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There is no doubt that Ubuntu’s popularity has grown dramatically over the past few years, but just how popular is Ubuntu? How many people have ever heard of Ubuntu? How many people visit the Ubuntu site each month? How many [...]
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Ubuntu: Just how popular is it?
Switching From OS X to Ubuntu: 10 Things I Miss
About 2 years ago, I stopped using Windows on my main computers at work and home. I switched to a Mac Mini, then to a Macbook, for all of my daily work, web design, programming, photo organizing, etc. We also have a large install base of Ubuntu Linux machines and a few Windows [...]
Review: Dell Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu
After two weeks of using the new Dell Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu, I decided it’s time to write down some of my thoughts about this new Linux offering from Dell. I have quite a lot of experience with Ubuntu and with Linux in general. I administer several Ubuntu servers including an Edubuntu terminal [...]
Dell Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu Unboxing
Dell recently added the Inspiron 1420N to their lineup of Ubuntu Linux notebooks. I’ve been looking for a good notebook to run Linux on for some time and wanted to support Dell in their decision to offer consumer computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. I just received my new (and first) Dell today and [...]
Install Ubuntu 7.04 on Your Intel Mac with VMware Fusion
The latest version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, has been getting a lot of press recently. With news that Dell will soon be pre-installing Ubuntu on some of its systems, it’s almost certain that Ubuntu will only become more popular in the coming months. If you have an Intel Mac and would like to [...]
Edubuntu Test Theme
This is a test theme for our new Edubuntu student lab. It’s made to look enough like windows in order to ease the change to Linux.
Second Day with Edubuntu 6.06
Our second day of working with the newest release of Edubuntu was much more successful than the first. In just a couple of hours, we got six of our old computers up and running. We needed to replace the video card on one machine. For the rest of the machines, we just [...]
First 24 hours with Edubuntu 6.06
I got my hands on Edubuntu 6.06 about 24 hours ago. Since then, I’ve had a chance to install it on 2 different machines. Here’s a brief rundown of how things have gone so far.
First Install – My Notebook
I have a Sony VAIO V505BL that was running Ubuntu 5.10. I decided to [...]
Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Released – Download now!
The newest version of Edubuntu (6.06 LTS – Dapper Drake) has just been released to download servers. This release has many new features (see press release). I’ve used previous betas of this release and was very impressed. We’re downloading now, and tomorrow we start a new project to setup our student computer [...]
The Future of Linux
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The future is (almost) here! I just can’t wait to get my hands on the new Ubuntu release … I want my desktop to look like this. Eat your heart out Microsoft!
