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The Ubuntu One music store and free software for profit

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:16:11 +0000

One of the features expected with the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release is the Ubuntu One Music Store (UOMS). The UOMS is a mechanism by which Ubuntu users can purchase songs in the MP3 format, with some of the revenue going to support Canonical. These songs are evidently compressed at a relatively high bit rate and lack any sort of DRM or watermarks. Support for the UOMS has been integrated into the Rhythmbox music player, with support for other players expected in the future. Discussion of this new feature has been relatively subdued thus far, but developers elsewhere are beginning to take notice and ask some questions about the extent to which the UOMS should be supported.

Time For Ubuntu to Fork Evolution

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:15:29 +0000

No one can deny the current face of Linux to the masses is Ubuntu. It’s massively more popular than any other distro which makes it the flagship for breaking existing market strangleholds.

Take the Enterprise server OS market for instance, a traditionally strong area for Linux anyway, Canonical (the controlling company of Ubuntu) have rightly seen where they need to position themselves to gain the advantage with Server OS’s and have gone down the Cloud route with Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. Also – beefing up the support options and the packaging to at least align themselves with the normal market leaders Suse and Red Hat helps to gain further server adoption by to using the momentum of all the other Ubuntu areas and user allegiances.

PC/OS Series 10.1 Released

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:14:39 +0000

We are very pleased to announce the delivery of PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 as well as PC/OS WebStation 10.1. With this release we bring many bug fixes and enhancements to the platform. This release is the last release before the LTS release of PC/OS 11. Some of the highlights of this release include.

Linux Kernel 2.6.31
OpenOffice.org 3.2
Firefox 3.5.8
Amazon MP3 downloader
Empathy for IM
GNOME utils 2.28
GnomeBaker for burning CD’s and DVD’s
VLC is now the default video player
WINE 1.2 is now included
Google Gears is now included so that Webstation users can access Google Docs and other web apps offline
New Simplified menu structure
USB Creator can now be used to create a bootable USB drive
UI design is now unified with the GNOME release

With every new release we also have some issues.

With Jockey you have to manually initiate your NVIDIA driver install
Upon booting the Live CD/DVD you have to enter a user name and password. The user name is “custom” leave the password blank and press enter.
The Broadcom drivers install automatically, you will not have an option to “deactivate” them upon initial use. You may have to manually enter your network name.

With the last release we introduced the Developer Kit and Office Kit which proved popular and they are available for this release as well.

To order PC/OS on DVD/CD simply order it from us. Click on the Donate button and donate 25.00 for the Openworkstation DVD Release and 15.00 for the Webstation CD release. If you want us to make a USB Flash drive or removable media donate 40.00. We also offer preloaded hard drives, these are 1TB Western Digital drives and they are available for a 105.00 donation. Make sure you specify which release you want. Also please note that the USB drives and Hard drives take up to 7 days to ship. Shipping is included in these prices.

To download just click on the links

PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 (MD5)
PC/OS WebStation 10.1 (MD5)

PC/OS Developer Kit 10.1 (MD5)
PC/OS Office Kit (MD5)

Ubuntu Dumps the Brown

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:13:50 +0000

Color is not typically a topic of much discussion on the Linux blogs, but in recent weeks, it’s been drawing a lot of attention. Why, you ask? Simple: Ubuntu recently announced a major change to its longstanding “Human” earthtone-palette theme and branding. “I don’t know whether to call it ‘poo brown’ or ‘dirt brown,’ but either way it is seriously awful,” said Slashdot blogger hairyfeet. The new theme is meant to focus on the concept of “Light,” and it uses primarily hues in the dark purple and orange ranges.

1st Annual Ubuntu Women Project “How I discovered Ubuntu.” International Women’s Day Competition Winners announced

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:09 +0000

March 8, 2010 – 1st Annual Ubuntu Women Project “How I discovered Ubuntu.” International Women’s Day Competition

The Competition which was announced back in January, asked women and girls who use Ubuntu to submit their “How I discovered Ubuntu” stories. We as a Project acknowledge that there is no one definite answer to “How do you get women to use Ubuntu?”, but wanted a way to highlight some of the various ways that women become Ubuntu users, contributors, and developers and at the same time not only have those stories as examples but also as a growing gift of encouragement and inspiration to women.

Ubuntu’s new look

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:11:54 +0000

The Linux world is all excited about Ubuntu’s new look but surely there are more important things that need to be done to make Ubuntu more appealing?

News this week that Ubuntu was introducing a new, refreshed, look for its brand as well as a new default theme for its Ubuntu distribution has got everyone talking. Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon first posted the news on his blog and the news was quickly spread via blogs, news publications and, naturally, Twitter. Even casual observers of Linux seemed to be excited by the introduction of a new “light” theme as the default for future Ubuntu releases.

Redesigning Ubuntu – behind the scenes on 10.04

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:10:52 +0000

Dave (@Daviey) is a Ubuntu community leader, consultant specialising in business IT, server and telephony systems.

The next version of Ubuntu – codename Lucid Lynx – will be the 10.04 release, and is scheduled to be released and declared stable in April. As a long-term support version, coupled with increasing popularity, this is undoubtedly the most important Ubuntu release to date.

I was privileged to be invited to the Canonical offices in London recently to preview the image changes and comment on how we might adopt them; offer opinions on how I feel the community would interpret the changes, and offer feedback. I expected this to be an art and design type meeting, meaning I did have some concerns about how useful I would be since I can’t even attempt a bluff at being artistic.

Ubuntu, The Ultimate Linux Distribution

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:10:06 +0000

From its Debian roots to its commercially available support to its overwhelming popularity, Ubuntu is the ultimate Linux distribution. For me, Ubuntu became a significant force within the Linux community with its 2006 releases: 6.04 and 6.10. From April 2006, I’ve installed and used every new version and anticipate each new one the way a child anticipates toys on Christmas morning. But, have you ever wondered why is Ubuntu the ultimate Linux distribution? Why is it so popular? Why did Canonical choose Debian as its distribution template? And, why did Mark Shuttleworth believe in Linux so much that he chose to create Canonical to support it?

Let’s take a look at Ubuntu Linux and see if we can figure out why it is, in fact, the ultimate Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 10.04 To Hang Onto Old Intel Driver

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:09:26 +0000

When it comes to Intel’s X.Org driver for Linux, xf86-video-intel, the most recent release was version 2.10 and it arrived in early January complete with Pineview (their next-generation Intel Atom systems) support, X-Video improvements, and various other features. The xf86-video-intel 2.11 driver is now emerging as their next quarterly update that brings in the KMS page-flipping and DRI2 swap events support. However, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which is set to be released in April, will not be shipping with either of these drivers. Instead Canonical has decided to stick with the xf86-video-intel 2.9 driver that was released last September.

Why Canonical Should Imitate Apple’s Early Playbook

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:18:59 +0000

One of the most indelible images in the history of personal computing came in 1984, when Apple Computer delivered its famous television ad depicting a running heroine throwing a hammer (read, a Mac) at a looming Big Brother-like spectre representing IBM. The ad was directed by Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner, and is a classic example of how Apple has always sought to reach those interested in alternative technology solutions that may not be market share leaders. On the open source front today, Canonical could do big things with Ubuntu by imitating Apple’s early playbook.