Is Ubuntu Linux Ready for the Enterprise? - eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: Ubuntu is the leader in the Linux environment and it’s slowly making its way into the mainstream. But is it ready to tackle the enterprise? While there is no chance of Ubuntu overtaking Microsoft Windows’ dominant market share or even

How to Turn Your PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC - Popular Mechanics
The Cell processor inside Sony’s PlayStation 3 is a powerhouse that lets the gaming console render highly detailed graphics at blistering speed. That same chip gives the PS3 all the processing muscle it needs to become a fully functional computer

Canonical Launches Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services - eWeek
Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu Linux project, has launched new professional services to help and support users building private clouds. Canonical , the founder of the Ubuntu project, has launched new professional services to help and support

“Disk Boot Failure, Insert Sytem Disk and Press Enter” IDE problem - Toms Hardware
Hi I’ve got a Gigabyte EP45-UD3r motherboard and I get this error whenever I don’t have my SATA drive connected. That drive boots up fine every time, and Windows 7 can access my two IDE drives when they are connected, as well, but I can’t boot from

Canonical gets deeper into the cloud by launching Ubuntu Enterprise - Geekzone
Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu project, has launched new professional services to help and support users building ‘private clouds’, cloud infrastructures behind a corporate firewall. The move follows the technical preview in April of Ubuntu

Should Oracle’s Linux strategy be Ubuntu? - CNET News
Oracle has gone on a buying spree in the past few years, consolidating an impressive portfolio of market-leading technology. But there’s one thing it still lacks, despite awkward efforts to fill the void: an operating system. Though Oracle has

Ubuntu tech board plays down Mono IP concerns - Itwire.com
The Ubuntu technical board appears to have decided that there is no significant cause for IP concern over Mono, the contentious clone of Microsoft’s .NET development environment. Summarising the views of a board meeting held in March, the Ubuntu

New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04 - Softpedia
Earlier today, Canonical has announced the availability of a major security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 8.10 and 9.04 (also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu). The update patches no more than 15 security

Ubuntu Flies into the Cloud - PC World
According to sources at Canonical, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services “is a set of new professional services to help and support users building ‘private clouds’, that is cloud infrastructures behind a corporate firewall.” This follows up on Canonical’s

Ubuntu: A feasible Oracle hedge against Windows - CNET News
Oracle doesn’t want to own Linux. Oracle just wants Linux to be cheap. That’s the insight an analyst shared with me the other day as we discussed why Oracle hasn’t made a move to acquire Red Hat (recently, anyway). According to this source, who is

There may be a third Mono application in Ubuntu - The Inquirer
THE NEXT Ubuntu release may include a third Mono-dependent application by default. Mono is a software project begun some years ago to create an open source clone of Microsoft’s .Net development environment. Until version 9.04 Ubuntu had only two Mono

Ubuntu Flies into the Cloud - PC World
According to sources at Canonical, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services “is a set of new professional services to help and support users building ‘private clouds’, that is cloud infrastructures behind a corporate firewall.” This follows up on Canonical’s

Canonical Launches Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services - eWeek
Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu Linux project, has launched new professional services to help and support users building private clouds. Canonical , the founder of the Ubuntu project, has launched new professional services to help and support

Should Oracle’s Linux strategy be Ubuntu? - CNET News
Oracle has gone on a buying spree in the past few years, consolidating an impressive portfolio of market-leading technology. One thing, however, Oracle still lacks, despite awkward efforts to fill the void: an operating system. Though Oracle has

Canonical offers tech support for clouds - Channel Register
Canonical and its partner in clouds, Eucalyptus, have been working to create a stack of software that runs atop the Ubuntu Linux distribution and allows companies to build their own internal compute clouds that are compatible with Amazon’s EC2 cloud

Is Ubuntu Linux Ready for the Enterprise? - eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: Ubuntu is the leader in the Linux environment and it’s slowly making its way into the mainstream. But is it ready to tackle the enterprise? While there is no chance of Ubuntu overtaking Microsoft Windows’ dominant market share or even

NAS setup - FreeNas/Ubuntu Server? - Toms Hardware
I’m looking to create a NAS box out of a spare computer I got from work. I’ve got a bunch of HDD’s so I thought I might as well put them together in a NAS to replace that growing amount of DVDs I have storing movies. I also want this box to provide

Ubuntu says yes to Mono, SFLC says no - Itwire.com
The Ubuntu technical board has announced that it sees no reason to consider a dependency on Mono as an issue when suggesting applications to be included in the default set that is included in the distribution. Scott James Remnant, senior software

Ubuntu: A feasible Oracle hedge against Windows - CNET News
Oracle doesn’t want to own Linux. Oracle just wants Linux to be cheap. That’s the insight an analyst shared with me the other day as we discussed why Oracle hasn’t made a move to acquire Red Hat (recently, anyway). According to this source, who is

Will Ubuntu remain a minor player - ZDNet Blogs
Click2try announced it is hosting a version of Ubuntu , and applications, which people can try free and rent if they like it. It’s the most innovative thing I’ve seen from Ubuntu in months. And, yes, they didn’t even do it. It is time for open

