 | 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… |
 | 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… |
 | As you should know, Ubuntu 11.04 was released yesterday. I have used the development builds of Ubuntu 11.04 on and off during the development cycle. However, it is not a very good idea to do to do a review during the development phase. So, as soon as the final release of Ubuntu 11.04 was available,… |
 | Ubuntu 11.04 has been released earlier today and people are frantically downloading it. However, if you already have an older Ubuntu ISO – maybe the one of the beta or alpha ISO of Ubuntu 11.04 – you do not need to download the whole ISO again. Instead, you can simply update the old ISO to… |
| Now that you have finished installing the new Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal”, what do you do now? In this post we list some of the things that you might want to do after installing Ubuntu 11.04. If you are in Ubuntu 10.10, to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 easily read this guide. 1. Install Ubuntu Restricted… |
