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Acer: 'No UK Demand' For Linux Laptops
News The Acer Aspire 5710Z has gone on sale in Singapore pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux instead of Windows. Acer will not release Linux-based laptops in the UK due to a lack of demand, despite launching an Ubuntu-based machine in Asia.
[August 2, 2007, 11:40]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I did however get the games that were not running correctly under Vista to work fine under the WINE Windows Emulator included with Ubuntu! Ubuntu also runs faster, looks nicer than the new Vista Aero desktop, and uses FAR fewer resources.
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
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]
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 am now using Ubuntu 7.10 and will never go back to any Windows.
[October 23, 2007, 14:30]
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]
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]
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]
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? Then there's the work Ubuntu computer, on which I do just about everything when I'm in...
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Startup time of Vista, fresh start or from "Hibernation" is VERY fast (way faster than any (regular) Linux distribution, and I always know the latest Ubuntu and OpenSuSE releases). I'm running Linux (OpenSuSE 10.3 in my case) in a VMware virtual...
[October 24, 2007, 6:45]
Apple's Leopard Lasts '30 Seconds' In Hack Contest
News Apple's Leopard has been hacked within 30 seconds using a flaw in Safari, with rival operating systems Ubuntu and Windows Vista so far remaining impenetrable in the CanSecWest PWN to Own competition. Competitors in the hacking race were allowed to...
[March 28, 2008, 8:22]
Desktop Linux For Small Business review
Reviews We set ourselves the task of installing and configuring various desktop and notebook systems with five of the leading Linux distributions: Mandriva Linux 2006, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Red Hat Desktop 4, SUSE Linux 10 and Ubuntu Linux 5.10.
[November 24, 2005, 12:40]
Netbook Returns Blamed On Linux 'teething Problems'
News Canonical, which sponsors the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, was responding to figures released last week by MSI, the maker of the Wind netbook. That bears out Canonical's experience with netbooks based on Ubuntu, said Canonical marketing...
[October 9, 2008, 16:48]
Can Linux Replace Windows - Maybe!
Blog In fact as I said to my brother yesterday evening, a typical Windows XP user could probably switch to Ubuntu or Mandriva Linux more easily today than they can switch to Vista. I loaded Ubuntu Linux on my test laptop a couple of weeks ago more or...
[July 18, 2008, 14:58]
An Impressive Week With Ubuntu
Blog Comment If Ubuntu, or any other flavor of Linux, wants to make any serious headway in the general market against Windows, it has to be plug-and-play for all of the common hardware and peripherals. That is one reason I am so impressed with this release of...
[June 2, 2008, 9:14]
