Ubuntu brings advanced Screen features to the masses

The latest version of Ubuntu includes some nifty embellishments to the GNU Screen program. These improvements make some of Screen’s more sophisticated features accessible to users. GNU Screen is a powerful terminal multiplexer that makes it easy for users to manage multiple sessions at the command line. It provides rudimentary window management capabilities in text-based [...]

Ubuntu Karmic development kicks off

With Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) now safely out the door the Ubuntu team has kicked off Karmic Koala development, the next major release scheduled for October this year. Canonical head Mark Shuttleworth has already laid out major plans for Karmic including even faster boot times than Jaunty, better cloud computing integration with Eucalyptus and Amazon’s [...]

Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) Review

I recently looked at the latest beta of Ubuntu: Jaunty Jackalope. Ubuntu has proven to be such a popular distribution that there are even other distributions based off of it. One such distro is Linux Mint which seeks to take the ease-of-use provided by Ubuntu to a new level and, for the most part, succeeds. [...]

Kubuntu 9.04 Falls Short

Kubuntu 9.04 was released April 23rd, 2008, and with it brought a newly improved desktop (KDE 4.2), as well as the speed improvements that Ubuntu also gained. Unfortunately, while the new release of Ubuntu last week was completely amazing, the new Kubuntu has a few problems and an almost completely broken network manager that keep [...]

System76 Launches Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook

Less than one week after Canonical debuted Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix edition, System76 is playing an encure by launching an Ubuntu 9.04 netbook. The move had been rumored for several weeks. And it’s certainly the first of many Ubuntu netbooks that will hit the market. Here’s a bit more about System76’s new device. Known as [...]

Jaunty Jackalope: Are Alarm Bells Ringing in Redmond?

With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 last week, it’s not too surprising that few other topics got much attention on the Linux blogs in the ensuing days. Yes, there was a rather intriguing discussion of porn and piracy over on DaniWeb and LXer; and yes, a moderately active conversation fired up the Slashdot community following [...]

Super OS 9.04 Is More Than Ubuntu 9.04

In an article published last week, we have presented the new features included into the stable version of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition (code named Jaunty Jackalope), which was launched on April 23, 2009. Ubuntu fans, now can also try and eventually use Super OS Linux distribution, (the previous edition was named Super Ubuntu) because it [...]

Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope overview and screenshots

Ubuntu 9.04, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope, was released on April 23rd, also celebrating the 10th Ubuntu release. Since its first version back in October 2004, Ubuntu went through many improvements and quickly became one of the most popular distributions out there, with a huge and continuously thriving community and a fast development method. Free CDs through [...]

Is Ubuntu Bigger than Debian now?

From the ‘Is Debian’s failure, Ubuntu’s Linux success?’ files: This week’s Jaunty Jackalope release was Ubuntu’s 10th release and the 9th release that I’ve used myself. I first became aware of Ubuntu in 2005 with the ‘Hoary Hedgehog’ release for only one reason, Debian Sarge was AWOL. Debian is the basis for Ubuntu, but in [...]

Artwork Inconsistencies in Ubuntu 9.04

I admit that the Ubuntu Artwork Team has a very hard job, since themes and looks are so subjective, yet I can’t help but feel Ubuntu’s art is going downhill fast. Brown debate aside, there are some serious inconsistencies across the entire theme. The login screen in Ubuntu 9.04 takes a dramatic leap from anything [...]