I know that Distrowatch.com is a place where people can find all the information they could need or want about all the "flavors" of Linux but I am referring to a marketing effort. If Linux is ever to make it onto the desktop of more people than just those who like to "play" with it and into homes... (Read More)

Ubuntu and CentOS are now in the rPath. The company yesterday began shipping a version of its rBuilder build and release management system for Linux that adds those distros; the tool previously worked only with Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise and its own rPath Linux. rBuilder packages a Linux... (Read More)

I know that we as Linux users believe in choice but come on! How in the world does someone who wants to move away from a "closed source" system figure it out. If you type in the word "Linux" in any search engine you will come up with nearly a half million websites which reference the word alone. If... (Read More)

I've had several people ask me what I think the best, top, most user friendly, ultimate, and so on distribution is--so now I'm publishing my Top 10 Linux Distributions in reverse order of preference. Ease of installation, commercial support, community support, updates, administrative tools,... (Read More)

The New Dell Inspirion Mini 9 may well become my best friend. I noticed today that Dell is previewing their new line of Mini Notebook computers and they are impressive. The Dell Inspirion Mini 9 is Dell's entry into the mini notebook market at a very low price point: $349. What do you get for your... (Read More)

The Linux Foundation announced today that Canonical, Inc., commercial sponsor of Ubuntu Linux, joined its fold to become the latest supporter of the expansion of Linux into the business sector. Recently, many big commercial software companies have joined the Linux Foundation including Adobe and... (Read More)

AUGUST 7, 2008--There was much to celebrate at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo this week in San Francisco's Moscone Center, particularly if you're a developer building applications on or for the platform. Remember when gOS debuted as the operating system inside Wal-Mart's US$199 PC? The company... (Read More)

Mark Shuttleworth, founder and financial backer of Ubuntu, urges the Linux Community to "build a better desktop than Apple." Shuttleworth made this statement this week at OSCON (O'Reilly's Open Source Convention). He added that interoperability with Windows is of very high importance. Sounds easy... (Read More)

Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, Inc. announced Friday that it is now offering the latest Ubuntu (8.04 Hardy Heron) released in April of this year on some of their popular consumer grade laptops and desktop models. Currently available in the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, United... (Read More)

BestBuy is now offering Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) in a shrink-wrapped box for $19.99. This is the only packaged Linux that BestBuy currently sells. I haven't seen the package or visited my local BestBuy store in several months but I am happy about this decision. Shelf space is at a premium in... (Read More)

I have been using ubuntu for quite some time in a dual boot with windows and I have a few questions I would like to ask people with the valid knowledge and opinion. Will Ubuntu ever take over windows? Can windows make the drivers for devices such as wireless cards more standard i.e plug and... (Read More)

Last night on Craig Crossman’s Computer America, America’s longest-running nationally syndicated radio talk show about computers, Craig and crew interviewed Jason Perlow (rhymes with Merlot) about all things Linux. You may recognize Jason from his long-running stint as a regular columnist for... (Read More)

Things are not looking good for KDE, following the news that KDE will not be getting long term support (LTS) whereas GNOME will according to Canonical. The Hardy Heron will be assured of LTS status it seems, making Ubuntu 8.04 the second version of this Linux distro to get the Canonical commercial... (Read More)

With Xmas fast approaching, one almost expects the unexpected. It would not come as a shock, for example, if a clip of a dancing cat were to be the most viewed video on YouTube this month, or for that matter one of some rather pathetic Harry Potter puppets, or even Britney Spears singing. Indeed,... (Read More)

Want a sneaky peek at Ubuntu 8.04? Then you are in luck as the Hardy Heron Tribe 1 Alpha pre-release has just been made available for download. This will, in time, morph into 8.04 and is the first in a series of milestone CD images that is slated for distribution throughout the Hardy development... (Read More)

IBM has announced that it is joining the OpenOffice.org development community, with an initial involvement concerning code contributions it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product. The code includes accessibility enhancements, and IBM is expected to make ongoing contributions to the... (Read More)

Jeff Jones is a Strategy Director in the Microsoft Security Technology Unit, part of the team trying to make Microsoft products more secure, poor guy. No surprise that he publishes a vulnerability report on his Microsoft TechNet hosted Security Blog which always seems to suggest that Microsoft... (Read More)

A posting on Slashdot today speaks of an interview with Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth which occurred last week. In it, he states that Dell computers preloaded with Ubuntu will not include WINE, an open-source Windows emulator for the Linux platform. Mr. Shuttleworth stated that he does not want... (Read More)

This week, developers for the Ubuntu operating system are meeting in Seville, Spain to begin work on a new version of the distribution, Mobile Ubuntu. Designed to work with Intel's recently-announced low-power processor and chipset architecture, Ubuntu plans to allow developers creating mobile... (Read More)

As DaniWeb reported back in February, the trouble with asking what your customers want is that they have a habit of letting you know in no uncertain terms. When Dell did that at their IdeaStorm site, the masses yelled ‘what we want is Linux pre-installed’ and the Michael Dell yelled back ‘we... (Read More)

While announcing the name of Ubuntu's next release for October, 2007, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth spoke of a new version of the Ubuntu distribution to be released alongside Gutsy Gibbon. This release, he says, will not include any firmware, drivers, applications, and even sounds and imagery... (Read More)

Since the recent announcement of Ubuntu's Windows-based installer, Debian has responded by releasing a similar installer for itself. The nice thing about this is that you obviously don't need to mess with CDs, but what about some other things? I think Debian's been lacking some innovation lately -... (Read More)

Ah... innovation. Ubuntu is now creating a new installer that can complete the whole installation from a Windows application installer. Although I generally don't like Ubuntu because I find it too oversimplified, I do have to admit they're doing a very good job breaking Windows users into the world... (Read More)

Recently I have decided to switch from Ubuntu linux to Freebsd and here I am going to outline why. 1. The Ubuntification of linux: Lately I have noticed a trend on social bookmarking sites, mainly digg, which have people posting articles with titles like "Ubuntu Tutorials" or something similar. In... (Read More)

The reports that are popping up all over the web that IBM, along with Georgia Tech, has demonstrated the world’s fastest ever chip are, sadly, not quite as exciting as you might at first think. Not least because this wasn’t a chip at all, but rather a transistor, and even the least technical... (Read More)