New Version of Ubuntu Software Coming

A new version of the Ubuntu software package, a flavor of the freely distributed Linux operating system, is due out Thursday.

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Internet search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS. The free and open source system is initially aimed at low-cost netbooks and does away with many of the features of a traditional program.

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Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, was officially released last month. In this comprehensive review, Ars takes you under the surface for an in-depth look at the new features and major architectural changes.

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Ubuntu Koala vs. Windows Seven

I upgraded to both on one machine each. Before going into the pros and cons of each, I better tell the makeup of each machine I upgraded: Windows 7: A Dell 755 Optiplex. Basic stock, additional media card reader, and extra RAM. Networked. Running XP Service Pack 3

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Cloud management dominates the theme for Landscape 1.4 with new features that allow you to manage your private Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) as easily as you manage your instances on Amazon EC2.

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Need a Dock on the Linux Side? Try Gnome-Do.

So you like your docks on XP/Vista and Mac OS? Well, as usually, Linux has their own that allows for a large amount of fine-tuning. Gnome Do (http://do.davebsd.com/) is first and foremost a launcher application for Linux.

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It's October 2009 which means something very special for Linux fans: a 9.10 release of Ubuntu.

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I've looked at hundreds of Linux distributions over the years. Some of them have been awful. Many have been OK. Few have been great. Based on my early look at Karmic Koala, Ubuntu 9.10, I think we've got a very strong Linux desktop distribution coming down the way.

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If you've been thinking about switching to a Linux netbook, laptop, or desktop, it's time to visit Dell. They have some nice hardware at prices anyone can afford and with the support you need to get going with desktop Linux.

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Welcome to Karmic Koala Alpha 4, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.10.

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Dell conquers Europe with its Ubuntu netbooks, enters the Netherlands

With their new Latitude 2100 laptops, Dell is finally allowing Dutch consumers to pick Ubuntu as pre-installed operating system for their netbooks. Update: And it looks like Belgian customers can enjoy this deal too.

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Sixteen years ago today, Ian Murdock announced the "imminent completion of a brand-new Linux release". The release was to be called the Debian Linux Release and was the start of one of the most popular community based distributions of Linux.

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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.

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Well at least according to Dell's website. A 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 8GB of disk space armed with Microsoft's latest masterpiece: Ubuntu!

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When Google announced and released Android, back in October 2008, everyone knew that it would become the best operating system for mobile devices.

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Educational Software app GCompris

I remember back a few years ago, thinking Edubuntu would revolutionize the K-12 school system. It had it all–an Ubuntu infrastructure with all the great, oss education applications.

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Ubuntu utilities - iotop

If you're an ubuntu user and you've ever wondered what the heck is using up the io processes on your machine then iotop could be of interest.

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Canonical aims to improve the Ubuntu user experience by fixing a multitude of minor usability glitches.

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This is a collection of great themes for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, these themes are from zgegblog a blog of François Vogelweith, on the blog exist a collection of wonderful gnome themes for Ubuntu (see the total collection)

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Canonical is building an Android execution environment that will make it possible for Android applications to run on Ubuntu and potentially other conventional Linux distributions.

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Ubuntu Gnome random wallpapers

I have in excess of 100 wallpapers sitting in the Pictures folder on my main PC. It runs Ubuntu with the Gnome environment and I decided it would be great to have these wallpapers change every 10 minutes on a random basis.

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Today, we are showing you the huge collections of beautiful and inspiring wallpapers.

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I was lucky enough to have a friend at Dell who let me play with Dell's new Latitude 2100-N for a few hours. After he chased me down, he pried it out of my fingers. I didn't want to give it up. This is one nice Ubuntu Linux-powered netbook.

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Dell today announced its Latitude 2100, a netbook designed specifically for school children. It is also the first Dell product in Australia to offer the Ubuntu operating system pre-installed.

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Ubuntu logo plagiarized?

It would seem that residential letting agents HMR Group of 226 St Georges Road, Bolton, Lancashire, UK have stolen the Ubuntu logo.

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My litmus test for a distribution is an aging, quirky laptop that suffers from the old Via Chrome video chipset. On a rare occasion, a distribution will install, but generally speaking when it finally does, it's sluggish and seems like any minute it will crap out on me.

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