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Wubi install mechanism bound for Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon

One of my Ubuntu ninjas wrote me this morning to point out that the mechanism behind the Wubi installer for Ubuntu (http://wubi-installer.org/) is being incorporated into the next version of Ubuntu (7.10 aka Gutsy Gibbon; due out in just over a month). From...

Ubuntu Hardy Heron set to drop in April 2008

I've only just begun working on an article previewing Gutsy Gibbon for SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, but that hasn't stopped the crazy cats at Ubuntu from revealing the catchy new name of the next release. Tis true, Hardy Heron is officially the next next Ubuntu release, version number 8.04. Jono...

Dell’s pre-installed Linux program and the numbers game

Blogbeebe took a look at just how many Ubuntu PCs Dell is expected to *really* sell this year and after further review the amount is "not many." I'm...

Live from LinuxWorld 2007 — Videoblog on Dell’s Linux preloads!

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/yDiffLd3ta8" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]Holy cripes, we're video blogging now. With the help of my trusty camerawoman and Site Editor Jan Stafford, I recorded this video blog about Dell's recent decision to offer...

Extremely cheap Linux mod

Honestly, I don't know what to say. You saved some major money however. The...

Linux surprises at Ubuntu LIVE confernce?

The VAR guy's Spidey Sense is tingling because of some Ubuntu rumor today...

4. Sun Microsystems Cares about Desktop Linux: Sure, Ubuntu has a server version but most folks keep a closer...

Free Ubuntu web books!

First of all, no this isn't spam, or an advertisement, or something meant to...

No patent deal possible, says Red Hat and Ubuntu (and now Mandriva too)

We predicted that the Linspire-Microsoft deal was no big deal at all to Linux this week over at SearchEnterpriseLinux.com with the help of analyst Gordon Haff, but today it's official: Red...

Linux and the “support barrier” — where do things stand?

Earlier...