Shuttleworth Acknowledges Ubuntu’s Debt to Debian

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 [...]

Ultra-free gNewSense 2.0 beta released

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 [...]

Ulteo — My digital life made simple

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, [...]

The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment

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 [...]

10 must Have Ubuntu app

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 launchpad for Affero?

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 [...]

Weekly Newsletter #88

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, [...]

Five Reasons Ubuntu Server Revolution Begins Today

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. [...]

Nokia Internet Tablets get Ubuntu and Qt

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 [...]

Full Circle Magazine Issue #12 Released

Full Circle – the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux Community is proud to announce the release of the twelfth issue.
This month:

Flavour of the Year – How Ubuntu and Kubuntu have matured in twelve months.
How-To : Creating & Distributing Deb files, Ubuntu Disk Usage, Backup with Partimage, Using GIMP Part 1 and Create Your Own [...]