Ubuntu switches search back from Yahoo! To Google

Ubuntu will continue to use Google as the default search engine for Firefox in its upcoming 10.04 “Lucid Lynx” release, effectively ending a brief testing phase with Yahoo! Earlier this year Canonical announced it was dropping Google in favour of Yahoo! as the default search engine for is distribution of Firefox. However, no formal release [...]

Dell Brings Specialized Cloud Computing Infrastructure To The Mainstream

Building on years of customer collaboration as the infrastructure partner for some of the world’s largest cloud service providers and hyperscale data center operators, Dell today announced new solutions, systems and services designed to help more customers build efficient and affordable cloud computing and hyperscale data center installations. The News: New integrated cloud infrastructure solutions [...]

16 things that could be improved in Ubuntu 10.04

In this post I’m going to list 16 things that I think could be improved in Lucid. I’m going to try my best to address the issues in detail and offer solutions. Of course, all of this is also a matter of opinion too. The object of this post is to make you think about [...]

Ubuntu: Canonical’s Partner Program Scores 2 Wins

Canonical’s channel partner program for Ubuntu, the fast-growing Linux distribution, took two promising steps forward this week. One step involves a vote of confidence from a key consulting company. The other step involves a key move in the government market. Here are the details. On the consulting front, The Linux Box of Ann Arbor, Mich., [...]

Ubuntu Tweak 0.5 Finally Released

After ten days’ of UTCOM’s online, I’m proud to announce the release of Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.0! It’s a very important version of Ubuntu Tweak, it has new fresh interface, the ability to sync data from the website and lots of new options added. Let’s go and see what’s new with Ubuntu Tweak 0.5. First, let’s [...]

Thoughts on the Koala

It’s been a week since Ubuntu 9.10, aka the Karmix Koala, was unleashed on the world. I wanted to post a general review after having used the special K since it went RC in late September and early October. In general, I’ve been very impressed, especially in comparison to another, recently released, operating system. This [...]

Canonical Set to Release Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition

There’s news out of Canonical today that the release of Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition — codenamed Karmic Koala — is just around the corner. It’s the greenest release yet, with a heavy emphasis on power management and cloud computing tools. Ubuntu 9.10 includes Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), a system designed to help users build and [...]

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 Enterprise Cloud Services Helps Users Build (and Support) Private Clouds

While it may be a completely philosophical debate whether the universe is turtles all the way down, it’s a lot less existential to imagine that the internet is clouds all the way up. In April, Canonical previewed its Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (affectionately known as UEC), a system designed to simplify the creation, optimization, and management [...]

Install hundreds of fonts in Ubuntu 9.04

Hi I want to add more fonts to my Ubuntu 9.04. So I made some Googling and here is simply solution, how to install hundreds of new free fonts in Ubuntu. Some examples of installed fonts: For installing give the fallowing command: $sudo apt-get install ttf-sil-gentium ttf-dustin ttf-georgewilliams ttf-sjfonts sun-java6-fonts ttf-larabie-deco ttf-larabie-straight ttf-larabie-uncommon ttf-larabie-deco ttf-larabie-straight [...]