Ubuntu Look

New comers to Linux sometimes think that Ubuntu sprang forth from Linux as a totally new creation, the next generation of Linux. Old-hands at Linux know better. Now, Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, sets the story straight for those to whom Ubuntu 8.04 is the be-all and end-all of Linux.

In his latest blog posting, Shuttleworth once more acknowledges the debt Ubuntu owes to other open-source developers and projects. After opening by thanking the Ubuntu community, Shuttleworth moved on to thanking the larger free software world.

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Brian Brazil and the team behind the ultra-free gNewSense Linux distribution have released a beta of the forthcoming 2.0 (or Deltah) series. gNewSense is based on Ubuntu but strips the distribution of non-free components to provide users with a truly free operating system. gNewSense is backed by the Free Software Foundation. Among the changes in this release are that gNewSense is now based on Ubuntu Hardy released last week; the distribution has new artwork; the browser has been changed from Firefox to Epiphany, the Gnome browser; non-free GLX has been removed from X/mesa; and there is now support for Debian source packages.
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After the partnership between Gaël Duval and Mandriva was over, he was said to build an OS even more user friendly than Mandriva. The first Alpha release, which was presented really soon after the start of the project, did not surprise anyone as it was plain KDE with a new theme. Now, after two years, there is a successive release of the Ulteo distribution. The purpose of the Beta1 Ulteo Application System is to feature what it can develop into in the nearest future, especially considering the Ulteo Online Desktop.
To start with…

The idea of Ulteo is to be revolutionary easy to handle - the user does not have to bother about anything since the system manages all by itself. The intention was to prepare such a distribution that absolutely nobody would have problems with switching to it regardless of which OS one has been using before. KDE is the default graphical environment for Ulteo as it is based on Kubuntu, however, a GNOME-based release is also planned.
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I’ve toyed with Linux since 2002, when I first installed Mandrake. With the latest release of Ubuntu, I was interested to see how far Linux had come since then in terms of being used easily by the mainstream. So, I tricked my grudging girlfriend Erin into sitting down at a brand new Ubuntu 8.04 installation and performing some basic tasks. It’s surprising how many seemingly simple things become complicated and even out of reach for someone without a knowledge of Linux. There are a lot of little things that could be done to make the experience a lot more friendly for non-computer-literate people – some of them easy to implement, others not at all.

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Day by day Ubuntu get more popular. Lots of new people installed for the 1st time and give it a try. But lots of them use Windows before start using Ubuntu. They don’t even know what property software to use. Here is the list of 10 must have Ubuntu applications who will help for better Ubuntu use.

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The controversial Affero general public license could get an unexpected boost from Ubuntu developer Canonical. Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical’s chief executive, has said AGPL is “a strong candidate” for the eventual open source release of Launchpad, Canonical’s developer collaboration tool.

The issue arose in a forum discussion over the future of Gobuntu, the “free” version of Canonical’s Linux-based Ubuntu operating system.

Read more at RegDeveloper

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 88 for the weeks April 20th - April 26th, 2008 is now available. In this issue we cover: Hardy Heron Release Parties, Ubuntu Open Week, Ubuntu 8.04 press release translations, Forum Interviews & Tutorials, Preinstalled Ubuntu PCs for Russia, Ubuntu UK Poadcast, Full Circle Magazine, Team Meeting Summaries, and much, much more!

• Ubuntu 8.04 Released!
• Hardy Heron Release Parties
• Ubuntu Open Week
• Ubuntu 8.04 Press Release Translations
• Northeast Louisiana Regional Ham RadioFest
• Full Circle Magazine Issue #12
• Ubuntu Stats & Bugs
• Ubuntu Forum News & Tutorials
• In the Press & Blogosphere
• In Other News
• Team Meeting Summaries
• Upcomoing Meetings & Events
• Updates & Security

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A technology revolution started today. Most people don’t know about it. In fact, most folks won’t hear about today’s events for another five to seven years. But circle April 24, 2008 on your calendar. A decade from now, historians will say today was the day Ubuntu Linux reached its tipping point — especially on servers. Here are five reasons why.

After months of development, Canonical has delivered Ubuntu Linux 8.04. Before The VAR Guy hypes the operating system’s long-term prospects, he’ll concede Ubuntu’s short-term challenges.

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The open source Maemo platform, which is used on Nokia’s Internet Tablet devices, will soon support Trolltech’s Qt development toolkit. Nokia says that the GTK-based Hildon framework will continue to be used as the primary toolkit for Maemo’s user interface and core applications, but the Qt libraries will be distributed with Maemo so that third-party Qt developers can bring their applications to the platform.

Read more at ars technica