntu skeptic", the article has some interesting things to add to the discussion about Linux's readiness to be ones only desktop operating system.
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Fedora 9 - Final- Screenshots, We got a hold of a copy some days before the release
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Hey all, I'v been using Fedora 9 Final for a couple of days now (A special thanks go to a misconfigured fedora mirror in europe). The essentials:
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gNewSense 2.0 (deltah) Review
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So gNewSense 2.0 came out a few days ago as the gNewSense crew is tracking Ubuntu LTS releases. Of course, the bad part is that there is no upgrade path from gNewSense 1.0 to 2.0. Ubuntu recommends upgrading by going from release to release so upgrading is not feasible (or is too hard for the developers to implement) so freedom lovers need to have a good backup strategy.
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PlayOnLinux 2.7.2 released
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PlayOnLinux 2.7.2 is available today, Here are the new features: A new function: message_one, Improved IRC, Wine version manager fixed, The manque function, Tools menu improved, A new plugin: TransgamingCedega
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How Microsoft Uses Open Against Open
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To my shame, Peter Murray-Rust put up a reply to my post below in just a few hours, where it had taken me days to answer his original posting. So with this reply to his reply, I'm trying to do better.
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A Word in Your Ear
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A little while back I gave Peter Murray-Rust a hard time for daring to suggest that OOXML might be acceptable for archiving purposes. Here's his response to that lambasting:
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Advertising slowing down the web
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The bulk of the extra content consists of HTML tags and links. It's difficult to say how much cruft there is — much of it is Javascript, and I used a non-Javascript web browser for some of this analysis — but a naive dump of the content reveals 128 URLs.
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The Wine Platinum Regression Hunt
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Wine is nearing its 1.0 release, and we need your help to make sure it's a good one!
Wine has been under heavy development in recent months, and some applications that used to work well no longer do. But we don't know which ones! Please help us find them, so we can fix them. Here's how:
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AbiWord - an Alternative Word Processor
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OpenOffice.org is generally considered the flagship of productivity programs in the open source world, but it’s not the only choice for many standard productivity tasks you need to get done from day to day.
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Open Source and the Soul of a Startup
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I have read a few blog entries lately questioning the value of open source. The most over-the-top comes from Andy Patrizio. In his posting, titled “Big Money and Open Source May Not Compute”, Andy sounds like a school yard bully angry that his turf is finally being challenged
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Tip: Getting Your Webcam To Work In Ubuntu
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I have an old noname cheapo webcam, that I dusted out of my junk (why? More on that in a post coming soon). I hoped that it would work in my Ubuntu setup out of the box like most of my other hardware. I connected it to my laptop’s usb port. dmesg gave the following output
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Packet Reading with libpcap Part 1
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Tcpdump, Snort and similar tools are great; administrators and programmers alike can leverage them for everything from basic packet header reading down to bit for bit analysis of what, when, where on a network. How do they work? If someone wished to include packet reading functionality in their own software(s) what might be the best method?
Read more »What to expect from Ubuntu 8.10
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With the release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron now behind us, most eyes are turned to October when Intrepid Ibex, or Ubuntu Linux 8.10, will make its debut. While Hardy Heron was designed to be stable enough to be a long-term support release, Intrepid Ibex promises to be packed with more exciting features, something that Ubuntu fans always enjoy.
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Torrent Applications on Ubuntu
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I have now mostly moved to Ubuntu, today I will elaborate and discuss a bit on my experience of the transition from Windows to Ubuntu and I’ll be targeting Torrent Applications specifically.
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