We don’t often talk directly about our business activities on this blog. But once in a while something happens that rightly deserves a mention.
Our Open Source consulting business, The Open Learning Centre, has been very busy of late. We’ve been working with a household name hardware manufacturer and a very well known high-street retailer to [...]
WattOS is a new Linux distribution that’s based on Ubuntu, but designed for low-power machines. It has low system requirements, which means you can run it on older hardware. But the developers are also hoping to build advanced power management features into the OS so that you’ll have a full Linux desktop experience without consuming [...]
This small guide will show you how to use VMware Server on your Ubuntu 8.04 installation, in case you encountered some issues. This will also work for VMware Workstation 6.5 beta.
1. Download VMware Server 1.0 to your home folder
2. Download the patch file vmware-any-any-update-117.tgz to your home folder.
3. Extract the Vmware-server-1.0.6-xxxxxx.tar.gz to your home folder [...]
The Ubuntu development team has released the first version of its Mobile Internet Device (MID) operating system as a developer’s release. Ubuntu 8.04 MID is based on the Ubuntu desktop edition but is built by the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded community. The MID release is targeted at mobile handsets with limited screen real estate and, [...]
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has hinted at the likelihood of an ultra-portable netbook pre-loaded with Ubuntu Remix in the very near future. Ubuntu Remix is the lightweight version of Ubuntu that Canonical announced last week.
Writing on his blog Shuttleworth says that “the Canonical OEM team has been approached by a number of OEMs who want [...]
Here are few early videos on Ubuntu Netbook Remix OS for ultra or mini portables/notebooks.
Looking good, but not very MIDs compliant. I guess this OS will after all suit more the mini notebooks.
Canonical announced that it will be demonstrating a reworked desktop image of Ubuntu built specifically for a new category of portable Internet-centric devices – netbooks, at Computex 2008, called Netbook Remix. These affordable, power-efficient, small screen devices, based on the ground breaking low-power micro-architecture of the Intel Atom™ processor, and Ubuntu allow consumers to enjoy [...]
The b43 drivers (bcm43xx in mainline kernels, b43 and b43legacy in wireless-2.6 and 2.6.24 and later) are drivers for the 802.11 B/G family of wireless chips Broadcom produces. I think that prior to 8.04 the driver was named bcm43xx, and now it is simply b43. If when doing a fresh install of Hardy, i.e. 8.04, [...]
Standard releases will continue to receive patches and updates for one and a half-year and Server LTS release will continue to receive updates for 5 years. For more information check out Mark Shuttleworth’s post.
If you have Atheros AR5007 wireless network adapter follow this procedure to make it work in ubuntu 8.04 using the latest MadWiFi drivers.
For 32-bit Users
1. First go to System–>Administration–>Hardware Drivers” and disable by un-ticking the following option:
Atheros Hardware Access Layer (Hal)
Reboot your system.
2. Preparing your system
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Then open the terminal from Applications–>Accessories–>Terminal and [...]
This simple howto installs the most common restricted codecs in Heron, allowing you to play mp3, aac, DVD ,mp4, avi, wmv and many more formats. It also installs the codecs for ripping mp3s using the lame encoder and making DVD/CDs.
1. In a terminal type:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread3
2. In order [...]
As we all know, when it comes to security, Ubuntu Linux comes closer to OS X philosophy, i.e. not having the firewall installed at all, or if it were there, not switched on … we all know Linux in it’s core is very secure, but not having a firewall activated at least with minimum security [...]
InformationWeek.com tests openSUSE, Ubuntu 8.04, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva Linux One, Fedora, SimplyMEPIS, and CentOS 5.1 - “All performed well, and each had at least one truly outstanding feature.”
In the last couple of years, desktop-friendly Linux distributions have taken enormous leaps — they’re easier to install, better maintained, and more powerful than ever before. There’s also that [...]
If there is a single complaint that is laid at the feet of Linux time and time again, it’s that the operating system is too complicated and arcane for casual computer users to tolerate. You can’t ask newbies to install device drivers or recompile the kernel, naysayers argue.
Of course, many of those criticisms date [...]
Компания Canonical анонсировала мобильную версию операционной системы Ubuntu. Ubuntu - это популярный дистрибутив GNU/Linux для настольных компьютеров. Новая платформа Ubuntu Mobile была разработана специально для мобильных интернет-устройств (MID), она является результатом сотрудничества Canonical и Intel при поддержке свободного сообщества. Релиз Ubuntu Mobile запланирован на конец апреля этого года. Сейчас платформа доступна разработчикам оборудования в виде [...]
You can now test the Linux operating system and desktop environment. It’s as easy as ABC.
The Linux Test is just that, a very clever way for anyone to experience Linux on their Windows PC without having to install anything. Just hit the ‘START Linux’ button and a Linux OS will start up in a virtual [...]
“Really the big basic difference is that Ubuntu is a simplified cookie cutter distribution designed to not overwhelm the new user with choice. openSUSE on the other hand is the polar opposite offering choices for every aspect of Linux computing. openSUSE is very scalable and it can be as easy or advanced as one needs. [...]
Last month, following the availability of Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” was the release of Mythbuntu 7.10. Mythbuntu is an Ubuntu derivative and has been around for less than a year, but they have been making great progress with this MythTV-optimized distribution.
After using Mythbuntu 7.10 extensively, this is the best MythTV distribution [...]
Are you considering an enterprise-wide switch from a Microsoft operating system to Linux? Or are you using Linux already and want to know how your distro stacks up against others? From cost savings to security to interoperability, developers of four leading Linux distros tell, in their own words, why they are best for business [...]
Choosing a Linux distribution to run a Web site or a database is easy; Linux has handled servers well for years. Getting Linux right on the desktop, however, has always been a challenge ………
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Canonical has hit another milestone on its way to mainstream appeal with the release of version 7.10 of its Linux distribution, Ubuntu Linux. The new release comes just six months after the launch of Ubuntu Linux 7.04, the last major milestone, but Canonical has apparently had time to cram in a whole bunch of new [...]
This is a very simple guide that will teach you how to Install Ubuntu linux on the PS3 and to get more out of your powerful system .
Getting Started
Firstly, Download the Official PS3 Ubuntu Linux 7.04 Feisty Fawn ISO file and burn it to CD (It is recommended you use a download manager).
NOTE: You will [...]
Intel and Canonical ran the ‘Designing for Linux MIDS’ session today at the Intel Developers Forum. The PDF of the presentation has been published and there’s a wealth of information about core architecture and the role of Moblin (Intel’s core Linux developments) and Independent Software Vendors (gui’s and apps.) In the presentation Canonical (Ubuntu) presented [...]
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