Windows Wins Another Small Battle over Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux
	Windows is generally perceived as the perpetual bronze winner in a three horse race against Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux, despite the fact that Microsoft continues to account for in excess of 90% of the operating system market. According to the Redmond company, the operating system vulnerability counting games has been indisputably won by Windows, by Windows Vista, in fact. But the Windows operating system has also won[A ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Guess What: Windows Can Also Look Great, Too!
	Some people say that Windows XP doesn't look too great and use all kinds of applications to change the way it does, customizing the window interface, the interface, the start menu or any other element of the operating system. In an article published a few weeks ... [read more >>]
	28 May 2008, 10:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Linux Mint 5.0 RC2 Brings You Firefox 3.0 RC1 and Flash 10
	The second build of the upcoming Linux Mint 5.0, codename Elyssa, was announced last evening by Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint Team. Dubbed Linux Mint 5.0 RC2, this version is based on Daryna (Linux Mint 4.0) and is compatible with Ubuntu 8.04 and its repositories. So guess what? Linux Mint 5.0 RC2 brings you the brand new ... [read more >>]
	27 May 2008, 02:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu 8.04 Release Party Spot in Berlin Metro System
	If you are living in Berlin, Germany and using the subway, you probably haven't missed the advertisement that was present in all the vehicles on more than 3,700 displays, announcing the release party for Ubuntu 8.04, that took place in the German city. The release party took place on ... [read more >>]
	22 May 2008, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mark Shuttleworth Wants Synchronicity between Linux Distributions
	In a recent post on his blog, Mark Shuttleworth, CEO at Canonical, has talked about synchronicity between Long Term Support releases from different Linux distributions. One of the arguments he brought to support this idea was that developers could focus more on the important role of component selection, integration, testing ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 09:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Vista Is the Fairest – Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu, Leopard and Tiger Just a Mess
	Windows Vista is untouchable as far as security is concerned, according to Microsoft. In what has become a traditional operating system vulnerability measuring contest, Jeff Jones, Security Strategy Director in Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group, has compar ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2008, 13:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Flash Player 10 "Astro" Got out of The Adobe Labs
	Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta, codename "Astro", was launched with a couple of nice features backing it up. Although it is available in many languages, the installers are only in English at this moment. Rich media content and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) will look and act much better from this moment ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2008, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weakness in OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu Discovered
	If you are using Debian or any other distro that's based on it (such as Ubuntu), you are advised to update, because a weakness was discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL. To fix the problem, you will have to update the OpenSSL packages and regenerate any private keys made on Debian (Etch or newer) or Ubuntu[ADM ... [read more >>]
	14 May 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Canonical to Launch Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition Today
	Canonical announced a few days ago that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition would be available today, released at the same time with the Desktop Edition. The 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server Edition is Canonical's fourth server release and will be supported for five years with maintenance and security updates. ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 06:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Apple Mocks Vista (SP1) and Praises Hack Victim No. 1 Leopard
	There is simply no end in sight for the Mac OS X and Windows operating system measuring contest, at least not from Apple's perspective. The Cupertino-based company has a consistent marketing arsenal, and it uses it to take jabs at both Windows and the PC manufacturers. This because Apple through Mac OS X is competing directly with Microsoft, and via the Mac computers is going head to head against OEMs building PCs. Among App ... [read more >>]
	03 April 2008, 14:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Automatix Is Dead
	Automatix, the graphical package manager for installing/uninstalling and configuring applications on Debian-based Linux distributions, has ceased to exist. Its development for Ubuntu stopped, as announced by Jared B., one of the main developers. The developers say that the development was discontinued because all of them are having much more important commitments to fulfill. On ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 09:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Weekly Report: 23rd - 29th March, 2008
	This week, Canonical has announced the end-of-life for Ubuntu 6.10 (codename Edgy Eft). Starting with Friday, April 25th, 2008, they will stop "feeding" Edgy Eft with security and critical updates. Ubuntu 6.10 introduced applications such as Firefox 2.0, OpenOffice 2.0.4, Gaim 2.0 Beta 3.1, F-Spot, Tomboy, Orca and nice features, such as a new init system - Upstart (which is now a very important part of the Ubuntu OS), ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 02:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Robot Returns Objects at a Click of a Button
