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Ubuntu Thoughts
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| For embedded and lower-cost devices, I
| think Ubuntu (or similar distros) are the
| way to go. However, I just donât feel itâs
| there yet for the desktop environment. What
| are your thoughts?
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http://chris.pirillo.com/ubuntu-thoughts/
Appearance Changes: Ubuntu 10.04 vs Ubuntu 9.10
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| If you've been following the Ubuntu 10.04
| testing releases you're probably aware of
| some significant changes to the appearance
| of Ubuntu. Among the top changes in
| question are the new black theme,
| black/purple gradient background and Mac-
| style title bar buttons that appear on the
| left side of the windows. These are just a
| few of the changes/improvements of this
| release but some of the most controversial.
| Today's release of the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
| release candidate sets these changes in
| stone for the release at the end of the
| month. Is this a good change? Here's a few
| screenshots to help you decide.
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http://beginlinux.com/desktop_training/reviews/ubuntu-1004-appearance-changes
Near Perfect Ubuntu Desktop
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| One of the common questions I get for my
| Ubuntu User column is what is my desktop or
| what is a good desktop for Ubuntu Linux. A
| few weeks ago I got a Dell Inspiron 560 on
| sale at Best Buy. It was a great deal, and
| ended up being a near perfect Ubuntu
| desktop.
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http://www.mikesplanet.net/2010/04/near-perfect-ubuntu-desktop/
Ubuntu 10.04 â An Extremely Simple Operating System [Linux]
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| Well guys, what do you think? Is Ubuntu
| 10.04 as amazing as Iâm making it out to
| be, or am I just a hopeless fanboy raving
| about a shiny new toy? If youâre trying the
| beta, is there a great new feature that Iâm
| missing? Should I wipe my hard drive and
| install Gentoo, like a real man? Commenting
| doesnât kill kittens, so feel free to do
| so!
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-1004-extremely-simple-operating-system-linux/
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
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| I'm very glad that Linux distributions in
| general (and Ubuntu in particular) have
| matured to the point where I get the luxury
| of talking about shiny new features and
| visual tweaks to the OS instead of getting
| bogged down in system errors and wonky
| configurations.
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http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/ubuntu1004.htm
Itâs almost Lynx time
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| We have a mere 7 days until Ubuntu 10.04
| Lucid Lynx LTS is released and this morning
| I got an email from Steve Langasek through
| the Ubuntu Announcement email list letting
| me know that they now have a release
| candidate available for testing.
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http://nancib.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/its-almost-lynx-time/
Ubuntu server OS 10.4 set to ship
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| Canonical, the company that distributes the
| Ubuntu flavor of the Linux operating
| system, is set to drop a new Long Term
| Support (LTS) version of its popular distro
| on April 29, 2010. Canonical will make its
| 10.4 distribution available for download on
| the Ubuntu Web site (Server version link,
| desktop version link). LTS versions are
| guaranteed to be supported by Canonical for
| at least five years.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1456
Mythbuntu 10.04 RC is out!
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| Mythbuntu 10.04 Release Candidate has been
| released. With this release, we are
| providing mirroring on sponsored mirrors
| and torrents.
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http://www.mythbuntu.org/10.04/rc
Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release candidate
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-releases-Ubuntu-10-04-LTS-release-candidate-984634.html
Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2024
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx dark theme and Skype
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| If you use Ubuntuâs latest release Lucid
| Lynx and you enjoy to chat with your
| friends using Skype, then you might have
| noticed that Skypes default theme clashes
| with Lucidâs dark theme. Personally, I
| think the new theme is kick-ass, but I was
| a bit annoyed that I couldnât read any of
| the menus in Skype. Iâm taking about the
| kind of menus you get when you right click
| on the Skype icon in your top taskbar. The
| dark text on dark background makes it
| unreadable.
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http://web2linux.com/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx-dark-theme-and-skype/
Ubuntu, the family album
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| A few days before the release of the new
| Ubuntu, hereâs a guided tour through the
| Ubuntu family album with some annotations
| telling my story with the different
| versions.
