The Wait Is Over: Ubuntu 7.10 Is Here
As promised, Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was released a few minutes ago, and it's my deepest pleasure to introduce you guys to the new features to be found in this version of Ubuntu (which is based on the GNOME desktop environment) and also to the features from Kubuntu (same as Ubuntu, but based on the popular KDE desktop environment).
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18.10.2007 Ubuntu 8.10 Released
After six alphas, a beta and a release candidate, Ubuntu 8.10 is here, today (October 30th), available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it's my greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Intrepid Ibex.
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30.10.2008 Ubuntu 9.04 Review
Ubuntu is a community-developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work, Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email apps, to web server software and programming tools.
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21.5.2009 Microsoft Zune Picture - Zune In The Wild!
The reason the shot is in black and white is because Microsoft assigned a unique color scheme to every Zune prototype in existence right now—all 150 of them—so any leaks could be traced to the employee who leaked it.
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16.8.2006 Zune 3.1 released, Zune now cheaper than iPod
Microsoft has released firmware version 3.1 for all models of their Zune MP3 players.
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18.11.2008 Dell’s Mini packs Ubuntu, XP
Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 now available and Dell is pushing the netbook is available on its site. Meanwhile Vodafone is going to sell the Mini in Europe.
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4.9.2008 Ubuntu 9.04 Boots in 21.4 Seconds
There are only two days left until the third Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) will be available
(for testing), and...
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13.1.2009 Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate published
The Ubuntu project has published a release candidate, or final testing version, for the upcoming 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope version of its popular Linux distribution.
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17.4.2009 Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Ubuntu Linux
In past we have covered Windows 7 Transformation pack for Windows Vista & Windows XP as well as Mac OS X transformation pack for Windows XP now here is Windows 7 Transformation pack for Ubuntu Linux for those users who want to enjoy Windows 7 and want to give fresh look to their Ubuntu Linux.
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21.10.2009 Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses
Over the past few days I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the differences between Microsoft’s latest Windows 7 and Canonical’s Ubuntu 9.10.
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30.10.2009 Linux Matches Windows 7 Release With Ubuntu 9.10 RC
Canonical on Thursday made available the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7.
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25.10.2009 Zune HD will be the only Zune standing
Paul Thurrott has confirmed that the Zune HD will be the only Zune left once the touchscreen media player launches in two weeks, as it is clearly shown in my masterpiece made in MS Paint below.
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2.9.2009 Authorities Order BitTorrent Pirate to Move from Ubuntu Linux to Windows
Scott McCausland, aka sk0t has seen better times, but as it appears, he is all out of luck lately. For McCausland it all went downhill with an illegal download of Star Wars: Episode III over a peer-to-peer file sharing network.
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25.8.2007 Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was “a work in progress.” That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing.
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15.7.2008 Zune pics
Marking the next big milestone for its Connected Entertainment vision, Microsoft Corp. today unveiled details of the first products to be released under its Zune™ brand.
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15.9.2006 Hands On The Zune
Today, I had an opportunity to listen to a few songs and a radio station on the Zune here at the Microsoft Campus in Seattle.
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22.10.2006 Zune: Welcome to the Social
As Microsoft launches Zune this week, the goal is not to manufacture another digital music player but to create a shared, social experience that will be shaped by the collective imagination of consumers and will inspire discovery of new music and artists.
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14.11.2006 Zune Reviews: It's OK, But No iPod
When the Zune arrives next Tuesday, Microsoft was hoping to make a big splash. However, it won't be getting any help from the technology media, which have for the most part passed over the so-called "iPod killer" in lackluster reviews.
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12.11.2006 Microsoft didn't create Zune
The person who actually created the “Zune” name is getting no credit at all. Zune is on everyone's lips these days, be it in a context of criticism or...
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22.11.2006 Consumers Uninterested in Zune
To hear Microsoft tell the story, you'd think its recently released Zune MP3 was doing just fine: Sales of the widely-reviled device were "exactly within our expectations," a Microsoft spokesperson said recently.
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29.11.2006 Zune Has Too Many Issues to Compete
After watching Apple and its ubiquitous iPod dominate the digital music industry largely from the sidelines, Microsoft has decide to tackle the market leader head on with the introduction of the Zune.