	Robots, as most other computer controlled devices, probably will never be able to fully understand human language, or to differentiate between two images of the same object. That is the disadvantage of processing information in binary code. However, robots can be taught, or at least instructed. Such a robot was recently created by Charlie Kemp, director of the Center for Healthcare Robotics in the Health Systems Institute at the Georgia In ... [read more >>]
	20 March 2008, 07:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Canonical Announced the General Availability of Canonical Landscape
	Canonical, Ubuntu's main commercial sponsor, announced today the availability of Canonical Landscape, its systems management and monitoring tool for Ubuntu. Landscape will be available for its commercial support customers and as a standalone commercial service. It will offer, to the increasing number of businesses that are deploying m ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Create Your Own Sexylicious Ubuntu Desktop
	Many people asked about that very nice Ubuntu theme, which is actually a mockup, and they wanted to have such a beauty on their desktops. Therefore, this guide will teach you how to create your own "sexylicious" Ubuntu desktop! In other words, we will pimp your desktop and change its looks: [tablec] [row ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2008, 05:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dell Is Shipping Systems with Ubuntu Pre-installed in China
	Dell started offering Ubuntu 7.10 on the Inspiron 530n desktop to customers in China yesterday, because of the high number of requests from the clients. Unfortunately, DVD playback will not be supported on Ubuntu 7.10, in China. It seems that Dell is aiming to offer its computers with Ubuntu pre-installed ... [read more >>]
	04 March 2008, 10:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Old Hardware Gets New Lease of Life with Ubuntu
	Open-source fans worldwide have made a habit out of holding "install-fests", the equivalent of a practical training, where non-technicians get to know the benefits of using Linux and other open-source applications on computers. A San Francisco non-profit foundation went a little further with the install-fest idea and joined swords with Untangle, a San Mateo-based open-source vendor in order to co-sponsor an all-day ... [read more >>]
	03 March 2008, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Everex to Unveil $500 Mac Mini Clone
	Everex is mostly known for its inexpensive computing systems it designs and distributes. Immediately after the stealthy launch of its CloudBook ultra-mobile computer, the company announced yet another miniature creation, the Everex gPC Mini. The miniature computer was touted last month, but it has just got official. The Everex Mini is a Mac Mini-like desktop computer powered by the company's Linux-based operating system, ... [read more >>]
	27 February 2008, 08:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

System76 Sells Servers with Ubuntu 7.10 Pre-installed
	System76 Inc., a leading provider of Ubuntu pre-installed laptops and desktops, announced yesterday its first line of certified, pre-installed servers that run Ubuntu 7.10 Server Edition. The offer includes standard three-year parts replacement warranties and three years of operating system updates. The System76 servers wi ... [read more >>]
	27 February 2008, 03:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Wibrain B1L Ultra-Mobile PC Will Use Ubuntu
	WIBRAIN Korea has announced the launch of its entry-level UMPC, the B1L, which runs on Ubuntu Linux. It has a VIA 1GHz processor, a 4.8-inch LCD display with a 1024 x 600 resolution. The B1L comes in four different models, with distinct hard disk, CPU and memory specifications. On the Korean market, the B1L UMPC is available for prices that go from $400 to more than $500. Some of the specifications for the B1 serie ... [read more >>]
	26 February 2008, 11:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dell Will Ship Ubuntu in Canada and Latin America
	Yesterday, Dell announced to its customers in Canada and Latin America that the Inspiron 1525n now has the option of shipping with Ubuntu 7.10, as well as with the Canadian models of the XPS M1330n and Inspiron 530. The latter two will ship in Latin America soon. The computers will feature DVD playback capability, just like the models announced in the United States, UK, Spain and Germany. If you want support for them, the pric ... [read more >>]
	22 February 2008, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Canonical Will Resell IBM DB2 Express-C 9.5
	Canonical will resell IBM DB2 Express-C 9.5 as software, through the Ubuntu Partner Repository. The software will be used as a virtual appliance running on VMware. Canonical is also offering an annual support contract for IBM DB2 Express-C through shop.canonical.com. This is the first time when Ubuntu users will be able to buy an annual subscription service directly from the company. IBM DB2 Express-C is a free – as in no-charge – ed ... [read more >>]
	22 February 2008, 03:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stick Ubuntu Linux Right in the Heart of Windows
	Microsoft has announced that it will start on a new path, one in which Windows Vista, Vista Service Pack 1, Windows 7 as well as Windows Server 2008, and in fact all current and future versions of the Windows client and server opperating systems will embrace open source solutions. The move comes as the company has geared both its high-volume products and business practices toward interoperability. In this context, the Redmond company i ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 13:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Obsidian Will Provide Ubuntu Training in South Africa
	Obsidian announced that it would provide official training in South Africa, for the "Ubuntu Certified Professional" programme. Through the agreement with Canonical, Obsidian will provide training starting March, this year. Obsdian will offer both Ubuntu Professional Courses 1 and 2, helping System Administrators to pass the requi ... [read more >>]
	18 February 2008, 03:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Unite Windows and Linux With a Single Mouse Click!
