The long-term support update, released on Thursday, adds more usability features and software management tools to the operating system. However, Ubuntu-backer Canonical is stressing the design changes in Precise Pangolin. These include its Unity interface, which has divided Ubuntu supporters, and its associated file-search tool, the Head-Up Display (HUD), described by Ubuntu Project founder Mark [...]
Zukitwo, Zukini and Holo (unofficial) GTK2/3/GNOME Shell themes have been updated to work with GNOME 3.4 (so they work in Ubuntu 12.04) and are now available in the WebUpd8 themes PPA. Zukitwo, Zukini, Holo Theme Packs Updated For GNOME 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA] UbuntuHQ
Clonezilla is a partition or disk cloning tool similar to Symantec Ghost. It saves and restores only blocks in use on the hard drive if the file system is supported. For unsupported file systems, dd is used instead. It has been used to clone a 5 GB system to 40 clients in about 10 minutes. [...]
MongoDB UK is an annual one day conference dedicated to the open source database MongoDB.Canonical proud to be a sponsor. Location: London, UK Time: Wed, 2012-06-20 (All day) Ubuntu
Dragora is a powerful and reliable GNU/Linux distribution created from scratch with the intention of providing a stable, multi-platform, and multi-purpose operating system, all of which is built upon 100% free software. It has a very simple packaging system that allows you to: install, remove, upgrade and create packages with ease. Dragora features runit, among [...]
There’s been a great deal of excitement this year about tiny, cheap computers such as Cotton Candy and Raspberry Pi, and no wonder: Linux-powered devices like these are nothing short of a computing revolution, both for the way they make technology more accessible to those who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford it, and for [...]
For no particular reason, I decided to migrate my Windows development server to a Ubuntu Server install. Not wanting to just wipe the drive and deny myself a safety net, I went the Wubi route. Read more here Ubuntu-News – Your one stop for news about Ubuntu
Giada is a minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs and live performers. Load or record up to 32 samples, choose to play them in single mode (drum machine) or loop mode (sequencer), and start the show with your computer keyboard as a controller. Release Notes: This release should be considered "highly experimental": it provides initial, [...]
OSBC offers the chance to connect with the developers, users and companies behind the most significant open-source, mobile and cloud technologies, and to learn key strategies to make your business more effectively data-driven. The conference program features content-rich sessions from visionary thought-leaders and industry executives on how open source technology is being used and what [...]
The Unity Dash provides a lightweight, instant and easy means to browse and retrieve interesting content. Through the use of lenses, it enables the user to search for information both locally and remotely. In this article you’ll learn how to easily write a lens to comfortably search the Wikipedia right from your desktop. Read more [...]
Canonical will release an application programmable interface (API) to bridge the gap between Openstack based clouds and those that run on Amazon Web Services. Read more here Ubuntu-News – Your one stop for news about Ubuntu
JID is a system that can deserialize, update, and reserialize a map of 10,000 entries in 4 milliseconds on an i5 at 2.53 GHz. Serialization/reserialization timings are independent of the size and complexity of the table entries. Incremental serialization/deserialization is used to achieve high performance. Release Notes: While an initial release, this project is a [...]
Keystone is an identity service written in Python that provides a pluggable back end, designed to support various protocols for authentication and authorisation (Basic Auth, OAuth, and OpenID, to give a few examples). Simply put, it allows clients to obtain security tokens to access different cloud services. Keystone was spawned from the OpenStack project and [...]
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Adding a PPA channel to your system is stupidly simple, but once you’ve done it and you’re not properly versed in Debian package management, you may have destroyed your system. I got this software from a PPA channel just so that I could try out the experimental Blu-Ray support. Little did I know (well, actually, [...]
BitNami Tomcat Stack Native Installer is an easy-to-install environment to develop and deploy Java applications. It includes pre-configured, ready-to-run versions of Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, and Java. Users can get the environment up and running in minutes after answering a few questions. Release Notes: This release updates Tomcat to 7.0.27, updates MySQL to 5.5.21, and updates [...]
Ubuntu 11.10 (“Oneiric Ocelot”) was released, featuring makeovers for its Unity desktop and Ubuntu Software Center, a switch to Thunderbird email, and a new Deja Dup backup tool. On the server side, Ubuntu 11.10 adds ARM support, as well as a new “Juju” cloud management framework. DesktopLinux.com
Today, Big Data isn’t just for big companies, and it isn’t just happening on the web. In fact more and more organisations in multiple sectors are recognising its enormous value in terms of gaining new competitive insight. In this white paper, we take a brief look at how organisations in a range of sectors are [...]
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Open Octave Studio is a free and open source music production software and digital audio workstation (DAW).
