Ubuntu’s Shuttleworth: mobile Linux stalled by proprietary lock on
Ubuntu’s Shuttleworth: mobile Linux stalled by proprietary lock on
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Europe fines Microsoft $1.35 billion
TG Daily - With comments like EU is picking on US companies, getting rich I think that the MS will have to change the way he does business when other Operating Systems like MacOSX, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS gain a decent market share. As of now some This fine
EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes
DailyTech - Like a plentiful oil well, the European Union (EU) has found, since 2004, that Microsoft is a rich source of funds. The EU allowed Microsoft to continue to operate in the region, but found it in violation of antitrust laws. Its conclusion — in order
Apple’s Exchange hook-up “a pity”
The Inquirer - loving corporate monster named Apple is loathsome, but they’ve got a good OS. What to do, what to do? Can anyone make a Linux distro worth considering? I hope so. I’d love to use Linux, but I must say that if the best thing Linux can offer is Ubuntu
Zuma hits dark notes as he catches popular mood
Business Day South Africa - He also argued that the right to life enshrined in the constitution coincided with ubuntu, since any action that “is cruel, inhuman or degrading is bereft of ubuntu
What do you think?
ZDNet Blogs - 5 Crucial Things The Linux Community Doesn’t Understand . An interesting read, particularly in light of the Dell-Ubuntu deal . QUOTE. Five crucial things the Linux community doesn’t understand about the average computer user by Adrian
Ubuntu drops SPARC from releases
Tectonic - If you’re new here you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or our weekly email newsletter . Thanks for visiting! The Ubuntu Technical Board has decided to remove SPARC from its list of official releases. In an email to the Ubuntu developer list
Gnome 2.22 ready for Ubuntu Hardy, RHEL6
Tectonic - If you’re new here you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or our weekly email newsletter . Thanks for visiting! We covered most of the new features of Gnome 2.22 in our preview a couple of days ago. Now the Gnome Foundation has released the final
Adobe AIR, Ubuntu Brainstorm and Dream Weekend Hacks
MacNewsWorld - “There has been a general resistance to software on Linux that doesn’t come with source code,” explained Raven Zachary, senior analyst and open source practice head with the 451 Group. “But if we want Linux to grow as a desktop operating system, we
Mozilla adds 900 fixes, upgrades to Firefox 3
Network World Fusion - The known issues include the fact that Windows Live Mail does not work and that users running Ubuntu Linux 7.10 may need to update their certificate databases in order to submit crash reports.
Amazon Launches MP3 Downloader for Linux
Softpedia - Amazon.com has released its MP3 Downloader for Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu and OpenSUSE. This will allow Linux users to download - legally - whole albums. Before this release, a person had to download songs one by one, resulting in a bigger cost. In the B
Google releases Android SDK
Mac Central - Mac OS 10.4.8 or later; or Linux Ubuntu Dapper Drake or later. Developers will also need Eclipse 3.2 or later, with Java Development Tools and the Android SDK’s plugin, or Java and Javac 1.5 or 1.6; Apache Ant; an integrated development environment
Here’s my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source
ZDNet Blogs - Stop 100 cellphone users and ask them, “what’s Ubuntu?” Maybe 1 in 100 would know. Truth is, the other 99 don’t need to know , because they carry around their cell to do the basic tasks their carrier and OEM have determined they need, and have
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CNET News - The more I use Ubuntu, the more I like it. That’s not to say I was happy with the operating system’s default start-up settings, however. Here are three Ubuntu tweaks that speed up the start of my workday. Do away with the log-in I’m the only one
Everex to Unveil $500 Mac Mini Clone
Softpedia - The company carefully picked the operating system distribution: gOS is just another derivative of the extremely user-friendly Ubuntu branch. Curiously enough, Everex encourages its customers to get involved in the open-source community, yet they
Linspire & Fluendo Partner to Bring Easy One-click Multimedia Software
Forbes - Immediately available and one-click accessible through CNR.com’s easy-to-use software delivery service, Fluendo’s multimedia software products are now available to Freespire 2.0, Linspire 6.0, Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 users and will soon expand to
Racist video roils South Africa
International Herald Tribune - His genius added the missing link of traditional African Ubuntu. Instead of investing in South Africa’s future to complete the Dream, SA Business decided to “wait and see”, their standard excuse when choosing not to act. They think that by doing
Recipient E-mail
DailyTech - The extendable array system is fantastic in theory, and it is a much better option for home users compared to standard server systems (you might as well install Ubuntu or XP and run it as a server)
Gadgets In-Game Communication Coming to PS3 in 2.4 Firmware
DailyTech - forward/reverse speeds for audio is another one. Also a proper RSS ticker unlike the one half-arsed one in 2.0. Lastly, they need to fix some issues that 2.1 caused with Linux after they thought it a good idea to lock the RSX and kill Wifi in Ubuntu
Korea in the digital vanguard
CNET Asia - While this is happening, local UMPC manufacturer Wibrain has released its first UMPC B1’s brother model, B1L, which runs on Linux (Ubuntu). It launched the B1 at the end of 2007, but sales wasn’t as expected owing to pricing. That’s why it decided to
A Persistent, Rewarding Journey from Windows to Mac
Mac Observer - Adam Turner started down the road away from Windows. The first stop was Ubuntu Linux, but he went on to Mac OS X and hasn’t looked back, according to his story at ITWire on Tuesday. Adam Turner’s first observation addressed a common myth: ” I must
EU hands down record $1.35 billion fine against Microsoft
Beta News - I’m not FORCED to use anything microsoft I can buy a mac, or I can use ubuntu or any of the dozens of flavors of linux out there. “The media player and browser has pretty much zero reason to be bolted to the os like it is” Why? I expect to have the
Patch Tuesday Fixes Microsoft Office
NewsFactor Network - It seemed like the start of a brave new era when Wal-Mart announced it had sold out of Everex’s gPC, a super-cheap $200 computer running Ubuntu Linux. Now Wal-Mart has stopped in-store sales. HP is trying to galvanize thousands of retired former
Speaker calls on youth to play bigger role
Daily Reflector - to East Carolina University students Wednesday at the Mendenhall Student Center. AUDIO: Dlamini describes living within legacy of his grandfathers, Nelson Mandela and King Sobhuza II of Swaziland. AUDIO: Dlamini explains the African concept of Ubuntu
Mozilla fixes 900 bugs for last Firefox beta
TechWorld - The known issues include the fact that Windows Live Mail does not work and that users running Ubuntu Linux 7.10 may need to update their certificate databases in order to submit crash reports.
