 | With the launch of Google’s Chromebook just around the corner, cloud based operating systems are the talking point right now. Google’s Chrome OS certainly has made the term Cloud-based operating systems very popular, but it is not the only option available. In this article, we look at three cloud-based operating systems which you can use… |
 | Something very interesting and potentially controversial is going on in the GNOME project. In an email to the GNOME mailing list, Jon McCann said that GNOME should focus on supporting on only support for Linux and drop the support for the other operating systems such as BSD, Solaris and Unix. McCann is a very well… |
 | A new version of the popular virtualization software – VirtualBox – has been released. The new release, VirtualBox 4.0.8, addresses a very important thing missing from the earlier release. With this release GNOME Shell finally works inside VirtualBox. With support for Unity being introduced in the last release, the GNOME Shell support in this release… |
 | This year’s Ubuntu Developer Summit was held at Budapest in Hungary. There were a lot of interesting developments regarding Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” which is scheduled for release in October 2011. In this article, we list the most important news from the Ubuntu Developer Summit Oneiric. 200 million users in 4 years In the opening keynote, Mark… |
 | Earlier, during the Natty development cycle we reported that LightDM is being considered as a replacement for GDM. That did not happen for Ubuntu 11.04, but today it has been confirmed at the Ubuntu Developer Summit at Budapest that LightDM is finally replacing GDM. LightDM, just like GDM, is a log-in manager. It offers almost all the… |
 | When Microsoft purchased, we feared for the future of Skype on Linux. But some people managed to find comfort in Microsoft’s announcement that they will support non-Microsoft platforms. Well here is evidence that Skype is not interested in Linux: In Skype’s blog post yesterday, they published a video but requires Microsoft Silverlight to watch -… |
 | After speculations that Facebook is going after Skype, it has turned out that Microsoft too was interested. In fact, today, we heard that Microsoft has bought Skype for $ 8.5 billion. One thing that I wondered when I heard this new is what will happen to Skype on Linux. Everyone who has used the Skype… |
 | Delivering the keynote at the Ubuntu Developer Summit at Budapest, Hungary, Canonical Founder, Mark Shuttleworth, has announced that the goal of Canonical is 200 million Ubuntu users in four years. Canonical has not officially not provide any data on how many Ubuntu users are there currently – in fact it, is quite difficult to track… |
 | Cloud computing has let many companies to put their faith in because of its tremendous features .These companies are employing new idea, developing new technologies for better delivery. Red Hat, at Wednesday’s Red Hat Summit in Boston, also announced about new developments that it has incorporated in terms of cloud. The open source giant has… |
