Ubuntu is dead. Long live Ubuntu.
Sensational title is sensational. What really happened is that Ubuntu 10.04, the hold out spot for many old stallwarts unwilling to move on to the age of Unity, is dead. Along with it, goes Ubuntu 11.10. If you haven't yet upgraded, today would be a good day to do so. I suggest going with Ubuntu 13.04, but if you are ...
Ubuntu is dead. Long live Ubuntu.
Written by Roland Taylor on May 9, 2013, 9:25 a.m.
Sensational title is sensational. What really happened is that Ubuntu 10.04, the hold out spot for many old stallwarts unwilling to move on to the age of Unity, is dead. Along with it, goes Ubuntu 11.10. If you haven't yet upgraded, today would be a good day to do so. I suggest going with Ubuntu 13.04, but if you are scared, Ubuntu 12.04 will be supported until 2017, so you can go with that too. In my experience, upgrading from 10.04 can be tricky if you used any PPAs to install extra software, and if you have a lot of it, I suggest reinstalling. Don't risk losing your install - reinstall. From scratch. Anyway, that's all for now! Go get ...
Kubuntu 13.04 - Don't Rush to Upgrade
Written by Nathan Osman on April 25, 2013, 1:50 p.m.
Today, Ubuntu 13.04 was officially released. And as one would expect, the other official spin-offs saw a new release as well - this includes Kubuntu, which is currently what I am using on my desktop. So I decided to perform an in-place upgrade and check out the new release. I don't have a terribly fast Internet connection, so it took about an hour to download all of the new packages. Installation was relatively quick (thanks to my Intel SSD) and painless. Once the process had completed, I simply rebooted and returned to my work. Not much has changed. In fact, I actually had to run lsb_release -a to verify that I was indeed running 13.04: Now, don't get me wrong ...
Ubuntu 13.04, Raring Ringtail, Live and Alive
Written by Roland Taylor on April 25, 2013, 9:28 a.m.
Ubuntu 13.04, one of the most hotly contested (and confusing) releases of all time, was released earlier today to relatively low fanfare. This is not surprising, with all the confusion (and news) that's been floating around regarding 13.04. We will be listing (and demoing) the changes in 13.04 in the coming days. Please note, Ubuntu Touch Currently I'm tied up with an IT conference, but some of the other members of the team should be able to pitch in once they upgrade. You can get 13.04 from ubuntu.com/download, but you will no longer be able to order CDs, unfortunately. Furthermore, 13.04 is now a DVD sized download, so I suggest you get a DVD or use a Flash Drive (recommended).
Bridging The Gap - Why is the world so stuck?
Written by LemieT on April 25, 2013, 9:22 a.m.
Hello, I am Lemuel Taylor and I am a Windows user. I have always been and still continue to be. The thing is, I am seeing someone else, her name is Ubuntu. She looks very nice, and some of the things we do together are so much fun. The problem is, I can't seem to leave my first love. My first love crashes on me, lets viruses in, freezes when I trying to work, all things I can't stand. On the other hand, Ubuntu seems so stable, but so different that I am sometimes scared. What can we do to let everyone, including me, know there is a better way and not be so afraid of change?
Saucy Salamander? Yes, indeed.
Written by Roland Taylor on April 25, 2013, 8:53 a.m.
Ubuntu 13.10 has a name, and it's seriously slippery, but sweet. Saucy Salamander is the strange code name for the soon coming next release of Ubuntu. This slightly scary announcement slipped into time and space soon after the release of 13.04. This release will (likely) bring to the scene: Ubuntu Touch (stable). A working Mir server (not on the Desktop) Performance improvements (if Smpillaz's performance enhancements to Compiz make it in). God knows what else :) What we will not see yet, is Unity Next on the Desktop, as this will likely come in 14.04.
Google Inactive Account Manager – The solution to your online data when you’re no more
Written by Nitin Venkatesh on April 16, 2013, 8:36 a.m.
Google released the Inactive Account Manager a few days back, and if you still haven’t checked it out, here’s a look at it. Google Inactive Account Manager is a tool that helps you decide what should happen to your Google Account and your Google data incase your account is not accessed over a period of time (subtext: you’re dead or lost in a coma). First, you’ll need to head over to Google Inactive Account Manager, where you can tinker quite a few things like Timeout period – how long your account should have been inactive before the set tasks are kicked into action. Add trusted contacts – who can receive all of your Google data or certain parts of your ...
No Wubi for 13.04: Are you happy?
Written by Howard Chan on April 4, 2013, 12:05 a.m.
Canonical Ubuntu Foundations Team member Steve Langsek announced the removal of Wubi (Windows Ubuntu Installer) from Ubuntu 13.04 and notes that it will forever be unmaintained due to uncompatability with Windows 8, increasing no. of bugs and undermaintenance. I, for one, can't install Wubi for Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and at last switching to full Ubuntu. Do you like Wubi? Do you feel happy or unhappy that Wubi is gone? Leace your comments below.
Insync is going commercial
Written by Roland Taylor on March 28, 2013, 11:43 a.m.
Using Google Drive on Linux via Insync? Well, come April 15th, if you don't (or can't) pay up, you'll be left out in the cold. Announced just today, Insync 1.0 is on the way, and with it, commercial pricing. Oh and, guess what? There is no free option. Not even for Linux users. Once 1.0 goes gold on April 15th, that's it. So all you who said I was being silly in comments across the internet when I cautioned that Insync is not the answer to our Google Drive woes, the joke is on you, not me. There is no official client for Linux, and now we are even more in the cold. Of course you can use Owncloud with ...
Online Accounts in 13.04 now allows disabling of individual apps
Written by Roland Taylor on March 20, 2013, 8:37 p.m.
A much needed feature Ubuntu, being able to control the access of your online account data for individual applications was missing since the Online Accounts feature was introduced. However, recent updates to the Gnome Control Centre in Ubuntu (which is separate from that included in Gnome proper), have finally brought this option into reality. This should bring a much smoother and more secure experience to Ubuntu, and put to rest some of the common criticisms regarding privacy.
Google Reader gets the chopping block :(
Written by Nitin Venkatesh on March 14, 2013, 4:57 a.m.
Google announced recently that it was doing some spring cleaning, and what should finally end up on the chopping block than Google Reader. The beloved service used by many had been dodging and avoiding the axe for quite some time now and the cat has finally fallen on the wrong side of the wall. Google will shut down Google Reader on the 1st of July, 2013 and in the meantime devoted users can migrate/liberate their Google Reader data from here Note: This link is only a Google Reader takeout, to liberate more of your Google data visit - Google Takeout Full list of Google's Spring Cleaning*