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10.12.2006 Zune 2.0 details leaked
The chances of a Zune Scene editor running into a Microsoft Zune employee in the wild are pretty slim, but recently the stars were aligned and I got the inside scoop on the Zune 2.0 and also the flash based Zune coming out in 2007.
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11.4.2007 Microsoft says Zune still on track
I still don't see them anywhere I travel, but Microsoft says that it is still on track to sell 1 million of its Zune portable music players by June.
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22.6.2007 Zune DRM cracked
A program has surfaced that strips DRM off of tracks purchased from the Zune Marketplace, or traded via Wi-Fi.
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16.7.2007 Zune 3.0 Upgrade Available for Download
Although it was announced as early as September 8, the Zune 3.0 upgrade was made available for download only today, September 16.
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16.9.2008 Zune.net Gets Updated
Microsoft has updated Zune.net adding new functionality to the website. As a direct consequence, Zune.net was down on the night of June 8, with Jessica Zahn, Zune Social program manager, having announced in advance that new features would be coming.
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9.6.2009 Microsoft Introduces the Zune Bus
The Zune is coming and what better way to celebrate it than painting a bus in jet black and slapping the company (Microsoft) and the product (Zune) logo on the side.
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2.10.2006 Microsoft's Zune 'no threat' to Apple
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has rubbished claims that Microsoft's Zune media player will pose a serious threat to the iPod's market dominance.
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17.10.2006 European Zune delayed until 2008?
Ahh man this rules out me having one shortly after my birthday (Nov. 9th) gifts welcome Anyway my mate Patrick of OSNN picked up on this article over at Reg Hardware..
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1.11.2006 MSN Music Shutting Down For Zune
Microsoft has announced that its MSN Music service will be discontinued. The announcement comes a few days before the official US launch of Microsoft's Zune player and its associated Zune Marketplace.
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5.11.2006Canonical licences 'satanists' selling Ubuntu-esque t-shirts
There are, of course, many Linux distros based on Ubuntu out there (Shift Linux was, for a time, one of them). Among the religious derivatives, we
have seen the Ubuntu Christian Edition, the Ubuntu Muslim Edition, and the Ubuntu Satanic Edition. Normally the Ubuntu spirit of mutual
respect keeps most people happy, but, according to their website, the developers of the Ubuntu Satanic Edition had run into trouble with Canonical,
the company that oversees the Ubuntu distro, over what might be called an "image" issue, but what could have proved to be a "freedom of religion"
publicity nightmare for Canonical. Why?
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22.06.2009Ubuntu Studio 7.04 Released
Ubuntu Studio is a
multimedia editing/creation
flavour of Ubuntu. It’s
built for the GNU/Linux audio,
video, and graphic enthusiast
or professional.
The Ubuntu Studio team is
proud to announce its first
release: 7.04 for Intel
i386-compatible processors.
With this release, which you
can download for DVD in little
over 860 MiB, we offer a
feature that is somewhat
reminiscent of Ubuntu Server:
on installation, you can
choose between the Audio,
Graphics or Video tasks; and
choose also to install a
number of plugins, which for
this release is mainly aimed
at audio production.
We have endeavoured to
keep as many of our packages
in the standard Ubuntu
repositories as possible.
Certain packages, such as
wired and our art packages,
are kept in an external
repository and fully up to
Ubuntu packaging standards. Be
aware however, that this is
only a temporary solution and
we will be pushing all our
packages into Ubuntu for the
next release...
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13.05.2007Wubi arrives: a look at Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5
The Ubuntu development community has
announced that
the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few intriguing
new features. The official release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is
scheduled
for late April and feature freeze is already in effect.
<...> One of the most significant new features added in alpha 5 is
support for Wubi, a new installation mechanism that makes it easier for Ubuntu and Windows to coexist on the same computer. Wubi provides a complete
Ubuntu installer that can be run in Windows from the Ubuntu Live CD. It installs Ubuntu into a folder on the Windows file system and sets up a boot
menu so that users can choose between Windows and Ubuntu when the computer starts.
