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As Ubuntu popularity grows, more and more students are recognizing the added features and potential savings offered by an Ubuntu laptop. We’ve decided to recongnize an Ubuntu laptop we feel is a sure thing for students of any age or price range. Netbooks and laptops are the students solution to computing because of obvious portability [...] Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #157 for the week August 23rd – August 29th, 2009 is available. In this issue we cover: * Karmic: Feature Freeze in place – Alpha 5 freeze ahead * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News: Pennsylvania, Arizona, Mexico, & Georgia * Launchpad: Wear your badge with pride * Launchpad: [...] At first glance, Dell’s Ubuntu Linux strategy has hit a couple of bumps in recent weeks. But The VAR Guy has done some digging and learned that Dell and Canonical are working on a few surprises that could bolster Ubuntu’s presence in PC markets around the globe. Here’s the scoop. Let’s start with two recent [...] Next-Generation Mobile Tool Provides Internet Access and Works as an Electronic Dictionary and e-Book*1 Sharp Corporation will introduce into the Japanese market the PC-Z1, a new Mobile Internet Tool that is as easy to handle as a mobile phone and that has performance similar to that of a PC. The PC-Z1 will make its debut [...] Ubuntu 9.10 is coming in October, and, in addition to some new features, it will also feature 100 fewer “papercuts”. Papercuts are minor bugs that cause a usability issue. For example, a confusing icon or a badly positioned text box might be considered a papercut. To give you a better idea of what to expect, [...] Beyond pushing out a new graphical boot screen just before the feature freeze went into effect for Ubuntu 9.10, Canonical released the first public version of their own app store, previously codenamed AppCenter, but now known as the Ubuntu Software Store (or software-store as its package is called). Canonical does have some grand plans for [...] By the time Ubuntu 10.04 LTS rolls around next April, Canonical is interested in seeing Ubuntu boot on an Intel Atom netbook (specifically the Dell Mini 9) in less than ten seconds. These incredibly fast boot time goals even led Canonical to decide against investing more time in enhancing the boot experience with Red Hat’s [...] I’ve revamped our guides to translating your project in Launchpad, with help from Jeroen and Danilo. You can find them here: https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/YourProject Let me know if you think there’s anything missing or that could be better explained. A short introduction to the Ubuntu Repositories. Outlining the various options in the “Software Sources” application. Download 1024×768 Ogg 1024×768 M4V 1024×768 FLV Links used in the screencast:- http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/components Comments/feedback/requests welcome! Look more at ubuntu Wireless on Linux is a perennial embarrassment. Although the situation has improved immensely since a few years ago, the inability to get wireless cards working acceptably often tops the list of user frustrations. Here’s an outline of what’s wrong with Ubuntu’s approach to wireless drivers, and how to fix it. Until a few weeks ago, [...] |
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