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http://blog.nizarus.org/2010/04/ubuntu-the-family-album
Frugal Tech Show: Matt Zimmerman, CTO of Canonical (Ubuntu Linux)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=12765
Ubuntu Shipit Opens Again: Get Free Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx CD
http://www.blogsdna.com/9292/ubuntu-shipit-opens-again-get-free-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx-cd.htm
Ubuntu Lucid in final stretch
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| Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx release is one step
| away from final release.
|
| Lucid Lynx, otherwise known as Ubuntu
| 10.04, is now in the final stretch.
|
| Yesterday the Ubuntu Developers announced
| the Release Candidate, the penultimate
| release before its final April 29 release.
|
| The desktop version of the release includes
| cloud computing updates, Music Store
| improvements and tighter social networking
| integration. Changes to the server version
| of the release are mostly focused on
| improving its cloud computing capabilities.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/12186-Ubuntu-Lucid-final-stretch.html
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Release Candidate Is Out [See What's New]
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-lts-lucid-lynx-release.html
Ubuntu wants Adobe, even if Apple doesn't
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| I recently suggested that, given Apple and
| Adobe's growing war over iPad and iPhone
| applications, it would make sense for Adobe
| to move not only its end-user applications,
| but its Creative Suite development stack,
| to Linux. While I don't know if Adobe is
| considering it, Canonical, the company
| behind Ubuntu Linux, would welcome Adobe.
|
| Canonical marketing manager Gerry Carr told
| me that "in a recent survey we did of the
| Ubuntu User base where we got 32,000 plus
| responses, Adobe Photoshop as a potential
| application for Ubuntu got a 3.52 rating
| out of 5 being the second most popular
| potential app after Skype."
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15991/ubuntu_would_welcome_adobe_to_linux
Open Source Communities: Canonical, Ubuntu and Jono Bacon
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| Recently I read that Ubuntu devs are were
| debating about desktop color scheme, and
| someone was arguing that in the meantime
| Fedora devs are debating about update
| policy. Iâd like to get your opinion about
| what is important at Ubuntu, and why.
|
| Jono, what are key issues at Ubuntu
| nowadays?
|
| Ubuntu as project invests itâs time and
| effort in a wide and diverse range of
| area including documentation,
| translations, development, testing,
| advocacy and more. In each of these
| areas we have sought to build a strong
| a vibrant community to help volunteers
| be productive and have fun at the same
| time.
|
| One particular focus we have been
| growing has been in the area of design.
| We are keen to apply the same ethos to
| the design community as the rest of the
| community: rewarding good work with
| great reputation, and looking to our
| top contributors to help guide and
| contribute to Ubuntu.
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http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/04/23/open-source-communities-canonical-ubuntu-and-jono-bacon/
Ubuntu Discards System Tray
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| Ubuntu, the open source operating system,
| is ditching the system tray, the bar at the
| bottom of most browsers that is supposed to
| act as a notification area. The rationale
| for the change, according to Matthew Paul
| Thomas, an Ubuntu contributor, was "its
| ineffectiveness at notifying people of
| things, and its inconsistent behavior."
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ubuntu_discards_system_tray.php
Ubuntu 10.04 Overview
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| For those running XP, not impressed with
| either buying a new OS for a couple of
| hundred or buying a new PC, Ubuntu is an
| option. But you will want to make sure you
| buy a book like Ubuntu for non-Geeks before
| taking the plunge. This will save you a lot
| of confusion as this is NOT Windows.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2010/04/23/ubuntu-10-04-overview/
5 Recommended things to do before upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
http://www.linuxnov.com/5-recommended-things-to-do-before-upgrading-to-ubuntu-10-04-lts/
Ubuntu Power Users Community
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| The benefit of this kind of community is
| that it would provide a home for those
| people who desire more configurability of
| Ubuntu beyond itâs default installation,
| and provide a fantastic way of supporting
| this community of users.
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http://www.linux.com/distrocentral/distroblogs/301452:ubuntu-power-users-community
Canonical open sources Launchpad and Ubuntu Single Sign On code
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| More details about the Canonical Identity
| Provider can be found on the project's
| Launchpad page (login required). Canonical
| Identity Provider code is released under
| version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public
| License (AGPLv3).
