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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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- "Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"
- "Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"Well, I agree, but, the flame war will not end, and MS will not go down without a fight. It has been obvious for quite some time, that the only thing that windows has going for it is familiarity (both the brand and the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Media players, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-07-03
- "Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"
- Obviously, this isn't true. Their underlying architectures are quite a bit different, Gnome looks different than the 7 UI, etc., but to an average 17-year-old, there just wasn't any meaningful difference between the two operating systems. The other day, I posted a blog titled "Windows 7:...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Ubuntu private clouds need more than tools; they need support, too
- Ubuntu private clouds need more than tools; they need support, tooClueless Windows FolksIt's interesting to note that there has been no talkback on something that should be of interest.But as usual, the majority of ZDNET readership are Microsoft flag wavers and basically ignorant of developments in the cloud.I would suggest...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Ubuntu, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Ubuntu private clouds need more than tools; they need support, too
- Canonical, the London company that founded the Ubuntu Project, today announced professional services to support companies who are building "private cloud" infrastructures behind their corporate firewalls. Earlier this year, the company released a technical preview of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud UEC, an open-source system that allows companies to...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Tool, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, Open Source, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Windows 7: Good enough to pay for?
- Windows 7: Good enough to pay for?The blog title is very interestng.A few years ago such a title "Is Windows Good Enough To Pay For?" would be unthinkable. Of course! We all were in Worship mode - everything MS threw at us even if it was crap we paid for....
- Tags: blog title, Microsoft Windows 7, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-27
- Windows 7: Good enough to pay for?
- I finally installed the Windows 7 release candidate that the folks from Microsoft were kind enough to pass on a couple weeks ago at the Intel Classmate Ecosystem Summit. I could have installed it on my Mac, but I already have Vista running with Boot Camp with a fair...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-27
- 'Acid test' for Ubuntu on a netbook
- 'Acid test' for Ubuntu on a netbookI thought UbuntuHad packaged installers? Or has skype not been approved by the Ubuntu Community?Try opening CheeseCheese is the native UNR webcam application used for quick pictures and videos. If that program works then the drivers are okay and it's a Skype problem. If...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Loverock, Built-in Camera, Ubuntu, Acid-test, netbook, Skype Technologies S.A., Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- 'Acid test' for Ubuntu on a netbook
- A friend asked me to configure her netbook to my WiFi system so I decided it was time to replace the outdated operating system with a new Ubuntu Netbook Remix. At the end of last week I got the opportunity to start an "Acid Test" of the latest Ubuntu...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, UNR, Linux, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Marketing, netbook, operating system, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, J.A. Watson ZDNet UK
- News items 2009-06-23
- Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States
- Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the StatesAgreed, with one minor point difference . . .I believe that the reason you're seeing what you are in China is that since most Windows installations are pirated copies, they get no support. And if you're going to have no support, might...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux/Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, minor player, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States
- I just finished reading Dana Blankenhorn's post, "Will Ubuntu remain a minor player" on a break between interviews and meetings. Interestingly, just before I read his post, I met with the President of Metasys, a Brazilian company that has Linux-based servers, desktops, and software in thousands of schools, businesses,...
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Operating System, Metasys, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Will Ubuntu remain a minor player
- Will Ubuntu remain a minor playerWhat's novel here?Not the fact that you can try Ubuntu.It's the fact that you try any operating system.How is that happening? Most likely Click2Try is another open source hoster running Xen, much as Amazon Web Services, only they are moving ahead with easy 'on...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Only Problem, Ubuntu, minor player
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Will Ubuntu remain a minor player
- It is time for open source advocates to take off the rose-colored glasses and ask if Ubuntu -- more appropriately its Canonical business arm headed by Mark Shuttleworth -- is ever going to be a factor below the server level. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ubuntu, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery.You can't polish a turd. It still has linux underneath it. The problem is there is no fixing linux. Its inner workings of being a mesh of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'
- Canonical has started a project called "One Hundred Paper Cuts" - it's aimed at getting rid of small issues with the UI that together end up as a world of pain, hence the name. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has started a project to fix all the niggling...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Canonical, Jonathan Bennett ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2009-06-16
- I've discovered a reason to like Windows: Chrome
- My youngest son stole my Ubuntu-loaded convertible Classmate last week and is primarily using it so that we can email each other and talk on Skype while I'm in Miami. It also has his RTI software loaded on it, so I figured I'd grab one of the Windows Classmates...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Web Browser, Chrome, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Web Browsers, Software, Hardware, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- With Win 7 GA date set, when's the best time to buy a new PC?
- With Win 7 GA date set, when's the best time to buy a new PC?That's greatRTM code will be delivered to partners at the end of JulyWoW :)Ubuntu 9.04 is faster than W7 and XP in VirtualBox works great.Ubuntu -bit is more capable than Windows 7, FASTER and SAFER. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, desktop virtualization, Ubuntu 9.04, new-PC, Win 7 GA, Microsoft Windows 7, Win 7, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- Happy Friday: 48 Snow Leopard screen shots
- Happy Friday: 48 Snow Leopard screen shotsHaha, this is a blatant copy of Vista!!Using Apple zealot logic where the HTC Touch Diamond (and every other full screen touch screen cell phone ever released in the last 5 years) is a clone of the iPhone instead of the HTC Touch (that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- Hands-on: Verizon Wireless HP Mini 1151NR netbook (Updated 2x)
- Hands-on: Verizon Wireless HP Mini 1151NR netbook (Updated 2x)OK, this blog is somewhat confusingSo the defining feature of this netbook is its mobile internet access but you're going to put OSX on it and this feature most likely will not work under OSX. I also don't see the purchase price...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Verizon Wireless, EULA, Apple Inc., OSX, netbook, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- In fairness to Moblin
- I've been enthusiastically toting around my little Classmate, happily telling anyone who will listen how enamored I am of both the device and Ubuntu's Netbook Remix NBR that I have running on it. At the same time, I've been giving further thought to Moblin and had an interesting chat...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Palm Inc., Moblin, Classmate, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Eating my own dogfood?
- Eating my own dogfood?My month with UNR so farI have been using UNR 9.04 for a month now, on my Acer Aspire One A150. I like it very much. My multiple boot AAO has two other operating systems on it as well (openSUSE 11.1 and Windows XP Home), but those...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Microsoft Windows XP, Ubuntu, Eating, Samba
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26

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