Understanding Canonical’s new Linux notification system

Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has announced plans to overhaul desktop notifications. The project is part of a broader initiative that the company launched earlier this year to boost the usability of the Linux software ecosystem. Transient visual notifications are employed extensively in desktop applications to provide users with passive updates [...]

Ubuntu Rocks (A Review with Tips)

Back in October I noted my interest in going the Linux route and after numerous helpful suggestions from the audience, I made both my laptop (an HP running Vista) and my office desktop (a Lenovo running XP) into dual-boot Linux machines using Ubuntu 8.10. I have been quite pleased in both case. The office desktop [...]

Ubuntu Enrolls At Cornell College

Cornell College of Mount Vernon, Iowa is the latest institute of higher education to embrace Ubuntu Server Edition, WorksWithU has learned. It’s not a huge deployment, but Cornell’s targeted Ubuntu use reinforces a growing trend at colleges and universities worldwide, according to the WorksWithU 1000 — a survey that aims to track one thousand Ubuntu [...]

Linux Mint Raises the User-Friendliness Bar

The latest release of the Linux Mint distribution offers up a clean, user-friendly desktop environment with a good assortment of applications to meet the needs of most any typical user. Linux Mint 6 is based on Ubuntu 8.10 with a number of additional utilities added for extra polish. Setup and configuration is painless and takes [...]

The Ubuntu Ethos

I love working with the Ubuntu community. I love the opportunities, challenges and people that occupy it. Each day is filled with a diverse tapestry of challenges, be it growing new teams, refining governance, developing strategy, or simply chewing the fat with Ubuntu and upstream contributors from around the world. No day is ever the [...]

Installing Adobe Air and some AIR applications on Ubuntu 8.10

Adobe Air Environment is one of the hottest new technology around, it allows one to easily create cross platform Internet rich applications combing the strength of Adobe Flex , Adobe Flash , Ajax and HTML to create applications and widget that are Internet ready . Adobe Air allows one to deploy browser less rich Internet [...]

Introducing Ulteo: your virtual Linux desktop

It has been two years since Linux Format magazine last reported on Ulteo. Back then, we all thought it was going to be a standard new Linux distribution created by Gaël Duval, the founder of Mandrake Linux. If you take a look at Ulteo.com today, you won’t find any mention of Linux on the home [...]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #122

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #122 for the week of December 14th- December 20th, 2008 is now available. In this Issue: * Holiday Schedule for Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter * Announcing the next “Global Ubuntu BugJam” * Ubuntu on Amazon EC2 Beta release * Main frozen for Alpha 2 * New Ubuntu Developer Week set for [...]

Jaunty Alpha 2 released

Hello Ubuntu developers, Welcome to Jaunty Jackalope Alpha-2, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.04. Pre-releases of Jaunty 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, [...]

iMagic OS 2009

After months of development and design, iMagic OS 2009 is ready! 9 New Features: New Window Design – A new refreshing theme washes away all traces of iMagic OS 7.0 Web Applications – Now, you can split Web Software like Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube, iMagic OS Downloads, and CNR right out of the web browser [...]