The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support).
This release incorporates the Desktop Edition and the Server Edition. The
Server Edition can be used on physical servers, on Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud
(UEC), and on Amazon's EC2 public cloud. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS
continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest
open source technologies into a high-quality,
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On Oct 30, 2008, the Ubuntu developers team have announced the availability of the official of Ubuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex and is now ready for downloading.
Ubuntu 8.10 features a new version of the Gnome 2.24 which brings some new applications and a wide range of improvements for developers and end users such as support for tabs in Nautilus, a
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About a week ago, Canonical was demonstrating a reworked desktop image of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix at Computex in Taiwan. Remix is not ready and still under heavy development. However, the source code is already available and can be installed on regular Ubuntu system. I managed to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix desktop environment running on Ubuntu 8.04 system under virtual
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filed under Fedora,
linux,
ubuntu
Robert Strohmeyer wrote on PC World website about two well known Linux distributions, Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9.
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 8.04 is the best-assembled and most polished Linux distribution I've ever used. Ubuntu 8.04 performs well where Windows XP and Vista screech to a halt, particularly on older hardware. And since it comes with OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Evolution Mail, and a host
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filed under compiz fusion,
ubuntu
Last couple of days before, I had posted two screenshots that showing Compiz Fusion Sphere and Cylinder Effect. The Compiz Fusion 0.7.4 that comes by default with Ubuntu 8.04 does not include this plugin. So you need to compile the plugin.For a new user, this not sound nice. However, there is an easy way to get this plugin and keep
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filed under banshee,
ubuntu
On May 30, Banshee 1.0 RC 1was released to the public. Banshee 1.0 RC 1 represents the sixth release since we began rewriting much of the core of Banshee. The primary reasons for this rearchitecting were to deliver much needed performance improvements, make features more powerful and mature, and allow us to add awesome new features like the Play
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