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Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google, announced on November 19th the immediate availability of the source code for their upcoming Chrome Operating System, under the name of Chromium OS. The actual Chrome OS, as Google said, will be released sometime at the end of 2010, one year from now, and ... |
20 November 2009
10:45 GMT |
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After six alphas, a beta version and a release candidate, we are pleased to announce that Ubuntu 9.10 is here, today (October 29th), available on mirrors worldwide (see the download links at the end of the article). It is our greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Karmic ... |
29 October 2009
09:11 GMT |
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IBM and Canonical launched yesterday a software bundle targeted at companies that packs productivity applications along with underlying system infrastructure in a well-integrated product. For it the two software creators have stacked the IBM Client for Smart Work, a collaboration and productivity package that was rel... |
22 October 2009
04:07 GMT |
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With only nine days left until Karmic Koala's official release, it's time to take a look into the past. Five years ago, on the 20th of October, 2004, Mark Shuttleworth and the "warm-hearted Warthogs" from the developer team announced the first official Ubuntu release. Version 4.10, code name "Warty Warthog,... |
20 October 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Until now, Dell has been shipping Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) with its Linux computers and, frankly, this operating system is more than a year and a half old. Well, thanks to the Dell fanboys and girls who submitted requests to the IdeaStorm project, the computer manufacturer decided to honor its customers' reques... |
15 October 2009
04:03 GMT |
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A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the Beta release of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system, due for launch in late October this year. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.10 development. What�... |
1 October 2009
15:01 GMT |
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In my last tutorial about VirtualBox (the free virtualization software from Sun Microsystems) I offered a solution to fix the USB support, a problem that I think is fixed now, but... I have recently encountered another issue: sharing folders with a Windows 7 guest machine! The issue: So, what's not working? W... |
30 September 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Announced by Mark Shuttleworth on the 22nd of September, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (codename Lucid Lynx) will be released next year, on April 29th. As you will notice, this is the first time in the history of Ubuntu when the development team changes the release cycle... from six Alphas and one Beta as we were used with, to th... |
25 September 2009
07:38 GMT |
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During the Intel Developer Forum, which took place in San Francisco on 22nd-24th of September, Canonical, Dell and Intel took the opportunity to unveil the Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition. This operating system uses software from Ubuntu Linux, on top of which the core Moblin Version 2.0 interface, libraries, an... |
24 September 2009
17:01 GMT |
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Mark Shuttleworth, the father of the popular Ubuntu operating system and CEO of Canonical, officially announced yesterday evening (September 22nd) the goals for the next version of Ubuntu. Dubbed Lucid Lynx, Ubuntu 10.04 will be the third LTS (Long Term Support) release and it will ship on April 29th, 2010. "Two year... |
23 September 2009
06:44 GMT |
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A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the fifth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system, due for release in late October this year. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.10 development. ... |
3 September 2009
13:04 GMT |
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Yesterday the LXDE community received an announcement on their blog, in which developer Mario Behling told the world about the availability of the first Lubuntu test images, based on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). The upcoming operating system already proves to be a serious contender to Xubuntu, the ISO weighing in at a... |
1 September 2009
06:13 GMT |
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After the new X-based graphical boot splash introduced a couple of days ago, Canonical unveiled today what it was only a mockup a few months ago, the Ubuntu Software Store (previously known as Ubuntu AppCenter), a piece of software that would unify all the existing package managers in the Ubuntu operating system. At ... |
28 August 2009
06:11 GMT |
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Canonical is working hard these days to redesign the Ubuntu installer (also known as Ubiquity) into something a little more in tune with our times. We've already told you in our latest report on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Alpha 4 that Ubiquity has now a "Quit" button during all the installation steps, so you can... |
19 August 2009
05:31 GMT |
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While scouring the Ubuntu FTP server yesterday, in eager anticipation for the Alpha 4 release of the Karmic Koala, the Softpedia team made an intriguing discovery that later proved to be the first images of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud for Karmic Koala. Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud uses Eucalyptus, an open-source implementati... |
14 August 2009
14:01 GMT |
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A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the fourth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system, which is scheduled for release in late October this year. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up to date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.... |
13 August 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Yesterday marked the release of PC/OS 2009.3, announced on the distribution's website by maintainer Roberto J. Dohnert. This version improves the hardware compatibility of the 2009v2 series, featuring all the regular and security updates that appeared after the release of PC/OS Maintenance Pack 3. This latest r... |