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-open-sources-Launchpad-and-Ubuntu-Single-Sign-On-code-983946.html
Recent:
Ubuntu 10.04 Integrates All Your Inboxes [Linux]
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| Iâve been looking for a way to combine all
| my inboxes in one place for a long time;
| little did I know my favorite operating
| system would make this dream feature of
| mine a default. Previously I didnât really
| see the point of the indicator applet, but
| with the addition of access to oneâs social
| networks I see a bright future for this
| handy little tool.
|
| If youâre really interested in the next
| version of Ubuntu, and youâre brave enough
| to try something still in beta, check it
| out here. If youâd rather wait, the full
| version comes out on April 29th, and you
| can always read more about Ubuntu tomorrow
| when my next post goes up.
|
| What do you think? Is this a killer feature
| for Ubuntu, or more bloat youâll never use?
| Will you yourself use the indicator applet
| now that it supports social networks, or
| will you continue to remove it as part of
| your Ubuntu setup routine?
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-1004-integrates-inboxes-amazing/
Ubuntu Power Users Community
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| As Ubuntu continues to grow and refine,
| particularly in bringing excellence in
| design to the platform, there has been some
| concern in some parts of the community that
| it is less attuned to power users who want
| to tweak many aspects of the system than it
| once was. I agree. That in my mind is not a
| bad thing: Ubuntu is focusing on a simple,
| sleek and refined experience, and sometimes
| as Mark said recently, less is more.
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http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/04/21/ubuntu-power-users-community/
Tomcat improvements coming up in 10.04 !
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| Jason Brittain, a software architect at
| MuleSoft and the author of Tomcat: the
| Definitive Guide, approached us with some
| ideas about how to improve the Tomcat
| package in Debian and Ubuntu. Check out his
| blog post on working with Debian and Ubuntu
| here.
|
| Jason noticed that the Ubuntu and Debian
| init scripts were starting Tomcat via the
| JSVC service runner, in order to allow
| binding the Tomcat JVM to privileged server
| port numbers (port numbers lower than
| 1024), while still running as an
| unprivileged user. However, JSVC was also
| the source of several long-standing bugs:
| it shuts down Tomcat abruptly and
| implements unreliable restarts, so it was
| possible for the init script to be unable
| to restart Tomcat. Upstream recommends
| using Tomcatâs catalina.sh script instead,
| and that script should in turn run the Java
| binary, so that the init script can
| properly handle any issues with starts,
| stops, or restarts. But that script doesnât
| have the support to bind ports as root and
| then run as an unprivileged user, like JSVC
| doesâ
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http://fnords.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/tomcat-improvements-coming-up-in-10-04/
Change I Can Believe In
http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/04/22/change-i-can-believe-in/
Canonical to Roll Out Independent Ubuntu Certified Professional Certification for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
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| Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, today
| announced that it will provide its own
| fully-independent certification for junior-
| level system administrators to help them
| with Ubuntu deployments in their office
| environments. The e-learning course version
| will be available shortly after the Ubuntu
| 10.04 LTS (Long Term Support) release on 29
| April 2010 with students able to study in
| the classroom from June 2010 and the new
| exam available from October 2010.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/04/prweb3897674.htm
Canonical open sources Launchpad and Ubuntu Single Sign On code
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| More details about the Canonical Identity
| Provider can be found on the project's
| Launchpad page (login required). Canonical
| Identity Provider code is released under
| version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public
| License (AGPLv3).
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-open-sources-Launchpad-and-Ubuntu-Single-Sign-On-code-983946.html
Open vs. Closed: Ubuntu Walks the Line
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| Canonicalâs 330 employees are responsible
| for maintaining, supporting and selling
| service for Ubuntu, an open-source version
| of the Linux operating system for servers,
| desktops and computer manufacturers. Some
| 120-150 of the Canonical employees
| contribute directly to the new releases of
| the software that come out every six
| months, and most of the companyâs revenue
| comes from supporting enterprise server
| customers and makers of computers that want
| to put Ubuntu on desktops. Consumers also
| download the software, but few pay
| Canonical for support. The company is not
| yet profitable.
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http://gigaom.com/2010/04/21/open-vs-closed-ubuntu-walks-the-line/
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