By Jim Lynch Ubuntu versus Linux Mint Ubuntu and Linux Mint are two of the best known desktop distributions around. Both are extremely popular with Linux users, but which one is better? Since each …read more Source:: OpenSource
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IDG Contributor Network: Why is Ubuntu’s Unity 8 development taking so long?
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•By Jim Lynch Why is Unity 8 development taking so long? Canonical has included a preview version of the Unity 8 desktop in Ubuntu 16.10. But that has not stopped some Linux users from …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) released
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•By Jim Lynch Ubuntu 16.10 released Ubuntu has long been one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions, and now version 16.10 has been released. You can download it from the official Ubuntu …read more Source:: OpenSource
Ubuntu 16.10 ups cloud ante with Kubernetes, OpenStack
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•By Serdar Yegulalp With Ubuntu 16.10, Canonical sharpens its focus on the cloud. Canonical has previously set up Ubuntu as a cloud building block for deploying technologies like OpenStack quickly, predictably, and consistently. The …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Linux kernel 4.7 released
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•By Jim Lynch Linux kernel 4.7 released Linus Torvalds has been hard at work on an update to the Linux kernel, and now version 4.7 has been officially released. [ The InfoWorld reviews: Ubuntu …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Make Ubuntu 16.04 look like MacOS
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•By Jim Lynch Make Ubuntu 16.04 look like MacOS Linux users often love customizing their desktop interfaces, and now you can make Ubuntu 16.04 look like MacOS with the MacBuntu 16.04 Transformation Pack. Noobs Lab …read more Source:: OpenSource
Ubuntu forum breach traced to neglected plugin
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Updating software is important, but it’s the third-party add-ons that get servers pwned. No component — theme, plugin, or module — is too small. Canonical, the commercial vendor behind Ubuntu Linux, …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Linux Mint 18 reviews roundup
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•By Jim Lynch Hectic Geek: Linux Mint 18 is how it should be done Hectic Geek’s review is quite thorough and includes some interesting performance comparisons between Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint 18. The …read more Source:: OpenSource
Apple’s Swift 3 developer preview arrives for MacOS and Linux
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•By Paul Krill Apple is offering this week a developer preview of version 3.0 of its Swift programming language, used for iOS and MacOS development and also available for Ubuntu Linux. The language …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: How Linux Mint saved the day for an Ubuntu 16.04 user
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•By Jim Lynch How Linux Mint saved the day for an Ubuntu 16.04 user Ubuntu 16.04 has been out for a while, and it hasn’t been smooth sailing for everyone who has tried to …read more Source:: OpenSource