Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 Screenshot Tour

The sixth and final alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few hours ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the fifth alpha, which [...]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #109

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #109 for the week of September 14th – September 20th, 2008 is now available. In this Issue: * Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6 released * Codecs & DVD playback in Intrepid for all users * Xubuntu News * New Kubuntu Bug Team * MOTU Team News * FSD: Ubuntu-VE, Ubuntu-NI, and [...]

Mythbuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 is on the prowl

Without further adu, allow me to introduce Mythbuntu 8.10 alpha 6.  With this release, we are providing mirroring on sponsored mirrors only. It is very important to note that this release is not compatible with Mythbuntu 7.10 or any other MythTV 0.20.2 based distribution. Changes from Mythbuntu 8.10 Alpha 4: (yes that’s right, no alpha [...]

Ubuntu Intrepid Alpha 6 released

Hello Ubuntu developers, Welcome to Intrepid Ibex Alpha-6, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. Pre-releases of Intrepid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, [...]

Not a lot of old tosh: the new Toshiba NB100 Netbook revealed

It was only ever a matter of time before Toshiba stripped off and jumped in the rapidly crowding Netbook pool. That time is now, but what sort of a splash will the Toshiba NB100 make? Although some will argue that the Psion Netbook was the first of the sub-sub-notebook breed, you can ignore them and [...]

Updated: Meet 120 Companies Running Ubuntu Linux

We’re striving to identify 1,000 businesses and organizations across the globe that run Ubuntu on servers, desktops, laptops or mobile devices. Our fast-growing list of Ubuntu adopters — known as the Works With U 1000 — now includes law firms, technology companies, universities, real estate firms, media companies, financial services firms, and other types of [...]

Canonical CTO bites back at Linux Plumbers Conference keynote

Matt Zimmerman, CTO of Canonical, is unhappy with Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the Linux kernel maintainers, because of Kroah-Hartman’s keynote at the Linux Plumbers Conference. The keynote, described elsewhere as a reworking a June presentation, makes a number of claims about Canonical’s activity in the community, presenting various tables which showed Canonical not making many [...]

Linux Mint Weekly Newsletter – Issue 61

* News about Mint Linux Mint 5 Elyssa KDE Community Edition is released If you have RC1 (aka beta045) you don’t need to do anything. The difference between the two is that a bug that duplicated some folders in home is fixed Linux Mint 5 Elyssa Fluxbox Community Edition RC1 is released Keep your eyes [...]

Linux Mint 5 Elyssa KDE Community Edition

We are proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 5 KDE Community Edition: http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_elyssa_kde.php I would like to thank Jamie “Boo” Birse for maintaining this edition. Our last poll indicated that 11% of Linux Mint users were running KDE CE so I’m sure this will come as great news Notes: – If you previously [...]

Ubuntu to fund Linux development

Mark Shuttleworth is tap-dancing to work these days, he writes on his blog. Why? His Ubuntu Linux project has hired a team of “designers, user experience champions, and interaction design visionaries” tasked with the heady chore of making Linux the world’s most usable operating system. After acknowledging the significance of the challenge, Shuttleworth admitted that [...]