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Why Ubuntu and Too Much Trust Can Be Bad

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:31:00 -0600

Indeed, on a platform like Ubuntu, where the relationship between users and developers is defined by trust and presumed goodwill rather than financial exchange and a corporate EULA, the opportunities for social engineering are perhaps more abundant than they are under proprietary systems.

On Ubuntu community news

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:20:00 -0600

Community communications are essential. So are community news. A source of news (both technical and general public) is great when you want to keep in touch with the Ubuntu world, without having to digg around in IRC logs, mailing lists, external blog posts, forum posts,Ok, So what do we have right now?

Logitech QuickCam in Ubuntu 8.10

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:18:00 -0600

Unfortunately Logitech QuickCams do not work out of the box in Ubuntu 8.10. This thread allowed me to get the camera up and running...

Making Skype and Ubuntu 8.10 get along, specially on the AA1

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:16:00 -0600

As you may or may not know, the current version of skype does not work out of the box in Ubuntu 8.10. The solution can be simple or farelly complex. It depends on how the system is dealing with your soundcard.

Ubuntu Remains Best Linux Distribution for Desktops

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:15:00 -0600

The latest version of Canonicals Linux distribution, Ubuntu 8.10, still outshines the Linux desktop offerings from Red Hat and Novell, and is the best open-source alternative to Microsoft and Apple operating systems. However, both Red Hats Enterprise Linux and Novells SUSE distributions are ahead of Ubuntu 8.10 in the server space.

World AIDS Day

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:30:00 -0600

Today is the 20 th Anniversary of World AIDS Day , a day to bring attention to the global AIDS crisis. Dell is joining those efforts – HIV/AIDS affects our employees, customers, suppliers and communities everywhere Dell has a presence. Today, approximately...(read more)

Updating NVIDIA graphics drivers with Ubuntu kernel updates

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:08 -0600

I run Ubuntu Hardy on my Thinkpad T61p but I use the proprietary NVIDIA graphics drivers so that I can have a decent resolution and use Desktop Effects. This works fine most of the time.

And now NetBeans 6.5 is there in my Ubuntu-8.10

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:04 -0600

Installing NetBeans in Ubuntu in very easy. The only pre-requisite for installation is to have a suitable JDK on your machine. That too is not a problem if you download the NetBeans + JDK bundle. But I thought of installing them separately.

Uubntu Weekly Newsletter #119

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:01 -0600

In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase II, Archive of Interviews, New MOTU: Onkar Shinde, Ubuntu Tamil Team, Ubuntu Tunisia Team, Ubuntu-NL release party, Launchpad 2.1.11 and Open ID Support, RSS feeds for Ubuntu Forums, Ubuntu Podcast #13, Full Circle Magazine #19, Community Interview of Nicolas Scerpella, Hardening the Linux Desktop, Coming Soon: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference, 50 amazing Ubunt time-saving tips, 50 of the best looking Gnome/Ubuntu desktop themes, Team meeting summaries, and much, much more!

StudioDave Does A Hardware Review And Meets Ubuntu 8.10

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:14:12 -0600

I'll announce the spoiler now and tell you that everything is coming along nicely and I'm happy with my purchase. But Linux is Linux, and configuring a Linux machine for audio production can be troublesome. Read on for the details of my trials and travails as Studio Dave goes mobile.