Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), is just one of the many Linux flavors out there today that can run the software your business needs to run its day to day operations. If there are so many flavors out there why choose Ubuntu.
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Firefox 3.5 rc 2: Why I am not so impressed
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I decided it was time to see what the developers of Firefox had been doing with my favorite open source browser. There has been quite a bit of hype surrounding this up-coming release. I downloaded it fully expecting to be blown away. The verdict so far?
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Fedora
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I noticed that most of the awesome X Devs like Peter Hutterer and Kristian Hoegsberg (and let’s not forget Linus Himself!) are using Fedora, and I’ve heard it’s geared towards developers (being bleeding edge and all).
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Does Anyone Want a New Linux Desktop?
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For the last eighteen months, the GNU/Linux desktop has been in a period of radical innovation. KDE 4 introduced new features and workflows. Mark Shuttleworth launched Ubuntu on a unilateral redesign campaign. Does the average user want any of these things?
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Smooth sailing to GRUB 2
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GRUB 2 is now the default for new installations of Ubuntu, but as explained in the announcement, existing GRUB 0.x systems won’t be automatically converted to GRUB 2.
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Mandriva 2009 Spring: Quick review
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When it comes to the big distros I tend to stick to the ones that are based on Debian. Apt just is simpler and faster to me than rpm. But since I reviewed Fedora 11 (or tried to, in any case), I thought I’d have a go at the other big two RPM distributions: OpenSuse and Mandriva.
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Do You Ubuntu?
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Now, I do. Let me tell you the story in brief. I’ve been fascinated with Linux for a long time. Eventually I needed the support of my media card readers, and abandoned it. Enter the two new computers we bought this weekend.
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SCO, Microsoft, Novell, and Other News from Utah
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Tip: Make VLC Quit After Viewing Video/Audio
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What this does is create a playlist. The first item is the file you want to play, and the second item is "vlc://quit," which, rather obviously, is a command to tell VLC to quit. The effect is that as soon as your media stops playing, VLC exits.
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Linux Hardware Support Better than Windows?
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You know, the old thing about Linux was that it didn't necessarily support your (new) hardware. Greg Kroah-Hartman has been trying to bust that myth with the Linux Driver Project for a while now. But recent events have proved beyond doubt that not only is he right, but installing and using new devices on Linux is now much easier than on
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Is The U.S. Self Importance Clouding Our Judgement Of Software?
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In a piece about the market share of Ubuntu outside the United States, Christopher Dawson writes about the innovation that is going on using Linux outside our borders.
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The First Ever Entirely Volunteer Run Open Source Conference is a Huge Succes
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When the open source convention OSCON decided to move from Portland, Oregon to San Jose last year, the open source citizens of Portland set about developing their own "conference for developers working with open source technologies and for people interested in learning the open source way."
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Mount Manager – User-friendly management of disks and partitions
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The basic functionalities of MountManager are:- Mount and unmount partitions (ext3/2, ntfs, swap, fat, reiserfs, iso9660, udf...
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Mandriva Review
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I popped the old disk in the drive and waited for the skinned bootloader to load up. Well I say that like it took a while, but it really didn’t. I selected the option to boot into Mandriva Live.
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The Rise of Ubuntu
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When Canonical first released its Ubuntu operating system, the world couldn’t have cared less. Here was another Linux flavor taking its place in the dark, damp and reserved corner of the operating systems covenant.
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