PC World-We've known for some time that a"pure GNOME"version of Ubuntu Linux was in the works,and following last week's release of Ubuntu 12.10"Quantal Quetzal,"the first GNOME Remix of the software has now made its debut as well. "The ...
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The month of October may have been more or less dominated by Ubuntu Linux for those of us anticipating its recent "Quantal Quetzal" release, but this week the Linux Mint project made an intriguing announcement of its own. Specifically, ...
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Canonical has released both the server and desktop editions of 12.10 Ubuntu, which offers a glimpse of how this Linux distribution will evolve in the next few years. Ubuntu 12.10 "effectively sets out the future direction of how Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 13.04, scheduled for release in April next year, will have some of its key parts developed under wraps with the help of community members who can be trusted not to talk in their sleep, Canonical's founder Mark Shuttleworth wrote in a ...
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The next version of Ubuntu Linux will include a new feature that can incorporate commonly used Web apps directly into the user's desktop, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announced at OSCON on Thursday. The new feature, called Ubuntu ...
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PC World - Linux fans in general and Ubuntu users in particular are already well acquainted with the many desktop environments that are available for distributions of the free and open-source operating system. While Ubuntu Linux has ...
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Earlier this month fans of the good old GNOME 2 desktop environment got some exciting news when it became clear that a version of Ubuntu Linux featuring the classic desktop was in the works. Now, plans for that new Ubuntu flavor are ...
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Earlier this month fans of the good old GNOME 2 desktop environment got some exciting news when it became clear that a version of Ubuntu Linux featuring the classic desktop was in the works. Now, plans for that new Ubuntu flavor are ...
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Canonical is adding a new feature to its Ubuntu operating system that will allow desktop users to access popular Internet services without opening a browser window. Instead, a Web page can be accessed as a desktop application. Using this ...
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Microsoft's"Secure Boot"plans for Windows 8 have already caused no end of controversy in the Linux community,and certainly one of the more divisive announcements in recent months was Canonical's decision to drop the GRUB 2 bootloader as ...
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PC World-With so many Linux distributions out there,it can be difficult to keep tabs on all the updates that come out over the course of an average week or month. I've featured a few key arrivals over the past few months--including ...
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It's been just about two months since the launch of the first alpha version of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 Quantal Quetzal,and that release was followed by two more alpha iterations over the course of the summer. Late last week,however,the free ...
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