It’s the end of April. Spring is here, and so is Ubuntu 10.04. Or at least, that’s the plan. Canonical’s rigid release schedule is awesome for many reasons — one of which is the amount of excitement it generates around each new Ubuntu release. However, I don’t think this is the kind of excitement Mr. Shuttleworth had in mind when the “fixed schedule” policy was set.
Category: Linux/Unix
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50 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect
It was not long ago when Microsoft Windows had a tight stranglehold on the operating system market. Walk into a Circuit City or Staples, it seemed, and virtually any computer you took home would be running the most current flavor of Windows.
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Hey, Adobe: Dump Apple, go Linux
Who can blame Adobe for being ticked off? They wanted a slice of the lucrative Apple iPad/iPhone application business, but Apple won’t let Adobe applications, or even Flash, on either platform.
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Google planning to open the VP8 video codec
When Google announced a deal to acquire video technology company On2 last year, the move generated speculation that the search giant was aiming to liberate the VP8 codec in order to accelerate the advancement of standards-based open video. Google has remained silent about its plans for On2’s intellectual property, but signs have emerged that the company is planning to do precisely what the speculators anticipated.
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The trouble with Linux: it’s just not sexy
iPad painfully illustrates this massive divide.
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iPhone & iPod Management on Linux Just Got Easier
Its no secret that Apple keeps its products held very closely in attempt to lock users in their own walled-garden. While most people seem more than happy to lock themselves down, most Linux users are disgusted by Apple’s practices but still own an Apple device for some reason or another. Managing iPhones & iPods (probably iPads too) on Linux is notoriously buggy, prone to many cryptic error messages, and generally not for the faint of heart. The results are usually abysmal; sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn’t. Libmobiledevice, aims to change that, and they seem to be on track.
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Open Source Songbird Drops Linux: A Sign Of Things To Come?
Almost everyone either knows about Linux or runs Linux. And most people have heard of iTunes and/or other music managers. So when an open source Mozilla based media manager/player is developed, it seems like a natural fit to be on Linux. In fact, in a lot of people’s views, the words “Open Source” and “Linux” naturally flow together.
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Novell rejects “inadequate” $2B takeover bid
Novell’s CEO on Saturday notified customers that the open source software company has rejected hedge fund Elliott Associates’ roughly $2 billion bid to take it private.
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Hands-on: Ubuntu One music store will rock in Lucid Lynx
Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has announced the official launch of the Ubuntu One music store. Integrated into the Rhythmbox music player in the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release, the store allows users to purchase downloadable songs and albums.
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Ubuntu gets a new logo and ditches brown!!!!!!
New logo, new theme, new website, new everything… and it’s actually pretty.