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First pre-release Bodhi Linux 2.0 builds available

Developer Jeff Hoogland has released the first pre-release build of Bodhi Linux 2.0. While there aren’t a ton of new features, Bodhi 2.0 is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Up until recently Bodhi was based on the 2-year-old Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Among other things, that means there’s now a 64-bit version of Bodhi available for […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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Project Sputnik: Dell may release an Ubuntu-powered ultrabook

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 […]

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

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 […]

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Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Beta 2 released

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 […]