Ubuntu shuts down Satan - The Inquirer
WHILE most of us think that the Devil invented trademark law, it seems that the folks at Ubuntu have decided to shut down old Nick for breaching their infernal trademark with some teeshirts. A couple of Ubuntu fans have been running a cafepress store

Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition Certified on New HP ProLiant Servers - Softpedia
Following the February announcement that HP and Canonical started collaborating towards providing Ubuntu certification on HP machines, the companies have recently said that Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition is now fully supported on the latest HP ProLiant

Will Ubuntu remain a minor player - ZDNet Blogs
Click2try announced it is hosting a version of Ubuntu , and applications, which people can try free and rent if they like it. It’s the most innovative thing I’ve seen from Ubuntu in months. And, yes, they didn’t even do it. It is time for open

Canonical to boost Ubuntu usability by tackling “papercuts” - Ars Technica
Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, is launching a new project to improve the usability of the platform. The developers aim to identify and resolve 100 minor bugs that negatively impact the Ubuntu user experience

click2try(TM) Helps Users Run Ubuntu Directly from Open Source Catalog - Earthtimes
One of the most popular and stable Open Source Linux distributions, Ubuntu is a community-developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It includes the GNOME desktop and contains all the applications users

Five Things I Like About Ubuntu Desktop Software—and Five Things I - eWeek
Ubuntu 9.04 works and it’s free, but is that enough? Not quite, according to this list of pros and cons. I’ve been running Ubuntu 9.04 for about a month now on an IBM ThinkPad. I consider myself technically proficient, but I’m certainly not one of

Partition 30-GB SSD; Ubuntu, Virtualbox, and Win7 - Toms Hardware
I am planning a new system which will include a 30 GB SSD and a 1.5 TB HDD. I want to partition the 30 GB SSD so that Ubuntu is the host and Windows 7 is the guest. I have been thinking about how to do this and have come up with the following steps

Canonical to Certify Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on HP ProLiant G6 - eWeek
Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux project is expected to announce a new collaboration with HP to deliver an additional high-performance server configuration for Ubuntu users. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux

First look: Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 2 brings Ext4, GRUB 2 - Ars Technica
Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, is the next major release of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Karmic is scheduled to arrive in October, but developers can get an early look by testing the latest alpha release, which was made available for

Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 2 Released - Softpedia
“It has taken a long, long time to pull together a design team. I had hoped to have that team in place six months ago, but it’s still forming. I think we will make good progress in the next cycle, you can already see a few things that have borne

Stories about: Ubuntu - Computerworld Australia
Ubuntu Server is a fast, free, no-frills Linux distribution that fills a niche between utilitarian Debian and the GUI-driven and, some would argue, over-featured Novell SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Intel buys Wind River to push Linux 05 June

Ubuntu, OpenX Chiefs Talk OS, Search Disruption - InternetNews.com
To Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical — the lead commercial backer of the Ubuntu Linux distribution — squaring off against Windows is a battle worth fighting. “The operating system is the intersection of so many things in technology,” Shuttleworth

New ATI Video Driver Fixes Ubuntu Issues - Softpedia
Advanced Micro Devices released yesterday, June 16th, a new version of their ATI proprietary video driver for Linux. With version 9.6, the ATI Catalyst driver updates the software to version 8.62. This release comes with several new features and also

First look: Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 2 brings Ext4, GRUB 2 - Ars Technica
Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, is the next major release of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Karmic is scheduled to arrive in October, but developers can get an early look by testing the latest alpha release, which was made available for

Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition Certified on New HP ProLiant Servers - Softpedia
Following the February announcement that HP and Canonical started collaborating towards providing Ubuntu certification on HP machines, the companies have recently said that Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition is now fully supported on the latest HP ProLiant

Will Ubuntu remain a minor player - ZDNet Blogs
Click2try announced it is hosting a version of Ubuntu , and applications, which people can try free and rent if they like it. It’s the most innovative thing I’ve seen from Ubuntu in months. And, yes, they didn’t even do it. It is time for open

24 hours in Downtown Napa - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Located inside the swanky Carneros Inn compound, The Boon Fly Cafe is more of a country cousin with its quaint porch swing and roadhouse exterior. Skip through the Napa-bound crowds and pull up a chair at the bar if you’re flying solo (or duo) and

Canonical responds to ‘abusive’ Ubuntu posts - The Register
Administrators overseeing Ubuntu mailing lists are taking steps to thwart and apparent rash of un-Ubuntu-like behavior. Canonical is investigating what has been reported as “abuse” and “intimidation” of unnamed members of the Ubuntu community email

Canonical certs Ubuntu on ProLiants - Channel Register
Canonical, the commercial organization behind the Ubuntu variant of the Debian distribution of Linux, said today that it has certified its Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition to run on all 17 configurations of Hewlett-Packard’s sixth-generation of ProLiant

Canonical to Certify Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on HP ProLiant G6 - eWeek
Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux project, is expected to announce a collaboration with Hewlett-Packard to deliver an additional high-performance server configuration for Ubuntu users. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the