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Ubuntu is a popular Linux variant based off of the Debian/GNU release. First released in October 2004 as a Debian offshoot, it is now a major Linux distribution with a strong release and support model. Major companies such as Dell are now offering Ubuntu OS options for their products.

Ubuntu has been hailed as one of the best Linux distributions due to the strong community aspects of the OS. It was built and maintained as a platform that is designed to be easy to install, use and evolve due in part to the robust community. Ubuntu has the largest workstation installed base of any Linux distribution.

Ubuntu's success is due to the model its creators, Canonical Ltd, have formed. UK based Canonical Ltd allow anyone to download and use Ubuntu variants for free but charge for professional support.  Ubuntu has new mainstream releases every six months and Long Term Support releases every two years.

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• Howto setup Juniper Network Connect VPN on Ubuntu 9.10

  
  Ubuntu Geek — Authority: 570
  Problem You may not connect to your company private VPN via Juniper Network Connect. After You click on the [start] button of the Network Connect prompt on the Juniper Network VPN screen, You got the error message saying  “JRE is disabled or not installed”. Solution 1.  Install Sun Java runtime 2. Create a ...
  5 hours ago

• Next Version of Ubuntu Tweak 0.6 Mockup

  
  Ubuntu Geek — Authority: 570
  Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone.It provided many usefull desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn’t provided.At present, It is only designed for Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and often follows the newest Ubuntu distribution. (...) Read the rest of ...
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• Purchase music from Amazon on your Linux machine

  
  Telephone Issues — Authority: 166
  For most lovers of music on the go, the default seems to be the combination of iTunes and iP* (where * is either hone or od ). This is great for Apple and Windows users. But where do Linux users get their new music? Oh sure you can purchase the CD, rip it, and copy it to your device – but that is so ’90s. If ...
  5 hours ago

• Ubuntu Remote Desktop and VNC Not Working? Try This!

  
  The PhoneBoy Blog — Authority: 480
  I recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 x64 on one of my workstations here at home. It has a fairly simple task, but the machine needs to be available over VNC. Previously, I had used an older, headless box with Xubuntu to do the job and used a VNC server to set up a session I could connect to which ran the needed task. ...
  8 hours ago

• Planned Changes to Next Ubuntu Version 10.04

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  ubuntugeek.com: Currently the following list of changes everyone is expecting Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx): Also: Ubuntu 10.4 (Lucid) Artwork (Proposed) Advertisement: read more
  11 hours ago

• Running Google Chromium OS inside Parallels 5

  
  Kush's Blog — Authority: 112
  So Google has released a working version of Chromium Os. It is just in the begining phases of development so there’s not much there, and it’s quite slow. Nonetheless I wanted to try it. The way posted on the chromium site, is for Linux geeks, and since I’m not great with Linux, I found there was a way around ...
  11 hours ago

• Linus Torvalds - Time for a Nobel Peace Prize?

  
  GHABUNTU — Authority: 132
  I was reading through my morning Google alerts when this story caught my attention. It is an article in which the writer is of the view that its high time the father of Linux, Linus Torvalds is awarded with the Nobel Prize for Peace . Below is the story from Ridenbaugh Press/Northwest.   Read it and tell me what ...
  13 hours ago

• Vim

  
  Lynx Blog — Authority: 100
  I’ve been away from Ubuntu for a while and just installed Xubuntu 9.10 on an Acer Aspire One.  While editing some of the files, I remembered that pressing the cursor keys in insert mode inserts characters. This is because of vi compatible mode and is easily redressed by adding “set nocompatible” in ...
  14 hours ago

• Dell Dimension 5150 booting Ubuntu 9.10 from Live CD

  
  Windows Operation System — Authority: 158
  PC Booting Ubuntu 9.10 Specs Dell Dimension 5150 CPU : Intel Pentium D 2.80GHz Socket : 775 LGA RAM : 2x Samsung DDR2 512MB GPU : ATI Radeon X600 256MB HyperMemory Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600) … Dell Dimension 5150 booting Ubuntu 9.10 from Live CD CPU Intel Pentium ...
  17 hours ago

• Ubuntu 10.4 (Lucid) Artwork (Proposed)

  
  Ubuntu Geek — Authority: 570
  Ubuntu Sun As some people like dark themes and some people like bright themes, why not combine them into one set of matching themes with different shades? This is an idea for a Metacity theme that is based on the idea of having the sun shine into your windows. Could there be a better leitmotiv for the window design ...
  17 hours ago

• Google Chrome OS: Should Ubuntu and Canonical Worry?

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 160
  Google, as expected, has taken its Chrome OS effort and offered it up as an open source project called Chromium OS. As you may recall Chrome OS will target netbooks and other thin mobile devices - core markets that  Canonical is pursuing with Ubuntu. Should Canonical be worried?
  23 hours ago

• UDS Lucid Ends – Lucid Rocking Begins

  
  popey.com blog — Authority: 519
  Rock on! [IMG: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/4120389545_eeb1625f87.jpg]
  23 hours ago

• Doctors All, Car Crashes, and Insurance

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 160
  A few days have passed since the big exciting release of the Karmic Koala. Reviews are mixed with people claiming its the greatest Ubuntu release of all time, and others saying its an utter disappointment.
  23 hours ago

• Pegatron shows Ubuntu-based Smartbook

  
  Loopy Gadgets and consumer electronics — Authority: 489
  At the Connected Community Technical Symposium 2009 on Friday, a 10-inch smartbook from Pegatron was being showcased. The Pegatron 10-inch ARM-based smartbook runs the Linux Ubuntu OS. Chou summed up the advantages of the Pegatron smartbook with the acronym AQUIC: Always on – able to function more like today’s ...
  1 day ago

• Release and Renew IP address in Ubuntu

  
  TTC Shelbyville - Technical Blog — Authority: 139
  Just joined Ubuntu to an Active Directory Server in a lab and needed to get a new ip address.  Instead of rebooting, you can type this at terminal:sudo dhclientorsudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
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• Shotwell – Open source photo organizer

  
  Ubuntu Geek — Authority: 570
  Shotwell is an open source photo organizer designed for the GNOME desktop environment. (...) Read the rest of Shotwell – Open source photo organizer (172 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek , 2009. | Permalink | One comment |Add to del.icio.us Post tags: desktop , Shotwell , Shotwell ubuntu , Shotwell ubuntu ...
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• Planned Changes to Next Ubuntu Version 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

  
  Ubuntu Geek — Authority: 570
  Currently the following list of changes everyone is expecting Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) (...) Read the rest of Planned Changes to Next Ubuntu Version 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) (182 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek , 2009. | Permalink | 3 comments |Add to del.icio.us Post tags: News , ubuntu 10.04 changes , ubuntu ...
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• 10 easy steps to Ubuntu freedom

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 503
  mybroadband.co.za: You may be afraid to make the jump to Ubuntu Linux, thinking it may be too daunting to install it by yourself. In this blog I will show you exactly how easy it is to install Ubuntu. Advertisement: read more
  1 day ago

• Adiós GIMP!

  
  [comuNIdad] — Authority: 406
  El día miércoles en el Encuentro de Desarrolladores de Ubuntu (Ubuntu Developer Summit – UDS) en Dallas, se llevó a cabo la discusión sobre las aplicaciones que se incluirán en la instalación estándar de Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). Una de las decisiones técnicas que se tomó, y que me llamó mucho la ...
  1 day ago

• Season 3 Episode 21

  
  The Fresh Ubuntu Podcast — Authority: 100
  Player:  You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialise correctly. Link to file Hosts and Guests:  Harlem and ...
  1 day ago

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