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Ubuntu Linux Gains Another Accolade
News Ubuntu has been voted the best Linux distribution on the market by the users of a Linux community site. LinuxQuestions.org reported on Monday that of the 2500 users that voted in a site poll, 19.5 percent voted for Ubuntu as the Linux distribution...
[March 9, 2006, 12:40]
Dell Chooses Ubuntu For Linux PCs
News Dell is trying a second time to sell personal computers with Linux preinstalled, this time using the up-and-coming Ubuntu version of the open-source operating system. At the end of May, the number two PC maker will begin selling some consumer...
[May 1, 2007, 15:44]
Enterprise-level Ubuntu Linux Due This Week
News The developers of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution plan to make a new landmark version of the software widely available this week. Ubuntu's public schedule for releasing the software lists 1 June as the date for the new version, code-named...
[May 30, 2006, 10:00]
Canonical Refines Mobile Ubuntu Linux
News Ubuntu backer Canonical has pinned down some broad feature lists for its upcoming version of Linux for smaller mobile devices. At the Computex trade show in Taiwan, the company announced particulars of a mobile version of Linux: Ubuntu Mobile and...
[June 7, 2007, 8:30]
Ubuntu Linux Gains Another Accolade
Talkback Ubuntu is the easiest and best distribution I have ever used. I have tried just about all of them. Including the: buy me products. I happen to like KDE over Gnome. I have the Debian (Sarge) on DVD and decided to use KDE from that OS.
[March 10, 2006, 21:43]
Enterprise-level Ubuntu Linux Due This Week
Talkback Cue several hours of pointless sniping between Windows and Linux zealots. Linux will never beat Windows on the desktop" Windows will never beat Linux on the desktop" Here's a few to get you started: After that we'll progress into a gentle...
[May 31, 2006, 12:10]
Ubuntu Chief Sees Benefits In Oracle Linux
Talkback Couldn't read it, there was a dirty great "click here to download plugin" right over the article. Hmmm, install flash on my machine so I can see your "hit the monkey" advert? I think I'll get my news elsewhere.
[October 23, 2006, 11:03]
Sun Flirts With Ubuntu
News Ubuntu Linux got a ringing endorsement from Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz at JavaOne on Tuesday. In turn, Ubuntu project founder Mark Shuttleworth appeared on stage in San Francisco during Schwartz's opening keynote at JavaOne to endorse Java.
[May 17, 2006, 10:45]
Ubuntu Backer Seeks Open-source Collaboration
News Ubuntu Linux backer Canonical has launched a beta version of its Launchpad service, part of an effort to make open-source programming methods a better match for Microsoft. Launchpad is a website that provides a foundation for Ubuntu's co-operative...
[April 10, 2007, 12:00]
Ubuntu Coming Soon To Sun's Niagara
News Canonical will support Sun Microsystems' Niagara servers with the upcoming release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, the companies are expected to announce on Tuesday. The Ubuntu release will become the first distribution of Linux to officially...
[May 30, 2006, 8:50]
Ubuntu Unveils Details Of Future Release
News The Ubuntu Linux project hopes to release a groundbreaking product later this year, which will potentially include support for virtualisation and some mixed 32- and 64-bit architectures. Although the Ubuntu distribution is less than two years old...
[April 20, 2006, 17:30]
Microsoft U-turn As WMF Patch Released Early
Talkback Spent an evening installing Ubuntu Linux on my laptop a few nights back; best thing I've ever done with it. For free I'm better protected from viruses and malware better than Microsoft's paid customers are.http://www.ubuntu.com/
[January 5, 2006, 21:44]
Acer: 'No UK Demand' For Linux Laptops
News Acer will not release Linux-based laptops in the UK due to a lack of demand, despite launching an Ubuntu-based machine in Asia. The Acer Aspire 5710Z has gone on sale in Singapore pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux instead of Windows.
[August 2, 2007, 11:40]
Ubuntu Lets Loose 'Feisty Fawn'
News Canonical on Thursday released version 7.04 of Ubuntu Linux, nicknamed Feisty Fawn, but the company's website was unable to keep up with the demand for the software. The up-and-coming Ubuntu has yet to attain the commercially blessed status of Red...
[April 20, 2007, 15:45]
Wubi
Downloads Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu Linux as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you...
[June 22, 2007, 20:31]
Dell Launches Linux PCs In The UK
News From Wednesday, UK customers will be able to buy two desktop models with the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Support is available from Ubuntu's commercial backer Canonical for between $250 (£124) and $900 (£445) per year.
[August 7, 2007, 15:19]
Dell's Linux PCs Withheld From UK
News The PC supplier said on Tuesday it would sell machines with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed later this month. About 60 percent of respondents to a separate survey by Dell said they would prefer Ubuntu ahead of any other Linux distribution.
[May 3, 2007, 11:37]
Ubuntu Chief Sees Benefits In Oracle Linux
News Oracle has the ability to support Linux, and doing so could have "tactical value" for the database company, the founder of Ubuntu Linux — and a potential Oracle partner — said on Friday. Shuttleworth, speaking on the eve of the Oracle OpenWorld...
[October 23, 2006, 9:35]
Canonical Goes 'edgy' With Latest Ubuntu
News Canonical on Thursday plans to release the new "Edgy Eft" version of its Ubuntu Linux, which includes a faster boot-up process. Canonical releases Ubuntu updates every six months; the previous 6.06 "Dapper Drake" arrived in June, a few weeks late.
[October 26, 2006, 9:05]
Dell Offers Discount On Linux PCs
News The figure applies to Dell's Inspiron 1420 notebook, which offers the Ubuntu Linux distribution pre-installed. An Ubuntu system will cost $774 (£384), while a machine with equivalent specs with Windows will cost $824 (£408).
[July 4, 2007, 17:59]
