Canonical Launching “Switch to Ubuntu” Desktop Migration Services

Canonical on July 31 will launch a so-called “Switch to Ubuntu” initiative — including support and migration services — to help individuals and small businesses that are “seeking cost-effective alternatives” to Mac OS X and Windows-based desktops. Here’s the scoop and early analysis.
Mark Shuttleworth has certainly caught my attention with the imminent announcement. Now my [...]

Canonical-IBM: Virtual Ubuntu Desktops vs. Windows 7

As Microsoft gears up to launch Windows 7, Canonical and IBM have a message for channel partners and CIOs (chief information officers): Virtualized Ubuntu desktops, running on centralized Linux servers, provide lower TCO (total cost of ownership) and lower acquisition costs vs. traditional Windows desktops. Here’s the scoop.
To be sure, The VAR Guy is always [...]

Dell: New Ubuntu Desktop PC Within Days

In recent weeks, Dell.com’s U.S. website has not offered Ubuntu Linux desktop PCs. But that situation could change the week of August 2. Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.
Our resident blogger stirred up some market confusion on July 22, when he noticed Dell’s Ubuntu site (www.dell.com/ubuntu) only offered laptops and netbooks with Ubuntu installed. [...]

Ubuntu 9.10 Preview: GRUB 2

Ubuntu 9.10 will use GRUB 2 as its default bootloader, replacing GRUB legacy. In this post, we take a look at some of the new features offered by this change.
Most of the enhancements of GRUB 2 will benefit only power users, since normal people are unlikely to want to boot to the grub command [...]

No thanks, Google–we’ve got Ubuntu

Google’s revelation that it will create its own operating system will bring just one reaction from operating system enthusiasts worldwide.
“Not another Linux distribution,” they’ll cry.
They’ll say this because if there is one problem that the Linux and open source community has suffered repeatedly over the past two decades, it’s been fragmentation.
It was bad enough that [...]

BROWN?! Brown? Really, Ubuntu’s Brown?

I can not believe how many people think Ubuntu’s brown, Ubuntu is not brown! It’s ORANGE!
Go ahead, if you’re running Ubuntu right now, open Nautilus and compare the title-bar color to the different shades of orange to the left.
Different shades of orange do look brown, I’ll give you that, but, more lighter shades of orange [...]

Ohh My God !! Debian / Ubuntu Package for Sex/ porn Download : Gnaughty

FOSS Community knows what stuff people looking for!!!
I Cannot Believe, But it is true, because I have Tested this package in my ubuntu box and removed it . It is looking for an entry in Gnome. It is a sourceforge project !!! Click to enlarge the picture (my screen shot) for understanding How much serious [...]

Deep Freeze-Like Software for Ubuntu / Debian

Lethe is a Deep Freeze-like partition freezing software for Debian GNU/Linux and Lihuen GNU/Linux (May work on other Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions). Lethe makes the partitions behave like a Live CD: all changes made on the file system will not be saved on the disk but in RAM and when the system restarts, all the content [...]

Ubuntu Server Edition and Alfresco: A Sign of Things to Come

Just when I was getting a little worried about Ubuntu Server Edition’s ISV (independent software vendor) support, I received a heads up from John Pugh, software partner manager at Canonical. The timely news involved some Ubuntu-Alfresco developments. Here’s the scoop. And more importantly, here are some bigger-picture thoughts about Canonical’s ISV efforts on the server.
According [...]

Canonical’s Ubuntu Partner Program: Moves Worth Watching

Canonical has organized its Ubuntu partner program into three segments — business partners, technology partners and training partners. But to spot the next generation of potential Ubuntu channel partners you need to check out two areas: Cloud computing and the so-called Ubuntu Marketplace. Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.
First, it’s important to keep things [...]