11 August 2009
07:11 GMT |
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Michael Larabel and the team from Phoronix Media announced on August 4th, 2009 the immediate availability of their first Linux-based operating system, PTS Desktop Live 2009.3. Dubbed Gernlinden and based on Ubuntu Linux, PTS Desktop Live provides a platform for achieving automated and reproducible hardware benchmarks... |
5 August 2009
09:11 GMT |
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Canonical has announced today in a press release that it will offer new support services for both individual and small businesses, which will ease the transition to the popular Ubuntu operating system, from Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh. Ubuntu is a 100% free and open-source Linux OS for both desktop and serve... |
31 July 2009
06:39 GMT |
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Canonical announced on July 28th the availability of a new Linux kernel 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 4 important security issues (see below for details) discovered in the Linux kernel packa... |
29 July 2009
03:53 GMT |
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Today, July 21st, Canonical announced a few hours ago that Launchpad, the popular collaboration and software development platform, has been open-sourced. Released a few years ago, the Launchpad project is today the home of thousands of projects and it is also used to build the Ubuntu operating system. As of today, an... |
21 July 2009
04:50 GMT |
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Dear Ubuntu users, the time has come to say goodbye to the Desktop Edition of the first LTS (Long Term Support) release of the popular Ubuntu operating system, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake), as on July 14th it will reach end of life. This means that, starting with July 14th, Canonical will stop "feeding" its Ubuntu ... |
9 July 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Fluendo S.A., the popular software company that offers audio and video codecs for various Linux distributions, such as Mandriva, proudly announced yesterday evening (July 2nd) the immediate availability of a new solution to legally play DVD-Video discs. Being based on the GStreamer framework, this piece of software i... |
3 July 2009
05:07 GMT |
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When Google announced and released Android, back in October 2008, everyone knew that it would become the best operating system for mobile devices. Not only is Android open source, but it also comes with a Software Development Kit, which offers the necessary APIs and utilities for developers to easily build powerful a... |
25 June 2009
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Though only four months passed since the previous release, Ultimate Edition 2.2 was a highly anticipated upgrade by fans all over the world, especially for the fact that it would almost certainly use the Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) base. And so it is. TheeMahn announced the new version a few days ago and we coul... |
25 June 2009
06:19 GMT |
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Online storage services became very popular in the last year or so... especially the ones that offered substantial free storage. Canonical and Mandriva also announced recently that they would offer such services for their operating systems in the next months. To be honest, Ubuntu One from Canonical seems very promisi... |
19 June 2009
08:06 GMT |
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We should start this article by letting everyone know that Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), due for release in late October this year, will not have that professional theme everyone was expecting, as stated by Mark Shuttleworth himself in the Ubuntu Open Week Q & A: "It has taken a long, long time to pull together a desi... |
11 June 2009
23:51 GMT |
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Computex Taipei, the second largest computer exhibition in the world, starts today and Canonical is enjoying a lot of attention for the third year in a row. On this occasion, the company made several exciting announcements regarding its popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. First of all, it appears that the Ubuntu fam... |
2 June 2009
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Roberto J. Dhnert announced yesterday, May 27th, the release of his PC/OS Open64 Workstation 10 Linux distribution. This new version is based on the latest Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and was exclusively created for 64-bit architectures. PC/OS Open64 Workstation 10 also contains all the security patches and bugfix... |
28 May 2009
15:11 GMT |
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The following is only an idea, but it could become reality in one of the next releases of the popular Ubuntu operating system. Back in August 2005, Matthew Paul Thomas submitted, on the Ubuntu wiki page, an idea and design of a piece of software that would unify all the existing package managers in the Ubuntu distrib... |
26 May 2009
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It is actually a known fact that there is an issue with VirtualBox and the attached USB devices that many of us are trying to use in the virtual machine. Here is a real-life example: I am a 100% Linux user and I have a photo printer that Linux can't recognize. Let's say that I want to print some photos qui... |
15 May 2009
06:19 GMT |
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While everybody is enjoying Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), the new release of the Ubuntu operating system, somewhere deep in the Ubuntu headquarters the developers are working hard to bring us all the new stuff that happens in the Linux world today. Therefore we proudly announce that the first alpha release of Ubunt... |
14 May 2009
08:30 GMT |
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As you all know, Canonical's popular Ubuntu Linux distribution ships with Transmission as the default BitTorrent client. One of the newest features of Transmission is a web-based interface, accessible from your Internet browser. And though there aren't many users interested in or aware of this alternative w... |
13 May 2009
07:01 GMT |
