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- Ubuntu
- A popular Linux distribution that is noted for its ease of installation and use. Based on the Debian version of Linux and introduced in 2004, Ubuntu is sponsored by...
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- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Apple must be feeling pretty flattered now that both Canonical the company behind Ubuntu and Microsoft have expressed a desire to be more like Apple. Start your photocopiers! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Ubuntu, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photocopier, Apple Mac OS, Copiers, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Deals abound for back to school
- I took a walk through Circuit City today to see where consumer PCs stood. We'll be back to school in a matter of weeks and parents are already asking about laptops for their high school and college-bound students. The good news is that for $700 you can pick...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?FYI[url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/dell_adds_ubuntu_systems_updates_hardy_heron/]FYI[/url]Just curious Dana, are you running Linux? If so, why and which Distro?If not, why?Thanks for another 'good read'.P.S.[url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2660]This article[/url] isn't clear about what O/S you use.RE: Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?The simple answer is a reassuring NO! Put simply,...
- Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Notebooks, Ubuntu, Linux, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Could a desktop Ubuntu bundle earn share?
- Ship everything the average user might need, in other words, at a knock 'em dead price. Turn it on and it runs. You can load it up with ads for support offers, and other downloads you're not including. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateAnd you will find some reason why Linux is worse.Just watch and enjoy the spin.They'll find some reason why Windows is worse.Just watch and enjoy their spin.RE: Windows Update versus Ubuntu UpdateI always did find it amusing at how the Ubuntu crowd simultaneously defend the sudo...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
- A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was "a work in progress." That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing. After all, look how many updates Windows Vista has had since it was first released. Obviously, it was a disaster, or there would have been no need...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows Update, Operating System, Update, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Ubuntu goes with newspaper model in consumer market
- Ubuntu goes with newspaper model in consumer marketWhat about the 60 days of support?I think you missed something . . . 60 days of support for the package. The newspaper analogy doesn't quite work when you include that fact.
- Tags: Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99stop the madness"the learning curve is steeper for those wanting to do more with the any OS"Dre`, once you realize that you are a 'Windows power user' and NOT a computer expert, you would not fail so often.I tend to agreethat 60 days would...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, WINDOWS USERS, Ubuntu, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99
- Canonical, along with software distributor ValuSoft, have come together to push a boxed version of Ubuntu 8.04 into Best Buy retail stores. The catch, it'll cost you $19.99. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Ubuntu, Best Buy Co. Inc., Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Ubuntu goes with newspaper model in consumer market
- What Ubuntu is trying to do is find an audience which has hardware but lacks regular Internet access or knowledge. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ubuntu, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux
- I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of LinuxPlagiarism, Jason? :-)Exactly my thoughts, in a Talkback some time ago:http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=46338&messageID=858549&start=0Greeting, Pjotr.Planet DietsYou forgot to mean the lean but mean Mars Ubuntu, and of course the sweet Venus Ubuntu versions just to get back to the basic...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Super-Size, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux
- With the news that Best Buy will now be selling boxed, commercially supported versions of Ubuntu, the Desktop Linux onslaught begins. Our ultimate goal of Total World Domination will soon be within our grasp, now that yet another mondo-huge retailer has jumped on the Linux bandwagon. Or...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse
- Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and MouseVery nice utility, but ...... in a world where virtualization seems to be the new trend does this project have a future?A request for future Geek Sheets: bare-metal multibootI know you're a virtualization fan, but can I request a Geek Sheet...
- Tags: video, mouse, Power Users, keyboard, Geek Sheet, boot menu, boot line, Ubuntu, openSUSE
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenagerInteresting...I find this experiment very interesting. However, there are a couple observations here:1) This wouldn't really be a typical experience for a typical user. Ubuntu has to be installed and configured; would he have done this or been able to do this without...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS, GUI, Ubuntu, typical user, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Vista is "OK", says Ubuntu-converted teenager
- Having finally gotten my oldest son a nicely-working install of Ubuntu on his laptop, I couldn't resist but wipe out his hard drive (saving his music, of course) and install Vista to get his impressions. He was perfectly content with Ubuntu once I had it all spiffed...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, Compiz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex
- On Saturday the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" was made available for download. So what's new on the horizon for Ubuntu users? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ubuntu, intrepid, ibex
- Image galleries 2008-07-07
- First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex
- First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid IbexAny movement on the installer issueyou recently took up in a blog, Adrian ? I hope you'll stay on top of this one, not only with respect to [b]Ubuntu[/b], but also for other major distros....HenriThe Satanic theme is *not* part of 8.10...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu, Satanic theme, Ubuntu 8.10, Satanic
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex
- On Saturday the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" was made available for download. So what's new on the horizon for Ubuntu users? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Ubuntu, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
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