	After the success I had with my previous tutorial about how to run Windows and a Linux distribution together on the same computer (with a single monitor, keyboard and mouse and no other magic tricks required), I decided to improve the installation method with an extremely easy-to-use one. The ... [read more >>]
	12 February 2008, 08:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu and Red Hat Are Top Open Source Vendors
	Alfresco, one of the leading open source alternatives for enterprise content management, has started a poll among its 35,000 members to see what operating systems are the most used. Guess who's leading? Ubuntu and Red Hat! Among Linux operating systems, Red Hat is the leader with 35% of the votes, followed by Ubuntu wi ... [read more >>]
	11 February 2008, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Canonical Resells Parallels Virtualization Software
	The Parallels virtualization software will be resold by Canonical through Ubuntu Partner Repository, as announced last Thursday by Canonical. This will give to the Ubuntu users the ability to find, install and run software in a very fast manner. The Ubuntu Partner Repository and its associated services will allow softw ... [read more >>]
	11 February 2008, 03:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 10 Ubuntu-based Distributions
	You know what Ubuntu is, so we will not talk about it in this article. Instead, we'll talk about some or the most popular Ubuntu-based distributions. There are enough (or not) Linux distributions derived from Ubuntu, so we thought it will be a very good idea to make a list with all of them, or at least the popular ones. The following classification is based on popularity (read: number of downloads each distributions has on Softpedi ... [read more >>]
	07 February 2008, 10:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Linspire Launches the Custom OS Build Service
	Today, Linspire announced the availability of the Custom Operating System Build service, an initiative to provide a customized desktop Linux operating system to partners. This service will also help Linspire's partners to cut time to market and reduce the overall costs needed when building a Linux operat ... [read more >>]
	31 January 2008, 10:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Parlez-Vous Ubuntu? - Says the French Police
	Walking in the footsteps of the German Police, the "Gendarmerie Nationale" - the French paramilitary police – announced the migration of up to 70,000 computers to Canonical's Linux distribution, Ubuntu. The shift will be done progressively. Everything started in 2005, when the gendarmerie swit ... [read more >>]
	31 January 2008, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Microsoft Claims Vista Is Top Dog – Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux – No Match
	When it comes down to security vulnerabilities, volume is synonymous with increased risk for the end users. Microsoft has played the vulnerability counting game featuring its own operating system, as well as main rivals throughout 2007, ever since Vista has hit the shelves. Now, as Vista is approaching its first year of general consumer availability on the market, and has already passed the first 12 months, considering the release to manuf ... [read more >>]
	24 January 2008, 11:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Become An Ubuntu 'Jedi Master'
	If you wanted to use Ubuntu, but you had no knowledge about its usage, now it's your chance. With the help of the new Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Course, you will be working with Canonical's distribution in no time! The course has a modular form, and it should take two days to complete all the ten lessons. The course comes in two different versions, a student guide and an instructor guide, both downloadable as PDF files. ... [read more >>]
	15 January 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

CES 2008: Carnegie Mellon Driverless Car Uses Ubuntu
	The Carnegie Mellon vehicle, while not as attractive like other cars from CES, has other surprises: it's a driver-less automobile, running Ubuntu. McCabe Software, Inc., through the McCabe University Program, provided the team from Carnegie Mellon with its software quality management suite, McCabe IQ. Tartan Racing – Carnegie Mellon's team – won the 2007 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge, a comp ... [read more >>]
	10 January 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pre-built Ubuntu Virtual Machines from OpenVZ and Ubuntu
	OpenVZ and Ubuntu developers will release pre-built Ubuntu virtual machines, that will allow system administrators to deploy a specialized Ubuntu system in approximately one minute. OpenVZ is an operating system-level virtualisation technology, resulting that both host and guest systems must be Linux. This so-called limitation actually brings a performance advantage over virtual machines or paravirt technologies. It has a modified Linux ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Kubuntu 8.04 Will Not Be LTS
	Canonical and the Kubuntu team decided that, due to the delayed release of KDE 4, the upcoming release of Kubuntu, 8.04, will not be a long term support release. Periodically, Ubuntu, Kubuntu and other Ubuntu variants from Canonical launch a LTS release (the version is supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server). Canonical and the Kubuntu team have decided not to tag Kubuntu 8.04 as LTS, because KDE ... [read more >>]
	29 December 2007, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Play Half-Life 2 on Ubuntu
	Who says you can't play games on Linux? Of course you can! Well... not all of them, but at least some of the nicer ones, such as Half-Life 2, Counter Strike or Unreal Tournament. Today's guide will teach you, step-by-step, how to install and play Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 (all part of the grandiose Orange Box) on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbon). I have to admit that I p ... [read more >>]
	24 December 2007, 23:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Malicious Commands You Should NOT Run in Ubuntu!
