Ubuntu

Ubuntu 9.04 released today!

April 23, 2009

Get your free copy of Ubuntu 9.04 today! Ubuntu is a free, open-source operating system based on GNU/Linux. When you download and burn Ubuntu to a CD, you can try it without making any changes to your computer. It comes with everything you need to get work done.
Why try it? It is faster than your [...]

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Ubuntu is the perfect stocking stuffer

December 21, 2008

Give the gift of Ubuntu this Christmas! Download a CD image, burn a few copies, and stuff them in your favorite geek’s stocking this year. Once the joy of trying on new sweaters wears off, they can pop in the LiveCD and try Ubuntu without making any changes to their computer.
An Ubuntu LiveCD (or even [...]

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A Windows I am looking forward to

November 8, 2008

I confess, I am actually looking forward to Windows 7. When Vista came out, I jumped ship to Ubuntu. I was tired of boring, clumsy old XP, and Vista’s system requirements were ridiculous. But Microsoft has apparently dialed back the system requirements, so that most circa-2007 computers should have no problem running it.
That alone makes [...]

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Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex: get it while its hot!

October 30, 2008

New versions of Ubuntu are released twice a year, and the second release of 2008 comes out today! (Watch the countdown at right to find out when the actual release is available.)
Since 8.04 was a stable, long-term service release, 8.10 includes a number of improvements. One of Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth’s goals is developing a [...]

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A newbie’s experience (secondhand) switching to Ubuntu

October 7, 2008

I have been using Ubuntu Linux exclusively for nearly a year now, with one abortive attempt to return to Windows. For me, the transition has been smooth. But to date, I have not exposed anyone new to Ubuntu.
But recently, I hired a law clerk to help me with a few projects, so I bought a [...]

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One year with Linux in a Windows world

June 4, 2008

Mike Kavis switched to Linux to prove that people can be productive at work without using Microsoft products. One year later, he has proved the point.
I have been Microsoft free* for a couple of months now, as well, using Ubuntu GNU/Linux as my primary operating system, with OpenOffice.org as my office suite. I have not [...]

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Another one bites the dust

April 29, 2008

My beloved ThinkPad died of USB-controller-induced vomiting last Thursday. One minute it was suspended, the next I tried to plug in a USB mouse and it went out like a light. It was four years old, though, so it has had a good life: coffee shops, courtrooms, the front porch . . .
The problem seems [...]

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Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” now available!

April 24, 2008

Version 8.04 of my favorite Linux operating system, Ubuntu, is a big deal. It is a collection of small changes that add up to a big improvement. It is also a long-term service edition, meaning Canonical will support version 8.04 for twice as long as its regular releases.
7.10 was a big leap. 8.04 is a [...]

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I finally got to try Windows Vista

April 4, 2008

I scored a refurbished Gateway computer from Woot last week, which I intend to use as a server. I was kind of excited, because although I intended to wipe the drive and install Ubuntu (Windows Vista is nowhere near stable enough to be a good server), it came with Windows Vista Home Premium. Since I [...]

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Back to Windows for a while

March 26, 2008

After just over two weeks using only Ubuntu Linux for all my day-to-day computing needs, I am back to Windows. I don’t know what happened for sure, only that ATI does a terrible job of writing Linux drivers for their graphics cards. As I mentioned before, there is only one thing that does not work [...]

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