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Based on Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu concentrates on usability, regular releases, ease of installation, and freedom from legal restrictions. Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd., a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark... [more]
Based on Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu concentrates on usability, regular releases, ease of installation, and freedom from legal restrictions. Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd., a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth.
I recently installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron on my computer. This was after a two month hiatus using Windows Vista instead of my normal OS. It's nice having a familiar setup again, but….
Like Neufeld Computer Services stated, I have a few issues of contention with this latest release. I'm sure there are workarounds to them, but I feel that I must state them.
First, why include beta software in an LTS version? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Firefox 3 is coming along, and coming...
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This is a short list of 5 PC games that you can play on the upcoming Ubuntu release: Hardy Heron. Although these games may have some features disabled, they definitely are evidence of how far Linux gaming really has come. Some of the listed games run using Wine, whereas with others Wine is not needed. Links to some valuable Ubuntu gaming resources are given at the end. 1) World of Warcraft v2.4.X World of Warcraft requires Wine to run and has a...
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When my old boss at Websense first introduced me to the world of Linux, being from a Windows shop, I naturally asked him how to join my Linux workstation to the domain. He of course said, "Why would you want to do that? Don't taint the pureness of open source!" So I never pressed the issue. That is, until yesterday afternoon. I decided to give it a go again, and I have to tell you they have made it really easy. I read some blog posts on this before, and it used to be kind of a pain in the...
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I know my last post talked about how to install VMWare server on Ubuntu 8.04, which is great, but I decided to do away with it anyway. I installed VMWare server on my test box at work, but on Friday night when I went to do the same thing on my laptop, conveniently VMWare was doing maintenance on the download page of their website so I couldn't download it. Me being the impatient man I am decided to look elsewhere. I had took a quick look at Innotek's VirtualBox (Now owned by Sun Microsystems...
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So Happy Its Thursday boys and girls! Even happier because today is the release date for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)! I always get that warm sensation inside when a new release of Ubuntu comes out. It is much like the feeling of a warm blanket your momma wraps around you to make you a little more comfortable. Okay, maybe not, but its still pretty cool. I think a lot of you must feel the same way, or at least in a very similar fashion. I have had a poll going for a while on which Linux...
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Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical Ltd, founders of the popular Ubuntu Linux-based operating system, have today announced the creation of The Ubuntu Foundation with an initial funding commitment of US$10m.
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"Ubuntu caused a lot of friction with and for Debian. In discussions with its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, and other Ubuntu developers during (and before) Debconf6, I was able to spell out the main criticisms from the Debian perspectives of the way Canonical/Ubuntu is handling things (without a...
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From the Hardware 2.0 mailbag: Can you install Ubuntu on a USB flash drive?
Yes, yes you can. Here's how.
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A bug dating back to September 2006 has recently been discovered in Debian Linux and its derivative packages, such as Ubuntu, affecting OpenSSL. OpenSSL is an important aspect of many websites' security. In September 2006, a Debian fix accidentally caused the random number generation to not be...
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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 September 2006 had the unintended consequence of crippling the strength of their OpenSSL distribution.
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As I mentioned in one of the comments I posted in last Friday's FNT, I was planning on taking a laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 on a business trip this week. Well, here I am in Tuscon AZ... and this is Day 3 on the road with Linux!
Ubuntu pre-installs a...
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Tools now available. A recently disclosed vulnerability in widely used Linux distributions can be exploited by attackers to guess cryptographic keys, possibly leading to the forgery of digital signatures and theft of confidential information, a noted security researcher said Thursday.
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Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu lead sponsor Canonical has an 'interesting' idea.
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