	I knew this was going to happen someday, as Ubuntu is more and more popular each day. It seems that there is a growing trend to offer malicious commands to new and inexperienced Ubuntu users on Ubuntu forums and not only there. Therefore I thought it would be a very smart idea to take a moment to review all these malicious commands, that you should NOT execute in a terminal. ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 04:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PPA: A New Software Collaboration Service from Canonical
	Canonical started today a brand new software collaboration service for Ubuntu Linux developers, called Launchpad Personal Package Archive, or PPA. PPA is being added to Canonical's Launchpad development web site to allow groups to collaborate on packages, as well to allow individual developers to post their own versions ... [read more >>]
	26 November 2007, 08:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Weekly Report: 18th - 24th November
	On 20th November, the Macedonia Ministry of Education and Science announces that they will deploy more than 180,000 desktop computers pre-installed with Edubuntu 7.04. This is part of a project called "Computer for Every Child" which is one of the largest known thin client and desktop Linux ... [read more >>]
	26 November 2007, 02:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Take the 2007 Linux Desktop Survey!
	The use of the Linux operating system on desktop computer continues to grow, as shown by the Linux Foundation annual survey. This will continue to run until the end of this month. The Linux Foundation, previously known as Free Standards Group and the Open Source Developer Labs (the two groups merged in January, this year), got 20,000 answers t ... [read more >>]
	23 November 2007, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Students in Macedonia to Use Ubuntu
	Canonical announced yesterday that the Macedonian Ministry of Education and Science will deploy more than 180,000 workstations running Edubuntu 7.04 as part of the "Computer for Every Child" project. The operating system will be installed with the Macedonian language pack. The "Computer for Every Child" ... [read more >>]
	21 November 2007, 05:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

German Police Wants Linux
	A year ago, the German Tax Authority switched 12.000 desktops to SuSE Linux, now a police precinct from Berlin issued a press release a few days ago where they complain about their r ... [read more >>]
	20 November 2007, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Weekly Report: 11th - 17th November
	What happened this week in the Ubuntu world? The greatest thing ever, as Wal-Mart sold about 10,000 units of a Linux-based PC at the incredible price of $200. The computer was called Everex TC2502 Green gPC and it was sold out in no more than 2 weeks! The system specs were low, VIA C7-D Processor running at 1.5 Ghz, 51 ... [read more >>]
	19 November 2007, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu JeOS 7.10 Started Shipping
	Ubuntu JeOS 7.10 (Just Enough Operating System, pronounced "juice") has started shipping yesterday. The distribution was announced in September, this year, in San Francisco at the VMWorld conference. Ubuntu JeOS is an operating system designed for virtualized environments, a more compact and higher-performance base for virtua ... [read more >>]
	16 November 2007, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Home Server Coming Soon
	Ubuntu Home Server (UHS) will be an edition of the Ubuntu operating system that permits users to administer their home network. Tasks like backing up all the computers in your house, storing music, videos, pictures and more in one central location, accessing your files over the Internet and many other things will be done easily, with the help of ... [read more >>]
	12 November 2007, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Weekly Report: 4th - 10th November
	This week we will talk about the UbuntuWire Community Network project, a place where community developed applications, especially those that end up in the Universe and Multiverse repositories, can be hosted and supported, for free of course! The UbuntuWire Community Network is a place where you, the developer, can share simple scripts, interesting data files or any other information that will help in making Ubuntu a much ... [read more >>]
	12 November 2007, 03:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Weekly Report: 28th October - 3rd November
	Not much happened this week, the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) roadmap was announced, UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) had a satisfying outcome, Mythbuntu 7.10 and the first beta of Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna) were made available this week. Let's take a closer look at each, shall we? Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) took place, as expected, in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the sessions were organized in categories like Comm ... [read more >>]
	05 November 2007, 03:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Hardy Heron Roadmap
	Ubuntu Gutsy was released eleven days ago, and the developers are thinking what things to implement in the future version, Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. This distribution will be a LTS (Long Term Support) release, and it is scheduled for April 2008. The ... [read more >>]
	29 October 2007, 05:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ubuntu Weekly Report: 21st - 27th October
	Ubuntu Developer Summit for Version 8.04 starts today and it will end on Friday. UDS will take place in Boston, Massachusetts. This summit has the goal of shaping the next release of Ubuntu, Hardy Heron 8.04. It's also opened to the public, but it is not a conferen ... [read more >>]
	29 October 2007, 03:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Alternative Installation Methods for Gutsy
	Ubuntu can be installed using other methods as well, which might prove handy in some circumstances. For example, let's say you want to install Ubuntu on a computer that has no CD/DVD-ROM drive. What do you do? Well, you can install Ubuntu from another machine on the network (if there is one) that will provide the installation files to other computers on the LAN, or you can install it from the hard drive if there is no LAN. For the lat ... [read more >>]
	25 October 2007, 05:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia