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Ubuntu 9.04 to be available for download Thursday

  Canonical will make its much anticipated Ubuntu 9.04 upgrade available for download on Thursday. The platform --which includes a desktop, server and netbook edition -- offers faster bootups (as fast as 25 seconds, its developers say), cloud support, OpenOffice 3.0, support for Skype...

Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition, Linux, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, OpenOffice, Open Source, E-mail Servers, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-04-22

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Tags: Games, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Desktops, Linux, game, Microsoft Windows, PC, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Ubuntu 8.10 desktop, server to ship Oct 30

Trick or treat? Treat. Canonical's latest desktop and server editions of its popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, formerly code named Intrepid Ibex, will be available on October 30. The key new feature on the Ubuntu 8.10 desktop -- 3G network support - enables pervasive connectivity....

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, Servers, Desktops, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-26

Will OpenSolaris bring a chill to Sun-Ubuntu romance?

You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. That seems to be the mantra of Ubuntu and Sun, both open source underdogs whose relationship and mutual platform support has been growing for three years.  On the eve of the release of OpenSolaris, both companies are banging the drum that the...

Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Ubuntu's corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux server market?

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was released on April 24 as planned and will be supported until 2011-2013. But is extended support enough to convince ISVs and businesses to support three Linux distributions? Despite the hoopla around its release Wednesday, Ubuntu’s ambitions in the corporate server space will be...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-24

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