plunge

The Ubuntu Project has started the development cycle leading up to the 9.04 release, currently planned for April 23.

"We do not recommend that users upgrade to Jaunty at this time; it is likely to be in very considerable flux until the initial round of merges is complete.

As ever, any developers wishing to take the plunge at this early stage should ensure that they are comfortable with recovering from anything up to complete system failure."

Datamation: "Nearly everyday we hear about how the modern Linux distributions are not only ready for the home user, they can even meet the growing demands of many small businesses as well.

But rather than debating this point, I'll examine the tools that would potentially mean that more small businesses would feel the confidence to take the open source plunge."

Sun Microsystems and server partner Fujitsu have announced a four-socket mid-range server based on the Victoria Falls Sparc T2+ processor, following weeks of strong hints.

Oracle is set to take the plunge into the hardware market. CEO Larry Ellison has announced tow high-end servers, developed in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard that have been designed to tackle data warehousing ...

After nearly five years, I needed to update my personal computer. My old Dell Inspiron has long since been rendered quaint by advances in processor speed and hard drive capacity.

Rather than buy a new machine running Windows Vista or take the Mac plunge, I decided to walk the open source walk.

My old Dell Inspiron has long since been rendered quaint by advances in processor speed and hard drive capacity.

Rather than buy a new machine running Windows Vista or take the Mac plunge, I decided to walk the open

I recently purchased a new Dell 1525 laptop running Ubuntu 8.04. I've been in need of a new laptop for about a year, and decided to take the plunge and see how good a Linux based laptop from Dell really is.

I finally took the plunge the other day and decided to wipe the operating system that came with my EEE PC and install Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and I'm very glad I did!

I've been using it for a few days now and am really pleased with it

I finally took the plunge the other day and decided to wipe the operating system that came with my EEE PC and install Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and I'm very glad I did!

I've been using it for a few days now and am really pleased with it, the new interface performs excellently on the small seven inch screen of the EEE.

A couple of weeks ago I decided that the release of Ubuntu 8.04 was as good a reason as any to finally take the plunge into the world of open source software properly.