Canonical's Scott James Remnant recently set out to explore why X.Org started up so much faster on Moblin than on Ubuntu.
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Supercomputer niche chucks rocks at Nehalem
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As niche supercomputer-maker SiCortex works on the next generation of its line and watches the IT marketing machine gearing up for Intel's impending Nehalem-based Xeon EP, the company says that Chipzilla isn't moving in the right direction for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.
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12 Ubuntu Server Appliances Meet the Cloud
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Ubuntu is converging quickly with cloud services. A prime example: Turnkey Linux is launching 12 Ubuntu Server Edition software appliances that users can deploy in various cloud services. The news comes only a few weeks after Canonical said Ubuntu 9.10 will leap into Amazon.com's cloud. I'm intrigued, but I wonder if customers will join the Ubuntu cloud party.
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PC Vendors: Put up or shut up on the Linux desktop
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I was really happy when Dell started selling mainstream PCs with pre-installed Ubuntu Linux. Other companies started shipping mass-market PCs and notebooks with Linux too. Well. Sort of. You see, except for Dell, everyone makes it a pain to get their Linux-enabled PCs. And, I'm sick of it.
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UT3 Linux Still Undergoing Work, No ETA
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Unreal Tournament 3 was released back on the 17th of November in 2007. Nearly a year and a half later, we still have no UT3 Linux client.
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Programming languages that melt your brain
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In their day-to-day jobs, coders naturally focus on the more commonly used languages, such as PHP, Python and SDL, but there are plenty of more left-field choices, such as Ruby and assembly, that are well worth learning.
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RightScale Puts Ubuntu Server In the Cloud, Too
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RightScale - a well-known cloud computing company - today announced "full support" for Ubuntu as part of the RightScale Cloud Management platform. It's big news. Here's why.
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Xubuntu 8.10 + Xfce 4.6: Screenshots
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If GNOME feels like it is too bulky and KDE is not the Linux desktop answer that you are looking for, then you should consider the Xubuntu distribution that ships with the Xfce desktop.
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Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 6 Released
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The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. The Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 6 is the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04, bringing with it a number of new features to improve daily computing.
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Extra Repositories for Ubuntu 8.10 You Might Want
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The repository system is a great strength of open-source operating systems, but some people want the latest-and-greatest of a particular application while keeping the core system unchanged. Here are your repositories!
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Does OpenOffice have 11 million active U.S. users?
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While Microsoft Office is actively used by roughly 50 percent of U.S. Internet users, according to a 2,400-strong survey administered by ClickStream Technologies, 5 percent of U.S. Web users also actively use OpenOffice.org.
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Kernel Log: What's new in 2.6.29 - Part 6:
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This development cycle once again included many changes to the kernel's Storage, IDE/PATA, SCSI subsystems.
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Linux's dirty little secret: Uninstall
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Go to the Fedora Project Wiki and search for "uninstall Fedora." You won't find anything. Go to Ubuntu's official documentation site and search for "uninstall Ubuntu." You won't find anything.
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Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Netbook Surprise
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Novell has found a creative way to put Netbooks and SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 in the hands of IT managers and channel partners — even with Microsoft sitting in the same room.
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5 Compiz Effects That Are Actually Useful
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Compiz has a lot of nice effects that are mostly useless. In my quest to find a work place without distraction compiz effects doesn’t really fit it. Here are five effects that I actually found useful...
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