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News about ubuntu

Dell buys Enstratius to beef up multi-cloud management chops

Dell has purchased Enstratius, a company that allows customers to manage cloud resources across multiple providers from a single management console for an undisclosed sum this week.

By Brandon Butler | 09 May, 2013 14:28

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Dell, Cloud, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, internet, OpenStack, ubuntu
In Pictures: Ubuntu 13.04

“Raring Ringtail” features performance and stability upgrades, along with social changes – but the controversial shopping lens remains.

By Jon Gold | 29 April, 2013 09:17

Tags: PC, slideshow, software, Components, ubuntu
Fuduntu Linux to shut down, new distro to follow

The team in charge of maintaining and developing Fuduntu, a Linux-based operating system designed as a hybrid of Fedora and Ubuntu, voted Sunday to close down the project.

By Jon Gold | 17 April, 2013 22:04

Tags: Linux, fedora, software, operating systems, ubuntu, Fuduntu
Official Twitter app for Ubuntu Touch canceled

A Canonical software engineer told a public mailing list on Friday that there would be no official Twitter app released with Ubuntu Touch.

By Jon Gold | 25 March, 2013 20:09

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, apps, PC, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, Data Center, mobile apps, ubuntu, Tablet, Canon, developers, canonical, software, twitter
Dell, Canonical announce new Ubuntu 12.04 support for servers

Dell's 12th-generation PowerEdge server line now supports the use of Ubuntu 12.04 across the board, thanks to a new agreement between the hardware maker and developer Canonical that provides Ubuntu Advantage services to Dell's customers.

By Jon Gold | 11 March, 2013 21:14

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Linux, servers, hardware systems, software, Data Center, operating systems, ubuntu, server, HP, Dell, Canon, canonical

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Tutorials about ubuntu

How to choose a desktop Linux distribution

With all the many reasons to use Linux today -- particularly in a business setting --it's often a relatively easy decision to give Windows the boot. What can be more difficult, however, is deciding which of the hundreds of Linux distributions out there is best for you and your business.

By Katherine Noyes | 28 August, 2010 04:20

Tags: unix, open source, Linux, software, non-Windows, operating systems, ubuntu
Install the latest Firefox 3.6.6 in Ubuntu Linux

Firefox 3.6.6 with crash protection is now available, and according to Mozilla it "provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.

By Brent W. Hopkins | 30 June, 2010 09:42

Tags: unix, Linux, applications, browsers, software, Installation, non-Windows, operating systems, ubuntu, mozilla, Firefox, web browsers

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Features about ubuntu

Ubuntu Linux Satanic Edition (666.9) review

Getting ready to review a Linux distribution is usually pretty straightforward. After some background research into the distribution's history, you download the latest ISO and beseech the head of IT to lend you a netbook or scrounge up some moth-infested, aging desktop PC.

By Rohan Pearce | 10 May, 2011 15:30

Tags: open source, Linux, ubuntu
Ubuntu Server: Lean, mean, cloud-making machine

Ubuntu Server is a fast, free, no-frills Linux distribution that fills a niche between utilitarian Debian and the GUI-driven and, some would argue, over-featured Novell SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

By Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen | 02 June, 2009 08:12

Tags: Linux, canonical, linux distribution, ubuntu
Switching my dad to Linux -- part two

As mentioned in my last posting, I'm not a very good Linux evangelist. I don't try and convert family and friends to Linux. Therefore, as surprising as it sounds, putting Ubuntu on my dad's new laptop--as I did a week ago--was the first time I've ever directly converted another individual to Linux.

By Keir Thomas | 15 May, 2009 23:31

Tags: Linux, ubuntu
Top 7 reasons people quit Linux

I've been writing Linux guidebooks for some time, and it's fair to say that most people who buy my books are Windows users looking to make the leap to Linux (or perhaps just wondering what the fuss is about).

By Keir Thomas | 02 May, 2009 03:26

Tags: Linux, ubuntu
Ubuntu 9.04 beta: quick look

So far there have been six alpha releases of the forthcoming Ubuntu 9.04, due for final release next month, and late yesterday the one and only beta release was made available for download. From this point forward there's a release candidate in mid-April, before the final release is made on the 23rd.

By Keir Thomas | 28 March, 2009 12:03

Tags: Linux, ubuntu