Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
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Having reviewed Precise Pangolin (Ubuntu 12.04), we gave it the responsibility of running on a work PC rather than a beta testing system. Here are some further observations on the latest LTS (Long Term Support) release. Read more
11 May, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
...for it in the Add/Remove Software tool. Chromium is the open-
...s inflexible price elasticity is adding to incentives to move to open
Jack Wallen's love-hate relationship with the Gnome 3 desktop turns out to have a happy ending Read more
18 September, 2011 by Jack Wallen...News In addition, the South Korean phone maker has delivered an open-
LibreOffice continues to improve, but it's still playing catch-up to Microsoft Office, and there's no sign of a vision that would make it a significant competitor on anything but price. Read more
21 February, 2012 by Mary Branscombe
...shocked at how much trouble users have understanding the concept of open-
6. CAELinuxCAELinux focuses on computer-aided engineering. It's based on open-
The cheap educational computer's distributors have put everything on hold until the Raspberry Pi gains the CE mark, which the foundation behind it says should not be needed Read more
29 March, 2012 by David Meyer
...you using the Firefox browser? If so, you are already using open-
...People who enjoy open-
...get along. Your turn...I am an advocate of Linux and open
...its OpenShift platform-as-a-service by publishing its code as open
...Iceland's push to move its public sector to open-
Moonlight wasn't a Microsoft product, so it's not really a failure for Microsoft, more a failure for open source. Or, specifically, for Novell,...
16 minutes ago by Jack Schofield on The future of .NET (Mono) on non-Windows platforms
@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...
35 minutes ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...
46 minutes ago by Moley on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence @Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...
50 minutes ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...
2 hours ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...
3 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...
4 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDCI've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...
4 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!
4 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidenceWhat a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.
6 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...
7 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...
11 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta ...... and PDP11s too
18 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...
19 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC 496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...
21 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...
23 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC 2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...
23 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...
24 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change @apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.
1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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