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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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• Simple Noob Question

  
  The UNIX and Linux Forums — Authority: 171
  I am editing the squid.confi on my server. I am done editing. How do I exit the confi file? Thank you.
  5 hours ago

• Lucid Alpha 1 – Fewer Games, Installer Changes, Impatient Friendly

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 455
  omgubuntu.co.uk: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 was released late last week and although very little cosmetically has changed, we’ve pointed out the obvious changes below. Advertisement: read more
  6 hours ago

• Why I Use Ubuntu

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 455
  diffperspective.wordpress: A former student of mine noticed that my laptop looked different. Well, maybe not the laptop itself, but the user interface. She immediately inquired how I “did that” while she pointed at the screen of my Thinkpad. Advertisement: read more
  8 hours ago

• lvm backup

  
  nixCraft Linux Forum — Authority: 144
  is there a software wich is able to make a disk complete backup on which there are lvm partition ?
  15 hours ago

• 30 Reasons Why Ubuntu is here to Stay

  
  Tolearnfree - Learning Linux with Ease — Authority: 124
  When I visited a website that has many informations of Ubuntu, I saw informations about 30 reason Why Ubuntu is here? A question that is very interesting to be read. “The first release of Ubuntu Linux (version 4.10) occurred on 2004/10/20, and life hasn’t been the same since. Unless you’ve been living ...
  21 hours ago

• What will Ubuntu 10.04 bring to the table?

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 160
  It’s almost that time again – time to start chatting up the next release coming out of the Ubuntu-verse. I know, I know…it seems the tires of 9.10 were just kicked. They were. But what should be expected of Ubuntu? Advertisement Your ad here!
  22 hours ago

• How to Fix Grub2 on Ubuntu 9.10

  
  Tolearnfree - Learning Linux with Ease — Authority: 124
  When you install windows OS on your computer, probably your grub of Ubuntu 9.10 will disappear and you will be directed on Windows. Or, when you hit enter you got information that Your grub2 is error. We will share how to repair grub2 of Ubuntu 9.10 . Grub2 can be faster to boot on your OS. Lets fix grub2 ...
  22 hours ago

• Ultimate Edition 2.5

  
  Ubuntu Look — Authority: 131
  Ultimate Edition 2.5? What is Ultimate Edition 2.5? Ultimate Edition 2.5 was built off Ultimate Edition 2.4 (Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 based) all upgrades pre-installed as of current. It has KDE, XFCE, and Gnome user selectable at login, 3 new themes and tons of apps. This release is huge obviously bigger then UE 2.4 I ...
  1 day ago

• xPUD 0.9.2 – Firefox OS with App Store

  
  Ubuntu Look — Authority: 131
  Download: xpud-0.9.2.iso (64MB) Website: http://www.xpud.org We’re pleased to announce the release of xPUD 0.9.2. xPUD is a minimal and fast booting Browser OS, based on Mozilla Firefox, with a web-based UI on top. This version comes with new SysTray, WebApp mode, PageCurl effect, online App Store, new File tab ...
  1 day ago

• Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 1

  
  Ubuntu Look — Authority: 131
  Canonical, and the Ubuntu developers, have announced the availability of the first alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, code named “Lucid Lynx”. The first development milestone is the first of three planned alpha releases. Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 is based on the 2.6.32 Linux kernel and features a number of changes over ...
  1 day ago

• Ubuntu 10.04 Is Off To A Poor Performance Start

  
  Ubuntu Look — Authority: 131
  Tomorrow will mark the first alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, and while there is still a long journey ahead for this Long-Term Support release before it officially makes its debut in April, we could not pass up the opportunity to provide some early benchmarks of the Lucid Lynx. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS has already pulled in ...
  1 day ago

• New Application Stack in Ubuntu 10.04

  
  Ubuntu Look — Authority: 131
  Ubuntu 10.04, which will appear next April 2010 as Canonical’s long-anticipated third LTS (Long Term Support) release, will feature substantial changes in the lineup of applications installed by default.  Here’s a look at the biggest ones, with some thoughts. Judging by the controversy over the replacement of ...
  1 day ago

• Code tutorial: make your application sync with Ubuntu One

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 732
  When Canonical released Ubuntu 9.10 in October, the Linux distributor also officially launched Ubuntu One, a cloud storage solution that is designed to synchronize files and application data between multiple computers over the Internet. The service has considerable potential, but only a handful of ...
  1 day ago

• Luckybackup - A powerful, fast and reliable backup & sync tool

  
  Ubuntu Geek — Authority: 534
  LuckyBackup is an application that backs-up and/or synchronizes any directories with the power of rsync. Its main features are: backup, safety, synchronization, exclude/only include options, allows custom rsync options, remote connections, restore and dry-run operations, scheduling, profiles and command line mode. ...
  1 day ago

• How to Install FrostWire on Ubuntu Netbook Remix [VIDEO]

  
  FrostWire — Authority: 99
  Quick and Sweet demo of How to Install FrostWire on Ubuntu Netbook Remix (9.10) This video was recorded on a Asus EEE PC 1005HAB using “recordMyDesktop” Edited with iMovie HD and Garageband
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• A Bit of Irish on my Desktop

  
  Just Thinkin' — Authority: 114
  As some of you might know, I’m an old[er] geek. I spent the majority of my adult life feeding my geek so to speak what with having nearly 30 years in some sort of computer related field or another. And now that my disabilities have removed me, temporally or permanently, from the work force my inner geek has ...
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• Linux Vulnerabilities Found

  
  TTC Shelbyville - Technical Blog — Authority: 140
  While Linux tends to be safer than Microsoft or Mac,  two recent vulnerabilities have appeared recently.  One a denial of service bug found in the Linux kernel fails to handle large packets correctly which could in turn cause the system to crash and the second could give a local user root permissions because of [...]
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• Atom-based PsiXpda UMPC gets handled on video

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 163
  Remember that retro-looking PsiXpda UMPC we spotted earlier this month? Turns out it looks just as old school in person. That said, we’re still curiously attracted to the device, which sort of resembles an enlarged Touch Pro2 with a pinch of 1997 mixed in for good measure See more here: Atom-based PsiXpda UMPC ...
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• Twitter Watch #3

  
  Browsersphere — Authority:
  To borrow from Pink Floyd , is there anybody out there? Ironically enough, Browsersphere has been neglecting the browsersphere a little like Microsoft neglected Internet Explorer earlier this decade .  After all, my last post was way back in June .  However, unlike Microsoft, it isn’t the competition that ...
  1 day ago

• Netbook screen too small? Not for this Linux software

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 455
  blog.syracuse.com: I love my little “netbook” laptop computer, barely the size of a small hardcover book. But running programs on it turned out to be more frustrating than I’d imagined. Why not take Windows off my netbook and replace it with Linux, just like I’d done with the old laptop? Advertisement: ...
  1 day ago

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