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...
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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 Shuttleworth.
Do you use Google for your collaboration tools? Gmail ? Google Documents? Contacts? Although the Google suite is a very nice suite of tools that has grown exponentially in popularity, there is something to be said about keeping your collaboration tools in-house. There are plenty of tools that will allow you to set up such a collaboration suite. Some of these tools are costly, some of them are overly-complex to use or install, and some of them just don’t offer all of the tools you need.
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After 2 days being play around with new Ubuntu version 9.10 with code name “Karmic Koala”, i find that this version is nice and steady. Not like the disappointed Jaunty one. I’m pretty happy using this Ubuntu version. It is much faster, steady and stable. And i like the new Gnome too.
Now everything is working [...]
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Our office in Manila, lets me use whatever Operating System (OS) I prefer to use. So since I am not comfortable with working on the Microsoft Windows, I asks my supervisor if I can use Linux/Ubuntu as my workstation computer system. Luckily, he permits me to do so, and since I’ve got my own original copy of the Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Live CD, I brought it to the office the following day.
So after I have installed Jaunty on my workstation, definitely, I need to do a lot of updates... Read Full Story
Here’s a quick one, how to restore GRUB boot loader after installing Windows for those of you Ubuntu users. I used to know how to do this but keep forgetting, hence the point of this post.
This tutorial will explain how to restore Grub after installing Windows 7/Vista/Xp.If you are using dual boot PC with windows,Ubuntu for some reason you reinstall your windows now you may not see your grub 2 is loading because your windows installation might have been over written MBR (Master boot... Read Full Story
Tech Blog - A "defunct" process or a zombie process is a process that is actually finished which depends on a parent process, which for some reason usually due to error did not terminate. You can usually see defunct process using the ps -ef command, this process mostly are harmless and can be left alone, however they are annoying in my opinion so I often want them removed, the catch is you can't kill an already dead process, good thing Unix has a utility that will help us removed it... Read Full Story
Manual is written by users of Ubuntu and not officially representing Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu or canonical. They are not responsible for the content of this guide and may not even know about the existence of guidelines. Similarly, a user himself, he was not legally responsible for the content here. Use these instructions at your own risk. Ubuntu is a Linux-based operating system kernel.1 There are many operating system based on Linux, and Ubuntu is just one of hundreds of them. I do not... Read Full Story
Tech Blog - Here is a short how to on fixing "ERROR: Inconsistent password files" when adding or modifying user account on Ubuntu Linux or Unix operating systems, usually the cost of this error are there are some error entries or on the passwd line such as missing GID or other credentials. Attempt to add user get the error below $ useradd ironman UX: useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files. See pwconv(1M). So we try running pwconv as suggested, the pwconv command alert us that there is a... Read Full Story
You may remember my mention of the Ubuntu Software Center in my article “ Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview “. Well, Karmic Koala is now officially Ubuntu 9.10 and is on the streets. I have installed the release and am as pleased as I expected I would be. One aspect of 9.10 that I was most interested in was the new Ubuntu Software Center. I have always been a big fan of apt-get and Synaptic, so I was curious as to how Ubuntu could possibly improve on either of these tools. I have used the Software... Read Full Story
The Ubuntu development team has just released a new version of their Linux distribution to the public. Ubunutu 9.10 follows the usual bi-annual release cycle. It introduces updates all over the board including a “a redesigned, faster boot and login experience, a revamped audio framework and improved 3G broadband connectivity”. A Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Netbook edition has also been released by the development team. All versions are available for download at the Ubuntu website. All versions... Read Full Story
Eucalyptus Powers the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud in Ubuntu 9.10 Eucalyptus Private Cloud Software Shipping with the Latest Ubuntu
Linux Distribution Santa Barbara, CA., October 26, 2009 – [@ PR2WEB ] - Eucalyptus Systems, Inc., creators of the leading
open source private cloud platform, today announced that Eucalyptus software is
the engine behind the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), a new cloud computing
solution packaged in the latest version of the popular Ubuntu distribution. UEC... Read Full Story
