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Wired - Ubuntu A free operating system with no product activation, validation, or calls back to the mother ship. Ubuntu may not include drivers for all peripherals, and learning to use it can take some time. eMusic Lots of music - including cool indie bands
Upgrades Lift Ubuntu and SUSE
eWeek - SUSE Linux 10.0 is the first version to emerge from the OpenSUSE project. So far, the fruits of the Novell project—aside from the freely available SUSE Linux 10.0 release—have been better access to development builds of the distribution and a
Ubuntu 6.06 Is Current Desktop Linux Champ
eWeek - Ubuntu is free software, period—it doesn’t come in separate no-cost hobbyist and per-machine-fee enterprise versions like the Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell. Canonical does offer paid support for Ubuntu systems—$250 annually for
Out of options, Opera files EU antitrust claim against Microsoft
Beta News - Ubuntu includes Firefox as the default browser, based on the open-source Gecko rendering engine. Both are independent of Ubuntu and Canonical. Windows includes Internet Explorer as the default browser, which is based on Microsoft. They control the
Sun launches backline OpenOffice support for distributors, OEMs
ZDNet Blogs - Sun is in discussions with the leading Linux distributors including Novell and Ubuntu, and IBM, which launched its own Symphony desktop based on OpenOffice last September. Sun’s role would be invisible to the end user; the OEM or distributor would
Linux Security
Enterprise Security Today - Mozilla Releases New Firefox 3 Beta Linspire Inspired To Sign Microsoft Pact Open Source a $6B Industry by 2011 Goodbye Firefox 1.5, Hello Firefox 2 Dell Unveils Ubuntu-Powered PCs Microsoft Says Linux Infringes Patents Mozilla rolled out its second
If You Need A 2008 Prediction How About: The Fact Checker Is Dead
Tech Dirt - It may be gaining in popularity, but it has little to do with the SCO case, and any popularity from Ubuntu came about long before SCO’s bankruptcy — and it would still be a stretch to call it “popular” outside of a small core audience. It’s as if
Hands on with the new online version of OpenOffice.org (Updated)
Ars Technica - The setup has been tested in Firefox 1.5 and above, IE6 and 7, and even Safari, though Ubuntu users are specifically warned that they must be using the Sun Java (Sun JRE) plug-in or the current implementation of Online OpenOffice.org won’t work
The World Series of Linux: Round 3, The Championship
CRN - CMP Channel Test Center conducted its first-ever World Series of Linux, looking at six desktop distributions of the Open Source OS. Over three rounds, they were put through the paces to see if Linux is ready for prime time. So we get to the final
Power browsing with the best Firefox add-ons
Tectonic - Ultimate Ubuntu eye-candy with Xgl and Compiz - 1,119 views South Africa adopts ODF as govt standard - 528 views Apple’s lawyers threaten fake Steve Jobs - 447 views One click monitor power-down for Linux - 392 views Xgl and Compiz bling for Dapper - 355
Debian Etch gets holiday update
Tectonic - Ultimate Ubuntu eye-candy with Xgl and Compiz - 1,305 views South Africa adopts ODF as govt standard - 576 views Apple’s lawyers threaten fake Steve Jobs - 520 views UnPlug and play - download embedded media - 509 views One click monitor power-down for
Hot Topic: Dell
ZDNet Australia - Dell has denied that it will no longer offer Ubuntu on Inspiron systems sold in the UK, and has maintained that a problem which meant that some customers were unable to buy the software pre-installed has now been fixed. EMC vs Dell: Bed of roses today
More Web Freebies
BusinessWeek - From complete operating systems like Linux-based Ubuntu to anti-virus software and games, nowadays you can outift a brand new PC with just about all the tools you’ll need without paying a dime. Still, at least one of our readers thought this approach
INQUIRER guide to free operating systems
The Inquirer - It used to be based on Debian, but more recently has moved to Ubuntu - more on that later. It doesn’t come with much software included - it was cheap and the company hoped you’d buy extra apps from their online “warehouse”, where they sold an
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NewsFactor Network - Since the verdict against SCO, Linux has swiftly become popular in small businesses and the home, largely the doing of Ubuntu 7.10. And because it is free, Linux become the operating system of choice for low-end PCs. Neither Microsoft nor Apple can
Blog: Pass the Source
Stuff - Blog: Eco-Centric To Matthew and Natalie Cutler-Welsh, ‘eco’ isn’t just a prefix meaning ‘going without’ - it’s about being I use Ubuntu (Gutsy 64 bit) and I have found it a very enjoyable experience except when I run into p
Content Management Made Easy With Xerox
CRN - conducted its first-ever World Series of Linux, looking at six desktop distributions of the Open Source OS. Over three rounds, they were put through the paces to see if Linux is ready for prime time. In Round 1 of The World Series of Linux, Ubuntu
IBM to make massive Ubuntu server play?
The Register - Radio Reg Forget wasting time with open source software minutiae. Episode 8 of Open Season dives right into the real things that matter - like food. Mulesource CEO Dave Rosenberg, Alfresco exec Matt Asay and I fired up our mouths to discuss Tamarind
OpenSUSE 10.1 Is Versatile, but Uneven
eWeek - OpenSUSE did not ship with the latest version of GNOME, Version 2.14, which has been available for a couple of months and boasts some new features that we’ve found rather useful in our tests with Fedora Core 5 and with the testing builds of Ubuntu
