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By Rob Beschizza we loved the Logitech Mice That Weren't, hailed The Sharper Image's comeback, and wondered whether its "Inventor's Lab" would stop it becoming just another brand-for-hire. Uncut currency wrapping paper made Christmas morning a felony, a new iPhone app made it easier to log into free Wi...

By Matt Cutts In case you’re looking for the “udevmonitor” program on the Intrepid Ibex version of Ubuntu, it’s changed; use “udevadm monitor” now: It looks like udevmonitor was a symlink, and around April 2008, that symlink was removed. Someone asked about it on the Linux kernel mailing list and rece...

Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu ... A Linux live CD can save your data · About · List of Posts in Reverse Order ...

By segphault@arstechnica.com (Ryan Paul) The Ubuntu developers have announced the official release of Ubuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex. This release includes GNOME 2.24 and version 2.6.27 of the Linux kernel. Read More...

By edit@zdnet.com.au (Stephen Shankland) Linux developers Canonical have released their latest version of Ubuntu (8.10), Intrepid Ibex, into the wild. This screenshot gallery gives you a look at the new distribution and all the free goodies inside.

A few days ago I made yet another tweak to my Ubuntu laptop to make the fonts look a little better. The result is that I'm now quite happy--impressed even. Here are the three things I've done to make my day-to-day work easy on the eye. First, enable subpixel smoothing in the System > Appearanc...

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The Linux world's three most influential community distributions, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu, are each undergoing beta testing toward a late fall release. eWEEK Labs takes a look at some of what's new in this Linux OS trio.

By Kevin Purdy Ubuntu 8.10, the next release of the Linux distro we looked at earlier this month, will have a much-requested "DarkRoom" theme available, though the lighter Human remains the default. A full screen of the DarkRoom desktop is below. [via]

By Kevin Purdy The default file manager for GNOME-based Linux systems has a pretty sparse right-click menu when first installed. Install a few helper packages, however, and soon you're rotating and resizing images without an editor, popping open terminals for quick system work, and skipping the sud...

By Grant Robertson Filed under: Audio, Design, Photo, Video, Linux, Productivity, CanonicalUbuntu Studio has received a fair bit of attention. The multi-media production offshoot of the popular Linux distribution is worth a look for audio production but, according to Linux.com, leaves a lot to be desir...

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Ubuntu Linux 7.04, an aluminum desktop stand and a wavy wireless mouse.

By Marc Wagner My colleague, Chris Dawson, has written several excellent pieces recently about Linux (mostly about the latest from the Ubuntu family of products but more recently about SuSE) and he has made some excellent points.  The question one has to ask though in deciding whether Linux is right f...

By ExtremeTech.com The state of DX10, Samsung announces terabyte hard drives, Loyd gets a GPS, Motherboard manufacturing madness, Experiences with Dell Ubuntu, HD Video playback quality on the PC, Blockbuster goes Blu-ray, HDMI pass through vs audio decode and more.

By adam frucci Having trouble with the ladies? Your personality isn't to blame, I'm sure, as the fairer sex loves it when you describe funny LOL CATS images and talk about how Ubuntu Linux would take over if people would just give it a chance. No, it's got to be the lack of facial hair. Everyone knows that a thi...

By tips@zdnet.com.au (Stephen Shankland) Dell said on Wednesday night in the US it will begin selling three models of PCs with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled on Thursday.

Blog: The No. 2 PC seller will offer a $899 desktop, a $599 desktop and a $599 laptop with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled.

By Stephen Shankland Dell said on Wednesday night it will begin selling three models of PCs with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled on Thursday. Dell teases its Ubuntu Linux PCs(Credit: Dell) The company announced the models on its Direct2Dell Web site and said they'll go on sale at www.dell.com/open by ...

By Christopher Dawson Can free and open source software compete with commercial applications? The short answer is, "Of course!" Obvious examples include OpenOffice, various Linux distros, and the GIMP. However, does this answer still apply when we're looking at more industry-specific software? We just r...

What does the Dell Ubuntu deal really mean and will it change anything or it just a PR stunt?

Dell has finally chosen a Linux distribution to offer on its desktop and laptop machines. Following news that Michael Dell was running Ubuntu on his personal laptop, the company has followed suit and from late May Dell machines will ship with Ubuntu 7.04 as an option.…

Hey dude, been waitin’ for Dell to drop Linux? Dude… you’re gonna get your wish. Ubuntu Linux has all but been confirmed as the flavor of Linux that Michael Dell...

Having had a go at a few more Linux installations than the average newbie, I can say that Ubuntu is probably about as easy an install as it's going to...

Three years after it burst onto the operating system scene, the Debian-based Ubuntu Linux has entered its sixth generation with the release of 7.04 dubbed "Feisty Fawn" globally.

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By webmaster@datamonitor.com (Datamonitor) The Linux Foundation promotion and standards group has included representatives from IBM, HP, Oracle, Novell, Ubuntu, and Bank of America in its first board of directors, formed following the January merger of Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group.

By Grant Robertson Filed under: News, Linux, Open SourceMythTV, the popular Linux based PVR project, has been around for some time. It's nice, and it functions well, but it's only as functional as Windows Media Center Edition plus, it can be difficult to install and configure. Linux MCE, which wraps MythTV u...