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The Sabily Team recently announced the release of Sabily 9.04 "Taibah" (formerly Ubuntu Muslim Edition) in three versions: the small 935 MB ISO with the most important packages, a Full 1.4 GB one with multimedia support and educational software, and the full 2.8 GB version with locally installed Quran recitations. "... |
13 May 2009
02:58 GMT |
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In my previous First Look, I expressed my slight disappointment with the KDE version of Linux Mint and concluded that I would rather stick with its main, GNOME desktop environment edition. That was version 6, also known as Felicia, a great release from the wonderful Linux Mint Team. I was delighted today when I saw t... |
6 May 2009
16:11 GMT |
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After six alphas, a beta and a release candidate, we are pleased to announce that Ubuntu 9.04 is here, today (April 23rd), available on mirrors worldwide (see the download links at the end of the article), and it's our greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Jaunty Ja... |
23 April 2009
06:46 GMT |
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Karl Goetz proudly announced today the second maintenance release of gNewSense 2, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that contains only 100% free software. Dubbed DeltaH and available only for the 32-bit architecture, the new gNewSense 2.2 Live CD contains mainly security updates and a few other important improvement... |
15 April 2009
12:56 GMT |
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If you are a notebook/netbook owner you probably do whatever you can to save every bit of energy left in your battery. One of the most important features an operating system should support for this purpose is Suspend (a.k.a. Stand By or Sleep) whenever you close your portable computer lid. The Suspend function cuts t... |
27 March 2009
17:01 GMT |
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The Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope) was uploaded a few minutes ago on the official mirrors. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up to date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.04 development. What's new in Ubuntu 9.04 Beta? Well, a lot! First... |
26 March 2009
19:31 GMT |
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The success of the Ubuntu Training Program, combined with the growing popularity of Ubuntu Server Edition, led Canonical to announce a new course that exclusively focuses on the server edition. Called "Deploying Ubuntu in the Enterprise Environment," the training program lasts five days and addresses intermediate-to-... |
23 March 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Almost eighteen months ago, on the 18th of October 2007, Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 7.10, codename Gutsy Gibbon. Many important features and updates made Ubuntu fans all over the world extremely happy and eager to upgrade. The default desktop environment for Ubuntu (GNOME) reached then a very important... |
23 March 2009
10:23 GMT |
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After HP announced full certification for Ubuntu on their Proliant server machines, it's time for another company to make this step. RightScale, Inc., provider of cloud computing management solutions, announced last week a partnership with Canonical in providing full support for the Ubuntu Linux distributi... |
21 March 2009
08:01 GMT |
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After the new login screen, new themes and the new boot splash theme introduced the other day, Canonical finally updated the old Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) wallpaper with a brand new one. As you can see in the image below, there's no more logo as everyone expected... instead, the wallpaper is slick, simple and ... |
19 March 2009
05:14 GMT |
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After the new themes introduced yesterday, Canonical decided to update the boot splash screen (USplash) theme with a very nice one. As you can see in the image below, the logo is the same as it was in Ubuntu 8.10, but it's smaller and the loading bar was replaced with a thinner and nicer one (see the video below... |
18 March 2009
15:00 GMT |
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Another week, another First Look and yet another Enlightenment-using distribution came knocking at our doors. It's OpenGEU this time around and it has reached version 8.10, beautifully codenamed Luna Serena. If my memory is correct, OpenGEU (actually Geubuntu, its ex-name) was my first encounter with the Enlight... |
18 March 2009
10:08 GMT |
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The developers behind the OpenGEU project have announced the release of OpenGEU 8.10 (codename Luna Serena). Though the packages for it were available since last month, users can now download a complete Live CD with the system. "As we already said before in the previous announcements, this is not a major release. L... |
17 March 2009
05:43 GMT |
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Announced by Mark Shuttleworth on the 20th of February, Ubuntu 9.10 (codename Karmic Koala) will be released this year on October 29th. Make sure that you visit our website regularly, starting with May 14th when the first alpha will be released, as our hard working people, here at the Softpedia Labs, will do a full c... |
3 March 2009
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Though my past experiences with Enlightenment weren't very fruitful, seeing the recent Elive Compiz made me want to see more of this unique window manager. So I started looking through the available options and I stumbled upon moonOS, which was recently upgraded to version 2, codename Kachana. Having an Ubuntu b... |
3 March 2009
03:52 GMT |
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The team behind PC/OS announced, a few days ago, the release of PC/OS 2009v2, a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. PC/OS comes in three flavors: one for regular home users, called OpenDesktop, one for IT professionals, called OpenWorkstation, and a web-oriented one, called WebStation. "Today, Thursday February 26 2009... |
27 February 2009
20:21 GMT |
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Ubuntu 9.04 is getting closer and closer to the final release and we thought that it would be nice to give you guys a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features. The new version of Ubuntu will be released in less than two months, on April 23rd, and it will be dubbed Jaunty Jackalope. One of these new features was i... |
24 February 2009
18:06 GMT |
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