Ubuntu Look

Since we’ve began offering Ubuntu on some consumer systems, two clear areas of feedback from the IdeaStorm community and Direct2Dell readers have been:  offer Ubuntu on more hardware, and offer it worldwide.This Ubuntu-related post is still the third most commented post in Direct2Dell’s history-many  of the 654 comments are asking for it in more countries.

Now Ubuntu 7.10 is making it’s way to our XPS 1330 laptop and Dell will begin offering Ubuntu in Spain.

Starting today, customers in Germany, United Kingdom, France and now Spain can purchaseUbuntu Linux 7.10 with built-in DVD playback on the XPS 1330n (in addition to the previously-released Inspiron 530n desktop system.  For U.S. customers, you’ll have to hold on a week or so.

Read more at direct2dell.com

Is Linux on the enterprise desktop finally ready for prime time? IBM apparently thinks so as it prepares to deliver its next versions of Lotus Notes enterprise collaboration software and Lotus Symphony office productivity applications for the first time with full support for Ubuntu Linux 7.10 sometime in the second half of this year.

In an announcement this week at the Lotusphere 2008 conference in Orlando, IBM said that it will provide full support for Ubuntu Linux with Lotus Notes 8.5 and Lotus Symphony using its Open Collaboration Client software, which is based on open standards.

Read more at Computerworld

More laptop computers preloaded with Ubuntu Linux are coming from Dell Inc. in response to demand from potential customers around the world.

Starting Wednesday, Dell will offer Ubuntu Linux 7.10 on its XPS 1330 laptops in France, Germany, Spain and the U.K., the company said on its Direct2Dell blog. U.S. customers will be able to order the machines in “a week or so,” the company said.

For customers in Spain, this will be the first time that Dell has offered a pre-loaded computer for sale with Ubuntu Linux. Pricing details for the U.S. machines were not available.

Read more at PC World

Though Lotus Notes was originally designed for OS/2, IBM responded to customer demands and ported its software over to Microsoft’s platform and still supports Windows XP and Vista. But now IBM is breaking its chains to Microsoft by embracing Linux and the open source community.

IBM just announced that it “. . . will offer an integrated Open Collaboration Client Solution with support for Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system from Canonical Ltd.”

Read more at tech.blorge 

Daryna KDE CE Beta 044 is out now and ready for download.

Daryna KDE is nearly as minty as the main edition now. The packages are (safely) upto date and the kernel is the Gutsy Gibbon kernel 2.6.22-14.

Mint applications:

• mintInstall
• mintwifi (new)
• mintUpdate (new)
• mintAssistant (new)
• mintUpload (new, done via konqueror—> right click file–>Actions–>Upload file )

minted versions of:

• firefox
• Sunbird

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A few weeks ago I decided that it might be fun to attempt to remaster Ubuntu. I’ve been using Ubuntu for a number of years and while I think the distribution is great, my set-up does differ a fair amount from the standard Ubuntu installation. So, remastering Ubuntu into a distribution that more closely matches my set-up seemed like a logical thing to do.

It should be noted that my remastered version of Ubuntu is intended for my own personal use. I had no intention of releasing any disk images when I started this project; however, now that I’ve produced a working copy, I’ve decided to release the disk image under the premiss that someone may find it useful.

Read more at CrunchBang website

CrunchBang website has some Ubuntu Logo GIMP Brunshes:

I couldn’t find any Ubuntu logo GIMP brushes on the Ubuntu Wiki Artwork/Official page, so I’ve created some. The brushes are quite large, but now that GIMP supports scalable brushes they can be easily scaled down in size.

Read, look and download from CrunchBang

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS, the
second maintenance release of “Dapper Drake”. This release includes updated
Server installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

About Ubuntu
————

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and
servers, with a fast and easy install and regular releases. A
tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and
an incredible variety of add-on software is available from a global network
of mirrors with just a few clicks.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and
hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about
support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 74 for the weeks
January 13th - January 19th, 2008. In this issue: layout contest for
Kubuntu.org, Ubuntu case studies, mugs from Germany for your Loco
Team, FOSS in Egypt, and much, much more!!

== In This Issue ==

* Mockup Contest for kubuntu.org
* Ubuntu Case Studies
* Mugs from Germany for LoCo Teams
* Ubuntu Forums News
* In The Press & Blogosphere
* In Other News
* Meeting Summaries
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security
* Bugs & Translation Stats
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The next Ubuntu release - Hardy Heron - is now open for translation!

If you want to help ensure it’s accurately translated into your language, you can get going at:

https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+translations

If you’re new to translating Ubuntu and want to find out more, take a look at the Translating Ubuntu.

Read more at Launchpad