The Sins of Ubuntu

Canonical Ltd., the company behind Ubuntu Linux, estimates that the product has over 12 million users worldwide. And why not? Ubuntu is free and it runs more than ten thousand applications. It has a vibrant user community, websites covering everything you might ever need to know, good tutorials, a paid support option, and more. Yet [...]

Super OS 11.04 released

Here it is, the new Super OS 11.04 New features: NEW: Based on Ubuntu 11.04 (see the Ubuntu 11.04 release notes and known issues) NEW: Unity 3D, the new interface introduced in Ubuntu 11.04 NEW: LibreOffice, replacing OpenOffice.org NEW: Ayatana overlay scrollbars, to reduce used screen space UPDATED: Firefox 4, Google Chrome 11 and Opera [...]

Super OS 11.04: Ubuntu 11.04 With Muscles

Hacktolive.org announced today, May 30th, the stable and final version of Super OS 11.04, their Ubuntu 11.04 based Linux distribution with “super powers.” Super OS 11.04 includes extra apps, patches, utilities and other useful packages that are missing from a standard Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) default installation. Among the applications included in the new Super [...]

Canonical and Ubuntu Needs to Settle Down

I am not averse to changes. I like experimenting with new applications and features every now and then. I have no problem with that. But that is not the case with majority of Computer users out there. For them, Computer is just a tool to get things done in a much faster and efficient manner. [...]

The Five Pillars Of Ubuntu Server 11.10

With a few weeks having passed since UDS Budapest where a lot of details concerning Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Oncelot” were figured out and debated, and the features definition freeze now in effect, Canonical has announced the five core areas they’ll be working on in this development cycle as it pertains to the Ubuntu Server release. [...]

Ubuntu Ocelot takes shape

Plans for the next release of Ubuntu Linux are taking shape. A look at what users can expect Earlier this month (May 2011), Ubuntu developers from around the world gathered at the Ubuntu One Developer Summit with the primary purpose of laying down plans for the next release of the operating system. Although not yet [...]

Linux Mint 11 ships with retro GNOME 2.32 UI

The Mint project released the final Linux Mint 11, which is based on Ubuntu 11.04, but skips over the Unity and GNOME 3 desktops in favor of GNOME 2.32.1. Linux Mint 11 offers UI updates to the Software Manager and Update Manager, while also speeding the latter, and supplies new default apps in LibreOffice, Banshee, [...]

Canonical Chief Designer Hits the Road

Ubuntu’s head designer, Ivanka Majic, is leaving for an extended motorcycle trip through America, and whether she will return to Canonical remains unclear. In a blog post, Majic says that she plans a three month honeymoon with her ​​husband, traveling via motorcycle from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. “I am taking what I believe is [...]

AriOS 3.0 Beta Available for Download

I’m happy to announce AriOS 3.0 Beta is now available for download and testing. AriOS 3.0 Beta is based on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and comes with a carefully designed and customized GNOME 2 session that uses the elegant Avant Window Navigator as the main panel (without Unity). Finding files and launching applications is handled [...]

Linux Mint 11 – Vital Service or Prolonging Agony?

Linux Mint 11 was released earlier this morning with some new features and lots of updates. One update that’s been skipped is immediately apparent – big interface change. Two major distributions have shaken their base a bit with their latest releases and some folks just don’t like to shift their computing into a higher gear [...]