Ubuntu desktop apparently scares Microsoft

(Frank and Bill, you know I posted this just to get yer goats! ;) ) Behind the scenes in Microsoft's war against Linux http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10159335-16.html?tag=nl.e433 Also: Ubuntu desktop apparently scares Microsoft ...

Message posted on the February 10th, 2009 - 4:12 PM ET

Unity : the new Ubuntu desktop environment

Canonical has unveiled their new Unity desktop environment which will be present in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition. Canonical also wants to introduce Linux into Windows computers.

News published on the May 11th, 2010 - 11:40 AM ET

Stormfly: a Ubuntu desktop on the wrist

The scenario is well known: it is difficult to trust your children on the family computer, between the parental controls that need to be set and the increased risk of virus contamination; the simple use of separate user accounts just isn’t enough. ...

News published on the February 5th, 2013 - 3:14 PM ET

Gazzang Launches Key Backup and Recovery Service for Ubuntu

Gazzang today announced the release of zEscrow™, a free service that enables Ubuntu desktop users to back up and recover randomly generated keys that protect Ubuntu encrypted home directories. Available immediately ...

Press published on the May 11th, 2012 - 7:00 AM ET

Ubuntu 11.04: Unity replaces GNOME Shell as default environment!

Here’s a big surprise. For the next version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, the Unity desktop interface will be used by default on both the netbook and desktop releases.

News published on the October 26th, 2010 - 10:14 AM ET

Ubuntu: Dare to make the change from Windows to Linux

Ubuntu is a free GNU/Linux distribution which has been adopted by a lot of users mainly due to its ease of use. You already know how to use Windows? Then you know how to use Ubuntu! Any beginner can enter into the Linux world without ever entering a ...

Review published on the October 13th, 2009 - 9:13 AM ET

Ubuntu 11.04 available as a beta version

Version 11.04 of Ubuntu is now available for beta testing.

News published on the April 1st, 2011 - 9:10 AM ET

Review Ubuntu Netbook Edition: The ideal OS for your netbook?

There is a good chance that a recently acquired netbook will come with a Windows 7 Starter Edition license. This OS comes without Aero and is of course lighter than Windows 7 Home or Professional edition, but it’s not necessarily the best for a ...

Review published on the February 21st, 2011 - 4:02 AM ET

creating a pv guest Ubuntu on a Ubuntu desktop is failing on pv-ops Dom0 kernel

Hi, I just installed a pv-ops Dom0 2.6.32.27 Kernel on a 64 bit non VT machine. Following instructions here http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.0 for 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04 apt-get install bcc bin86 gawk bridge-utils iproute libcurl3 ...

Message posted on the March 2nd, 2011 - 2:40 AM ET

Bug#609278: ITP: Unity -- Interface for Ubuntu Desktop Edition

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Adnan Hodzic <adnan@foolcontrol.org> * Package name : Unity Version : 3.2.8 Upstream Author : Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> * URL : ...

Message posted on the January 7th, 2011 - 9:10 PM ET

[Samba] join an ubuntu desktop client do samba domain, and login in

Hello, I did all the steps to build a DC, i even joined windows clients ok. Now i want to add a ubuntu desktop. Ok, i modified the Workgroup and other parameters in smb.conf, i ran the net rpc join -S DOMPDC -UAdministrator%password i got an OK ...

Message posted on the March 3rd, 2011 - 3:20 AM ET

Can my ubuntu desktop access web via wirelessrouter

hi, got two pc, XP one connect to wirless router via cable. can i run the ubuntu desktop through wireless card or dongle to web if the xp one is also connected at the same time, or is it necessary to create a network for this. thanx Don

Message posted on the February 14th, 2010 - 7:42 AM ET

Ubuntu Desktop Screen Is Terrible

I thought I would renew my old 'friendship' with Unix, which I last used some 30 years ago. I installed Ubuntu LiveCD on a scrap hard drive on an otherwise now unused desktop that I have. Ubuntu installed just fine, but the resulting desktop ...

Message posted on the March 3rd, 2012 - 11:55 AM ET

Ubuntu Desktop Themes (not GNOME)

RE: Ubuntu 12.04, GNOME Classic Desktop/Shell When you go to [System Settings] and use the [Appearance] applet, the Theme drop-down shows only 4 theme options. I assume these are pure Ubuntu Themes (NOT GNOME). How do I get more pure *Ubuntu ...

Message posted on the August 8th, 2012 - 10:43 AM ET