How to set up a Ubuntu 9.10 desktop
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops.
How to prepare an Ubuntu 9.10 server for ISPConfig 3
This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3.
How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 To 9.10 (Desktop & Server)
Yesterday the new Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 9.10.
Usability and the Ubuntu desktop
Ubuntu is filled with tiny usability improvements that help make it as intuitive and powerful as possible. For example, the Ubuntu desktop is filled with drag-and-drop shortcuts. If you think something could be dragged and dropped, try it!
Windows 7 is 'Restrictive' for Netbooks, Claims Linux Rival
Now that Windows 7 is out the door, Canonical -- the distributor of rival Linux-based operating system Ubuntu -- is eager to engage in "real head-to-head competition" with Microsoft, according to Ubuntu founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth.
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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