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IBM Teams With Linux Firms For Microsoft-free PCs
News The deal with Canonical (the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu), Novell and Red Hat is designed to promote PCs running Linux alongside IBM business software, such as Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony and Lotus Sametime.
[August 6, 2008, 12:21]
Surveys Show Vista Struggling One Year On
News Forty-four percent said they are "considering" alternative operating systems — mostly Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Red Hat Linux, Suse Linux and Ubuntu. To be sure, desktop systems based on free software are coming along nicely," said analyst Glyn Moody, of...
[November 23, 2007, 17:36]
Pick Of The Week: Linux On The Road And Vista At Sea
Blog Watson fires up Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Mandriva on his laptop on a trip to Piedmont in Italy. Hush hush review Remote worker Jake Rayson has some tips on protecting data on an Ubuntu system. Here's a roundup of great posts from this week, with a...
[August 1, 2008, 17:59]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog No more, for two reasons: Vista, and Ubuntu 7.10 (ala Gutsy Gibbon). Ubuntu is fast, and is like a fresh breeze blowing through after my weeks of gazing at Vista, waiting for something to happen. Funnily enough my colleague Rupert Goodwins...
[October 21, 2007, 23:26]
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]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment As we speak for the last 2 month he has been rolling everything back to XP where peopel really want and installing Ubuntu's (or orderign preinstalled ubuntu dell's) on laptops of those business users who are a it adventerous.
[October 23, 2007, 23:08]
Photos: Ubuntu 7.10 review
Reviews Linux leaders Red Hat and Novell have already adopted the technology, but Ubuntu developers were more cautious. Ubuntu, like other versions of Linux, lets people connect to specific servers for different varieties of software updates, including the...
[October 18, 2007, 8:36]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Ubuntu also runs faster, looks nicer than the new Vista Aero desktop, and uses FAR fewer resources. I did however get the games that were not running correctly under Vista to work fine under the WINE Windows Emulator included with Ubuntu!
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I am recommending Linux, specifically Ubuntu 7.10 to family and friends because we, the people that purchase new computers, should not have to pay so much money to have an operating system so advanced it.well you know the saying "so smart you are...
[October 22, 2007, 23:32]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Well, in the true Linux spirit of being helpful to other Linux users, I would recommend that you install Automatix as soon as you have finished installing your (K)ubuntu distro. Before you do that (Automatix has been known to cause serious...
[October 24, 2007, 17:05]
Dell's Linux PC Launch Founders
News He said the 530n will cost £399 and the 6400n will cost £329 and they will both come with the Ubuntu Linux distribution pre-installed. Customers trying to view details of the systems via the Ubuntu link publicised by Dell were met with one of two...
[August 8, 2007, 18:25]
Monolithic OS Upgrades Are So Over
Blog But if I can find all the drivers I need for Ubuntu then I may well make a permanent switch asall other issues aside I do find the regular, bite-sized upgrades of Linux so much more palatable. I am also waiting to get my hands on Ubuntu 7.10 to see...
[September 25, 2007, 18:26]
Time To Lap Up Linux
Leader Intel has said it is working with Ubuntu and Red Flag Linux developers to make sure everything's ready for the next generation of ultra-mobile PCs, where the open-source software's much smaller footprint, greater flexibility, rich mix of...
[May 2, 2007, 15:34]
OpenSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog As I told my brother (who is still using XP, and has sworn not to touch Vista until Hell freezes over), in many cases the average user who is accustomed to Windows XP would have no more trouble changing to Linux (openSUSE or Ubuntu) than they...
[June 20, 2008, 12:45]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment So, since I have been playing around with linux distros for a while but never really got the feeling that they would convince me to switch and never look back, I took my laptop to the test and installed ubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn).
[October 22, 2007, 3:25]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment For the record, Ubuntu detected everything on my laptop and my scanner and digital camera and webcam all run fine too without any drivers that aren't already there in Linux. I tried Ubuntu 7.04 and it was like a rocket.
[October 23, 2007, 14:30]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Before you do that (Automatix has been known to cause serious stability issues that people then go on to blame on Ubuntu), try one of the new features in Gutsy:" Ubuntu isn't perfect - in some areas, it's still lagging behind XP.
[October 24, 2007, 21:14]
Skipping Vista
Talkback I work, part time, for the largest home improvement center in the U.S.and one of our vendors just sent out an email that they are scrapping VISTA and installing Ubuntu Linux on all levels. A large manufacturer must have a good reason for making...
[December 10, 2007, 13:34]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Of those seven, three run XP, one runs Ubuntu 6.06, two are now on Ubuntu 7.10, and one is Vista. Then how come I'm so much more at home with Ubuntu than Vista? There, the computer has two partitions, and for historical reasons the ubuntu system...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment It may be also possible to install the OS's in a different order and then recover the Vista boot loader, for instance, using a late Vista Beta installation disk or a borrowed retail or OEM Vista installation disk, this I have also done in order to...
[June 18, 2008, 9:26]
