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Ubuntu 12.10 may get GNOME Flavoring (along with Unity, KDE, etc)

Brad Linder — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:31 +0000

Up until a few years ago Ubuntu Linux used the GNOME desktop environment which provided the basic look and feel to the desktop and toolbar as well as a series of default apps. But starting with Ubuntu 11.04, GNOME was replaced with the Unity user interface which was built by the Ubuntu developers. Users who prefer GNOME can still install...

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First look at Project Sputnik: Dell XPS 13 ultrabook with Ubuntu Linux

Brad Linder — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:18 +0000

Project Sputnik is a six month experiment Dell is undertaking to design a notebook running open source software aimed at developers. While there's no Sputnik laptop available for purchase yet, Dell has started by creating a custom build of Ubuntu 12.04 Linux designed to run on the company's XPS 13 ultrabook. You can download the disk image and try it...

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Project Sputnik: Dell may release an Ubuntu-powered ultrabook

Brad Linder — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:23:54 +0000

Dell has a history of offering laptop and desktop computers with Ubuntu Linux. Some of the earliest Dell netbooks shipped with Ubuntu. But Dell recently pulled out of the netbook space altogether, and the company doesn't currently have any thin and light Linux-powered laptops for sale. But that could change later this year. Dell has announced a 6 month effort...

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS now available (operating systems)

Brad Linder — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:30:42 +0000

Windows 8 is due out later this year, and that makes it a good time to check out one of the most popular Linux-based operating systems. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is now available for download. It's a long-term-support release, which means the company behind Ubuntu will support this version for the next few years, even though Ubuntu 12.10 will be out...

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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal coming in October

Brad Linder — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:20:14 +0000

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin is due to launch in a couple of days. It's a long term service release of the popular Linux operating system which means support will be available for several years. But the Ubuntu team is already looking ahead toward the next version of the OS. Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 12.10 will be code-named...

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This is what Ubuntu looks like on the $70 Mele A1000 (video)

Brad Linder — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:45:25 +0000

The Mele A1000 is a little box that's positioned as a media device running Google Android. Plug in a display, power it up, and stream video or run apps on your TV. There's also an SD card slot and USB ports for external storage. But you can also boot software from the SD card, which is why the Mele A1000...

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Ubuntu Phone OS in the works?

Brad Linder — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:30:39 +0000

The company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux software for desktop, notebook, and server computers has already expressed interest in the smartphone space. Earlier this year Canonical unveiled plans for Ubuntu for Android, a platform that lets a single phone run both Android and Ubuntu, allowing you to make phone calls or run Android apps... or plug in a mouse, keyboard,...

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Pear Linux gives Ubuntu a Mac-like makeover, offers netbook, KDE editions

Brad Linder — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:05:00 +0000

Pear Linux is an operating system designed to bring a bit of the look and feel of Apple OS X to GNU Linux. The French developers behind the operating system released Pear Linux Comice OS 4 recently, and it comes in 4 versions: 32-bit, 64-bit desktop editions, and 32-bit KDE and Netbook versions. I took the netbook edition for a...

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Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Beta 2 released

Brad Linder — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Ubuntu 12.04 is due out on April 26th, 2012. It's an LTS or Long Term Support release of the popular Linux operating system. That means that the developers are aiming to make this a stable operating system that users can rely on for the next few years. But if you're cool with a little less stability you can try out...

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Ubuntu 11.10 ported to Archos Gen8 tablets

Brad Linder — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:00:28 +0000

Archos may not have released Android 4.0 for its Gen8 line of tablets from 2010. But that doesn't mean you can't run an up-to-date operating system on the Archos 43 or Archos 101 Gen8. Xda-developers forum member CalcProgrammer1 is porting Ubuntu 11.10 Linux to run on the Archos 43 tablet with a 4.3 inch display. It also works on the...

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Bodhi Linux 1.4 is a speedy, customizable OS for tablets, notebooks, desktops

Brad Linder — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:00:57 +0000

Bodhi Linux is a light-weight operating system based on Ubuntu. It's highly customizable and ships with a fraction of the pre-loaded apps you'll find in Ubuntu. But the key difference between Bodhi and the main branch of Ubuntu is that Bodhi Linux uses the Enlightenment desktop manager and offers a choice of environments suitable for notebook, tablet, or desktop computers....

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Ubuntu 12.04 hits beta

Brad Linder — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:50:35 +0000

After a few months of alpha testing, Canonical has released the first beta version of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. The full version of the operating system is due in April. The biggest difference between Alpha 2 and Beta 1 is the additionof the new Head-Up Display, or HUD system. This is Canonical's attempt to re-invent computer menus by replacing the...

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Official Eee Pad Transformer Prime bootloader unlock available

Brad Linder — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:31:05 +0000

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a 10 inch Android tablet with a quad-core processor and an optional keyboard docking station... and a locked bootloader. That means you can't install custom firmware on the tablet unless you unlock the bootloader -- and as promised, Asus has just released a tool that will let you do that. Asus doesn't recommend unlocking...

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Ubuntu for Android brings a desktop OS to Android smartphones

Brad Linder — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:19:10 +0000

You know how people like to say that today's smartphones are more powerful than the computers that NASA used to send astronauts to the moon in the '60s? Well, that's not saying much, because those early computers were small potatoes. But how about this: modern smartphones are powerful enough to act as full-fledged desktop computers. Now Canonical is out to...

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Canonical pulls the plug on funding for Kubuntu Linux

Brad Linder — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:15 +0000

The company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux software have decided to end funding for the Kubuntu variation of the operating system. Kubuntu is basically what you get when you take Ubuntu's core software and tack on a custom version of the KDE desktop environment in place of the Unity user interface that the main branch of Ubuntu has used for...

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