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Ubuntu 6.10 RC Released

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu - codenamed "Edgy Eft". The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs,…

Ubuntu 7.04 planning begins

With the final release of Ubuntu 6.10 approaching, and apparently set to be spot on schedule October 26th, we're starting to look beyond it to Ubuntu 7.04, scheduled for release on 19 April 2007…

Oracle-Ubuntu tie-up coming?

A trail of breadcrumbs seems to be connecting database powerhouse Oracle with the Ubuntu version of Linux.

The most recent crumb was a report last week by Jeffries & Co. analyst…

Free Ubuntu laptops for French students

Five thousand French students now have laptops running Ubuntu, thanks to a local government initiative.

The Centre Region’s local authority has distributed the computers to second-year…

Is Ubuntu an Operating System?

Is Ubuntu an operating system? Last week at EuroOSCON, Mark Shuttleworth gave the closing keynote outlining what he believes are the major struggles faced by the open-source/free-software…

Ubuntu 6.10 Beta Released

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Beta Release of Ubuntu 6.10 codenamed "Edgy Eft".

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular…

Ubuntu could not exist without Debian

I’m of the opinion that Ubuntu could not exist without Debian. So it’s absolutely my intention to see that Ubuntu is a constructive part of the broader Debian landscape. It’s vital that Ubuntu…

Ubuntu update flaw

An update was released for Dapper on 21 August 2006 UTC, which has been found to cause problems on certain systems.

A subsequent update published 17 hours later corrects this, so if your…

Unofficial Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) Starter Guide

Check out this Ubuntu starter guide maintained by the Linux Center of University of Latvia. A great resource for anyone using Ubuntu. It’s Wiki based too, so feel free to contribute.

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Flash 9 for Xubuntu (Kind-of)

When Flash 8 and 9 weren’t released for Linux, I thought, "why doesn’t someone just edit Flash’s code and change the 7 to a 9?" Turns out it’s possible. Here’s how:

1) Make a back-up of the…