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The 5 things you need to know now about Ubuntu on phones

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Jan 4, 2013 1:37 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
There's a lot of confusion out there about what's what with Ubuntu Linux on phones. Here's some answers for you.

Ubuntu Linux enters the smartphone wars

Instead of going after both the tablet and smartphone market, Canonical is bravely starting 2013 by trying to become a major player in the smartphone market with an upcoming version of Ubuntu Linux.

2013: The year of the Ubuntu Linux tablet and smartphone?

Canonical appears to be getting ready to release a fully touch-enabled Ubuntu Linux operating system. Will Ubuntu tablets and smartphones be far behind?

2013: Installing Linux on Windows 8 PC is still a pain

It's still very hard to install Linux on Windows 8 PCs, and it's next to impossible to install Linux on Windows RT devices like the Microsoft Surface RT.

2012's 5 Most popular Linux stories

From Goobuntu to Mint to Windows 8, the un-Linux, here are the year's most popular Linux stories

2012's Top five Linux stories with one big conclusion

2012 was a very quiet, but very successful year for Linux. How successful? The most popular end-user operating system is now Linux.

Wikipedia moving from MySQL to MariaDB

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 17, 2012 11:24 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: MySQL, Oracle
If you still think MySQL is too entrenched to be moved from its spot as the number one, open-source DBMS, you might to look at what Wikipedia is doing.

Good-Bye 386: Linux to drop support for i386 chips with next major release

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 14, 2012 6:52 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Kernel, Linux
Linux got its start on a 386 processor, but 21-years later, the Linux kernel developers have decided its time to say good-bye to the venerable Intel processor in its next major Linux kernel release: 3.8.

Windows has fallen behind Apple iOS and Google Android

According to a Goldman Sachs' private report , Microsoft's share of the computing device operating system market has declined to a mere 29%. Above it? Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Windows could make a comeback but faces "an uphill battle."

Linux 3.7 arrives, ARM developers rejoice

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 12, 2012 2:49 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Kernel, Linux
The latest major Linux kernel release is here and it includes features that ARM developers and network administrators will love.

Free software father declared Ubuntu Linux to contain spyware

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 9, 2012 9:39 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux, Ubuntu
Richard M. Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, has proclaimed that Ubuntu Linux includes spyware. Ubuntu supporters disagree with this take.

Open-source MariaDB, a MySQL fork, challenges Oracle

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 5, 2012 12:12 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
MariaDB, the MySQL fork database management system, is throwing down the gauntlet to Oracle by forming a foundation to promote its alternative DBMS software.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 beta now available

If your business lives and dies by its Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, here's your chance to get a quick peek at what's coming next.

Shimming your way to Linux on Windows 8 PCs

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 4, 2012 3:02 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Well-known developer Matthew Garrett has just made it easier for Linux to boot on PCs locked down with Windows 8 Secure Boot.

OSs are leaving the user out of user interfaces

  • ComputerWorld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Dec 4, 2012 5:18 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Linux
The problem is that far too many people have forgotten User Interface 101: Make it easy.

Do you want a serious—I mean serious—developer laptop? Then Dell and Ubuntu have the system for you in the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition.

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 29, 2012 5:07 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Do you want a serious—I mean serious—developer laptop? Then Dell and Ubuntu have the system for you in the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition.

Splashtop introduces remote Ubuntu to Android and iPhone

  • ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 28, 2012 7:11 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Want to run an Ubuntu Linux game or check on your Ubuntu server remotely from your Android or Apple smartphone or tablet? Splashtop's Streamer for Linux software is for you

With Google readying its own Nexus Chromebook, will it marry Chrome OS to Android?

A report from Taiwan states that Google is working on its own house-brand Nexus Chromebook with a touch screen. This, in turn, suggests that it might run a mixture of Android and Chrome OS.

GNOME: Can this Linux desktop be saved?

After taking a design path that sent many of its users running to other desktops, GNOME seems to be giving its users what they want: a GNOME 2.x style desktop. But, is it too late? Will GNOME fans come back?

Linux Foundation UEFI Secure Boot key for Windows 8 PCs delays explained

  • Linux Foundation UEFI Secure Boot key for Windows 8 PCs delays explained; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Posted by sjvn on Nov 23, 2012 4:08 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux, Microsoft
James Bottomley explains why the Linux Foundation answer to booting Linux on Windows 8 PCs has been delayed. Spoiler: It's Microsoft's fault.

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