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24.02.2008Ubuntu: No negotiations with Microsoft in progress
Ubuntu founder Mark
Shuttleworth has provided a
lengthy response to the
ongoing rumors of negotiations
between Microsoft and Ubuntu:
Theres a rumour
circulating that Ubuntu is in
discussions with Microsoft
aimed at an agreement along
the lines they have concluded
recently with Linspire,
Xandros, Novell etc.
Unfortunately, some
speculation in the media
(thoroughly and elegantly
debunked in the blogosphere
but not before the damage was
done) posited that śUbuntu
might be nextť.
For
the record, let me state my
position, and I think this is
also roughly the position of
Canonical and the Ubuntu
Community Council though I
havent caucused with the CC on
this specifically.
We
have declined to discuss any
agreement with Microsoft under
the threat of unspecified
patent infringements...
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17.06.2007Improved Windows interoperability in Ubuntu
A proposal has been created by Scott Richie, an Ubuntu MOTU, that Wine be included in the Main repository of Ubuntu. This does not mean the Wine would
be installed by default but instead that, on clicking an executable file, the user would be prompted if they want to install Wine. An automatic
install would follow, similar to what is already done for codecs in Ubuntu. The proposal comes after realising that only 37% of Ubuntu users had
installed Wine with only a third of these using it according to PopCon. Having previously been too unstable in its beta versions, Scott Richie
believes Wine is now mature enough for inclusion in the distribution.
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15.12.2008Linux comparison: Introduction and Ubuntu
Introduction I have toyed around with Linux on and off for the last few years, mostly with Ubuntu. My first experience of Linux was Ubuntu. At first
it was a bit scary, with me wondering if my CPU would implode should I type the wrong command. The more I used Linux though, the more I learnt about
my computer. This is why I think anyone who finds computers and technology interesting, should give it a go. And what better time to do so than now?
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04.12.2008Zune 2: An intimate conversation with the Zune team
Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee working on Zune, had some interesting things to note when Channel 10 interviewed him. It turns out that the newly
released Zune 4 ($150), Zune 8 ($200) and Zune 80 ($250), the names of which you may have guessed correspond to the device capacity in GB,
aren't the only part of the Zune experience that received a revamp. The Zune software and the Zune Marketplace have been recoded from the ground up.
Cesar also throws out a statistic: the Zune Marketplace now has 3 million tracks available, 1 million of which are DRM-free.
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05.10.2007Ubuntu on Atom: coming soon to a subnotebook near you
Ryan Paul: During OSCON last week, I met with Canonical's Pete Goodall to discuss the company's strategy for Ubuntu in the mobile market. Although
he could not tell me any specifics regarding plans for upcoming Ubuntu-based subnotebook products, the word is that good stuff is coming soon. He
seemed very enthusiastic about emerging opportunities for Ubuntu in the mobile space.
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28.07.2008New Zune Moves to Cloud
Zune HD goes on sale starting today, and with it comes Zune 4.0, which uses cloud computing to let customers seamlessly move back and forth from
watching video and listening to music on their Zune HD, their PC or their TV...
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15.09.2009Microsoft Names New Zune Chief
Just two days after it launched its redesigned Zune music player, Microsoft has named a new head for the Zune unit. Microsoft veteran Rick Thompson
has been named Zune vice-president, and will report to J Allard...
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05.10.2007Zune Updates Coming November 13
Microsoft is preparing users of its Zune music player for the much-hyped upgrade to both the Zune device and desktop software...
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07.11.2007Zune: software update Sep. 15 & Zune HD is only Zune left
Engadget spotted that Microsoft has confirmed the new Zune software update will be made available on September 15. In a newsletter to subscribers,
Microsoft notes "soon you'll be able to experience the all-new Zune software packed with exciting new features. Watch for the update on September
15 so you'll be ready to enjoy the full Zune experience." It's expected that the latest update will include more HD video options and an
apps marketplace. Zune HD applications were confirmed by a Microsoft official in late August. Earlier this week Microsoft company officials confirmed
that current Zune models, the Zune 8, 16 80, and 120, have all been discontinued and that the Zune HD will be the only Zune device manufactured.
