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Stories About Ubuntu

News (15)   Reviews (1)   How-To (5)   From Around the Web (10)

News

The latest version of the community-supported branch of Red Hat Linux offers new features and an improved UI. 13-May-2008
The new version of the popular Linux distribution offers long-term support, targeted at business users. 24-Apr-2008
The "Big Two" Linux distributors will continue to court enterprise customers but see no profit in a consumer desktop product. 17-Apr-2008
The new server and desktop variants of Ubuntu Linux version 8.04 will include features aimed at making the open source operating system easier to use and to deploy. 02-Apr-2008
Intel says Mobile Internet Devices based on its Centrino Atom chip package will run XP and Vista as well as Linux. 02-Apr-2008

Reviews

You get what you pay for with these two machines. 27-Feb-2008

How-To

Some of the coolest OS features are nowhere to be found in Windows XP or Vista. Here are 18 brilliant features that Microsoft should beg for, borrow, or steal--plus tips on how you can add many of them to your PC now. 28-Apr-2008
22 smarter, more efficient ways to make short work of common tech tasks--from reinstalling Windows to crushing spyware to setting up a Web site. 27-Apr-2008
You may be intrigued by the idea of switching to Linux. But how will you get your job done without your favorite Windows programs? These 18 great open-source apps make life with Linux easier. 10-Apr-2008
How to make the switch, and still keep your Windows security blanket. Plus, troubleshooting, graphics, and networking tips. 22-Oct-2007
Cut your transmission times and avoid ISP limits on file sizes. 13-Jul-2007

From Around the Web

A major problem has been revealed in Debian Linux and derivative packages, such as Ubuntu. Debian revealed the other day that a fix they made back ...
In the last couple of years, desktop-friendly Linux distributions have taken enormous leaps -- they're easier to install, better maintained, and ...
Last year, I wrote about our school district's implementation of LTSP. In the article, I pointed out the significant limitations a thin client...
Debian, the popular Linux distribution has just been shown to have made an all-time stupid security goof-up. They managed to change OpenSSL in...
I'm a confirmed Ubuntu fan, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the release of Fedora 9 this morning. Fedora is the community-maintained Linux ...
Online merchants who have used a Debian-based operating system to generate secure sockets layer (SSL) certificates for encrypting customer...
Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu honcho, has a post on his blog discussing "The Art of Release." He applauds the team and community that got version 8.04...
Increasingly, managers find themselves leading teams that are scattered in different cities or even continents, working on projects which have to ...
So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems (Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu...
A vulnerability report hit the wire yesterday announcing that a commonly used security package contained a Debian-specific vulnerability rendering...
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