Archive for October, 2007
The way of the Gutsy Gibbon
yes pals!!!! the wait is now over. Ubuntu 7.10 is finally out.
Go grab the gibbon now.
7.10 Beta Official Released
The 7.10 Beta Version has been officially released for users to try it out. The Final stable version is due for release today (18 oct, 2007) at 2359 HRS
www.ubuntu.com
7.10 Beta
dell linux team, ubuntu and retrospection
LXer had interviewed John Hull, manager of the Dell Linux Engineering Team (DLet) by e-mail. The interview reveals much about DELL`s satisfaction with it`s Ubuntu machines, what all DELL is doing to get Ubuntu running on all their hardware, and also what all has happened in these four months since DELL started vending Ubuntu pre-installed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Goobuntu (google`s modified Ubuntu)
During my random visits on various webpages on the internet, I found here that Google internally uses a Linux Distribution based on Ubuntu and they have named it as Goobuntu. While both Google and Mark have refuted the rumors about Google distributing Goobuntu to the public. And this should not happen either. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Google`s Linux Software repository
Google has a repository for distributing it`s own Linux applications. It also helps to stay up-to-date with the current releases of the various applications. It is good as in I could install picasa for linux through the apt. Here`s the Link to the repo:
http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/index.html
On Ubuntu, the repository can be added by issuing the [...]
Ubuntu codenames demystified : Part 1
Canonical releases a new version of Ubuntu every 6 months and gives it a an unique codename. Till now all these code names have been something or the other related to animals and birds. So, lets have an insight into what actually do these codenames mean.
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The very first version of Ubuntu to be released was [...]
Gutsy Desktop (First-Look)
The Wallpaper has changed. As you see in this image, it has become kind of dark, chocolat-ish. I did not like the colour though. The Default Wallpapers from vista are awsome. May be Ubuntu should have a few such sexy wallpapers as default. There has been two new additions on the taskbar – the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Ubuntu 8.04 codenamed Hardy Heron
The 8 series of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04 is scheduled for release in the Month of April 2008. As usual, it has a animal-istic code name, Hardy Heron (A heron is a kind of a bird) this time. To be precise, the Beta version releases on March 27, 2008 and the Final Version releases on 24th [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What`s with Gutsy`s Performance?
Innumerable Blogs are already up on the web about the new features that are incorporated in the Gutsy Gibbon release of Ubuntu, Ver. 7.10. For a better and clearer picture, you should check the Official Gutsy Beta Page here. What I`ve tried here in this post is to present you readers with how did the [...]
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