Posts Tagged Ubuntu
BTRFS and Ubuntu
I see Sam Varghese has cast a critical eye on talk about btrfs in the upcoming version of Ubuntu. I’m quite interested in this because I’m running btrfs on all my non-boot (and non-swap) partitions on my shiny new LFS-based laptop which is much cooler than all my friend’s laptops (who didn’t spend 3 weeks [...]
F-Spot Out of Ubuntu
Posted by Jason in Free Software on May 14, 2010
Fantastic news! I first caught wind of this from I’Been to Ubuntu: F-Spot has been voted off the island by developers at UDS this week. The Mono application will be replaced by Shotwell, written in Vala. Since the only other Mono application I see in the default install is Tomboy, would it make sense to conspire to kick [...]
Firefox in Ubuntu to be powered by Google after all
Posted by Jason in Free Software on April 8, 2010
Old News Ubuntu was going to rely on Microsoft as the default search engine for 10.04. Let’s review the rationale: Why? I am pursuing this change because Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! and this revenue will help Canonical to provide developers and resources to continue the open development of Ubuntu and [...]
Announcing Netrunner!
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Netrunner on March 31, 2010
Oh snap! I have the honor to officially announce a new distro: Netrunner! This is something that’s been cooking for a while now and we are finally ready to serve it up to a hungry world! Highlights Here’s the bullet points: Based on Ubuntu GNOME Includes Wine by default No Mono Some QT/KDE apps by [...]
Canonical COO on Innovation
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 20, 2010
You don’t innovate if you spend all your time talking and working with people that agree with you. You learn by confronting hard questions and answering them. Canonical has a culture of tackling hard problems, and that starts with serious, critical introspection. I’m just one piece of that, but I’m hardly alone in believing we [...]
OMG BUTTONS ON THE LEFT!!!
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 19, 2010
If you follow Ubuntu at all, then you are probably aware that there are some big UI changes coming up. I don’t currently have any machines running Ubuntu – I do have one desktop running Kubuntu – but I like to keep up with the distro. The good First off, check out Mark Shuttleworth’s explanation [...]
What is “Ubuntu WebNow”?
Posted by Jason in Free Software on March 16, 2010
In a recent Q&A with Matt Asay on Linux.Com, Mr. Asay says: The desktop – including Apple’s – hasn’t materially changed in the past 10 years. Real innovation, therefore, is happening at the edges of the desktop: in the cloud (tying desktop software to server-based services), for example, but also in new form factors (which [...]
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