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04.09.2009Microsoft Drops Zune Price, Talks Zune Phone
Microsoft has decided to drop the price of the Zune in an effort to spur sales, while indicating it hadn't completely ruled out a Zune phone.
Effective Wednesday, the price of Microsoft's competitor to the iPod is now $199 USD...
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05.09.2007Zune HD to remain US only, for now
Microsoft has gone on record saying that the Zune HD will remain a US device only. This means that if you are anywhere outside of the US then you
will not see the Zune HD for some time as Microsoft may be testing the markets. "For the time being the Zune HD device will remain US only. Right
now we are focused on deploying an exciting service in the form of Zune Video to 18 markets. We are looking at potential future hardware experiences
for these markets, but do not have anything to announce right now" The Zune HD, which launches on September 15th, will be a serious competitor to
the iPod touch.
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11.09.2009Wikipedia adopts Ubuntu for its server infrastructure
The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the user-driven Wikipedia project, is in the process of migrating its servers to the Ubuntu Linux
distribution. Wikimedia's move to Ubuntu is part of an effort to simplify administration of the organization's 400 servers, which previously ran a
mix of various versions of Red Hat and Fedora.
Ubuntu has achieved an unprecedented level of success in the desktop Linux market,
but the distribution has been slow to gain acceptance on servers. Wikimedia's adoption of Ubuntu could help increase the distribution's visibility
in the Linux server market and demonstrate its viability in large-scale deployments.
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10.10.2008New Zune HD images leak, shows black and silver colors
New images of Microsoft's Zune HD has leaked, and according to the pictures shown, the Zune HD appears to be sporting black and silver color
options. We've previously reported that Microsoft confirmed that Zune HD was coming this fall, and that it was set to hit amazon in September.
Microsoft plans to go international with the Zune later this year. Amazon has listed the Zune HD, and users can sign up to be notified when it will
be available. Pricing information has yet to be revealed. Black Zune HD Silver Zune HD
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05.08.2009Former Linspire CEO Switches to Ubuntu
The sincerest complement a Linux distribution can get is when the onetime CEO of a rival Linux company switches to that distribution. That's exactly
what happened when Kevin Carmony, former CEO of Linux desktop distributor Linspire, publicly announced that he's switched to Ubuntu.
Carmony, who left Linspire in late July, announced his switch to Ubuntu in the Ubuntu Forums on Oct. 17. In his note, Carmony wrote: "Now that
I'm no longer the CEO of Linspire, or under any obligation to use that particular distribution, I thought I should take some time and look around at
all the distributions and decide which one was right for me and my PC. In addition to already being quite familiar with Linspire and Freespire, I also
looked at Novell/SUSE, Red Hat/Fedora, PC Linux, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu."
His decision? "Well, after all my research, I have to
tell you, it was an easy choice. Ubuntu! I'm excited for the new release
in a few days, which I will use to replace the
many Linux desktop and laptop PCs I own (five)."
winbeta.org - 19.10.2007
Microsoft job posting hints at Zune, Xbox, integration
Many have questioned why Microsoft hasn't integrated the Zune and the Xbox ever since the launch of the Zune. The two products are the staples of
Microsoft's hardware division and yet the two do not integrate well together. A posting for a new position at Microsoft states "User
Experience Designer" and goes into the details of "creative directors to propose innovative designs and content solutions for the Zune Device UI,
Zune Xbox and Zune PC Application." The job posting spells out that the Zune and Xbox will be key parts of the new position. Microsoft may finally
be doing what many have wanted, a Zune that seamlessly works with the Xbox 360 for music and video sharing.
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neowin.net - 21.12.2008
Ubuntu attracts the lion's share of LinuxWorld's smaller crowds
Even though attendance was a bit sparse during this year's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo when compared to previous years, the Canonical booth -- where
the latest Ubuntu Linux software was being shown off -- still managed to draw a crowd...
betanews.com - 08.08.2008
Ubuntu 8.10 officially launches Thursday
Canonical today announced that the 8.10 version of its popular Linux distribution Ubuntu will be available for free download on Thursday, October 30...
betanews.com - 28.10.2008
