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Howtoforge: "Liferay Portal is an enterprise web platform for building business solutions that deliver immediate results and long-term value. Get the benefits of packaged applications and an enterprise application framework in a single solution."
Ubuntu Geek: "In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation."
Learn how to download and install a Ubuntu image and then go through some basic shell commands to help you navigate through the UNIX environment. This is part 1 of a 4 part demo series to show you how to implement a solution stack (Rational Application Developer, WebSphere Application Server, and DB2 Express-C) on Ubuntu Linux, as well as how to integrate them in a Java application.
Ghacks: "...the slapd.conf configuration file has been deprecated and now, trying to figure out how to configure slapd is like finding the proverbial needle in the proverbial haystack. Fortunately, in my desperate scouring to work out an easy method of doing this, I have found some tools to make the job easier."
LinuxSecurity: "If you haven't used Linux before, are new to Ubuntu, or would like a quick update on the latest in open source advancements for the desktop, then The Official Ubuntu Book is a great place to start."
levien.zonnetjes.net: "After upgrading to Ubuntu 10.4 LTS, I was happy to notice that audio in all applications (including Skype) was finally working perfectly! However, I was less happy to notice that Pulseaudio was using quite a lot of CPU-time, and that the sound quality was absolutely awful... So I decided to give OSS4 a try."
Linux User and Developer: "Canonical developer, Dave Walker, shares more insight into the development of Ubunutu 10.10. This month, the Ubuntu platform sprint rally goes under the spotlight"
Tech Drive-in: "Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' keeps changing. The latest updates include a brand new default wallpaper which I think looks horrible."
PC World: "When Canonical broke the news recently that Ubuntu 10.10 will include uTouch 1.0, a multitouch and gesture stack, it caused a flurry of excitement about the Linux release's potential for use in tablets."
IT Expert Voice: "Ubuntu Linux is best known as the most popular desktop Linux distribution, but it's developing a reputation as the easiest Linux for enterprises to deploy on the cloud."
DeviceGuru writes "Although it won't help Linux run Windows-specific software applications, this easy hack produces an Ubuntu desktop that looks and feels a lot like Windows 7. It's particularly suitable for reviving older PCs or laptops on which the main activities will be web-browsing, email, document writing, and streaming music and videos from from the web. The process installs a Windows 7-like GNOME theme on an otherwise standard Ubuntu 10.04 installation, although it might work on other Linux distros with GNOME and appropriate other packages installed. Naturally all this begs the question: why would anybody want to do this? Why indeed!" People have been doing this sort of look-and-feel swap-out for years; it seems best to me as a practical joke. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
LWN.net: "Earlier in the Maverick release cycle the Tech Board had posted an announcement [1] that we'd decommission support for the Ubuntu sparc and ia64 ports at Feature Freeze (ie Thurs Aug 12)"
here be unicorns: "I started a new job last week, as Technical Architect of Ubuntu. I'm thrilled to be here, I couldn't have crafted a more perfect job if I'd written the job description myself."
Howtoforge: "This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Ubuntu 10.04. AoE stands for "ATA over Ethernet" and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling."
Datamation: "Ubuntu 10.10, codenamed Maverick Meerkat, is still two months from its final release. However, if the first alpha and the forecasts about it are an accurate indication, the release is already taking on a character all its own."
Tech Drive-in: "Now, what Ubuntu needs is a lot of promotional activism from the community. Here is a few Ubuntu adverts from YouTube that I hope will inspire designers among you to get up and start working."
MakeTechEasier: "The quickest way to upload photos without having to install extra apps is via the browsers, within your Facebook account."
ZDnet: "The most recent release of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has been available for a few months. You may not use Ubuntu, or perhaps you know little about Linux, so why should you care? The answer is because it offers a number of improved features, the best 10 of which I list here."
Howtoforge: "This how-to describes the process of setting up an intranet based print server using Ubuntu server. By using CUPS SAMBA and SWAT the final product is a webgui based solution to a headless print server."
ZDNet: "The South African entrepreneur said in a blog post on Tuesday that the name reflected the enhancements in graphics that Ubuntu 11.04 will bring and the Linux version's improved use of graphics hardware."
Digitizor: "The long wait is over and Linux users can finally use the Gmail Videochat! The GMail team recently announced the availability of voice and video chat on Linux."
LWN.net: "Debian and Ubuntu have a set of official membership roles that can be granted to regular contributors. Those roles come with rights that enable the contributors to do their work and to participate in the project governance (elections and other official decision-making processes). It's also a way for the distributions to acknowledge the work done: most contributors are proud of the status they reached."
Xen Virtualization on Linux and Solaris: "The most recent pvops kernel 2.6.32.19 allows to enable kernel modesetting (KMS) under Xen 4.0.1-rc6 on top of Ubuntu Lucid Server and Fedora 13."
ZDNet: "Can a regular Windows user completely migrate to Ubuntu Linux as their desktop operating system?"
Tech Drive-in: "Only a handful of manufacturers sell pre installed Ubuntu hardware and hence the need for down to earth simple and eyecandy Installer. Take a look at the proposed changes with Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' Installer."
Softpedia: "Yes, we are talking about Ubuntu 11.04, dubbed Natty Narwhal and scheduled for release on April 28th, 2011."
Robbie Williamson has announced Ubuntu 10.04.1, the first maintenance update to Ubuntu's 10.04 LTS release: "This release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. This is the first maintenance release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which continues to be supported with maintenance....
Learn how to download and install Rational Application Developer for WebSphere, DB2 Express-C, and a few other third party packages to get the solution stack up and running. This 4-part demo series shows you how to implement the solution stack (Rational Application Developer, WebSphere Application Server, and DB2 Express-C) on Ubuntu Linux, and how to integrate them in a Java application.
Learn how to configure and setup Rational Application Developer, create a WebSphere profile, create a database in DB2 Express-C, and perform a test run on the solution stack. This 4-part demo series shows you how to implement the solution stack (Rational Appli-ation Developer, WebSphere Application Server, and DB2 Express-C) on Ubuntu Linux, and how to integrate them in a Java application.