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Ubuntu Founder Officially Gives up Trying to Topple Microsoft

Posted 06/02/2013 at 12:27pm | by Justin Kerr

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Mission accomplished. Sort of…..

Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announced on Thursday that Ubuntu Linux bug #1 – "Microsoft has a majority market share" – is now officially closed. Rather than boasting about his victory, he gives much of the credit to iOS and Android. “Android may not be my or your first choice of Linux, but it is without doubt an open source platform that offers both practical and economic benefits to users and industry. So we have both competition, and good representation for open source, in personal computing.”

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Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Now Available to Download

Posted 04/25/2013 at 8:06am | by Paul Lilly

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The newest version of Ubuntu promises dramatic graphical performance enhancements.

Canonical's pretty good about keeping its Ubuntu Linux distro up to date with frequent releases, the latest of which is Ubuntu 13.04, otherwise known as Raring Ringtail. Now available to download to desktops and servers, version 13.04 is being billed as the "fastest and most visually polished" build to date. Canonical said it particularly focused its attention on fine tuning performance on lightweight systems as it gets ready to launch Ubuntu to a range of mobile devices.

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Dell Begins Selling Ubuntu Gaming Desktop

Posted 04/08/2013 at 11:59pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Wants gamers to blow off some “steam” on its Alienware X51 Ubuntu desktop

Dell’s long-standing affair with Ubuntu continues. The PC vendor has now joined the ranks of those backing Linux as a serious gaming platform, having recently announced a new Ubuntu-powered variant of its small-yet-powerful Alienware X51 desktop.

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Spanish Linux Group Targets Microsoft in Complaint to EU

Posted 03/26/2013 at 9:19am | by Paul Lilly

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Open source group takes issue with Microsoft's controversial UEFI Secure Boot mechanism.

A Spanish open software group has filed a complaint against Microsoft with the European Union claiming that it's unnecessarily difficult to install Linux on Windows 8 hardware. Hispalinux, which is made up of 8,000 Linux users and developers living in Spain, issued a 14-page complaint regarding Microsoft's UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot technology, which the group calls an "obstruction mechanism."

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Counter Strike: Condition Zero Added to Steam's Linux Library

Posted 03/07/2013 at 11:29am | by Paul Lilly

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There are now 80 Linux titles available on Steam.

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is probably sitting in a room right now looking over the various Linux titles available on Steam and, in his best Mr. Burns voice, saying "Excellent" with his fingers clasped together. With the introduction of Counter Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) to Valve's Linux catalog, the number of Linux games available on Steam now sits at exactly 80 titles, Valve announced in a blog post.

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Linux Users Come Out of the Woodwork in Latest Steam Hardware Survey

Posted 03/04/2013 at 8:47am | by Paul Lilly

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The number of Linux users on Steam more than doubled last month.

Fearing Microsoft will build a walled garden around Windows 8, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell began focusing Steam development on Linux, and that effort is starting to show up in the real world. To wit, the latest Steam Hardare Survey reveals that Linux usage on Steam has more than doubled in February, jumping from 0.8 percent a month prior to 2.02 percent currently.

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Linux Jobs Forecast Shows Pressing Need for Open Source Talent

Posted 02/20/2013 at 10:07am | by Paul Lilly

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The majority of hiring managers surveyed indicated plans to hire a Linux professional in the next six months.

Looking for a job in the IT industry? Give yourself an edge by learning Linux. The 2013 Linux Jobs Report, which was conducted by Dice Labs and forecasts the Linux job market based on a survey of hiring managers and Linux professionals, shows that Linux talent is in high demand. It's being met by aggressive recruitment strategies. This, in turn, has led to salary growth for Linux talent at nearly double the industry norms.

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Patches for Zero-Day Adobe Reader, Acrobat Flaws to Arrive this Week

Posted 02/19/2013 at 4:43am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Security firm discovered exploit capable of bypassing Adobe Reader sandbox last week

Last year was a pretty decent one for Adobe Reader as it relinquished the dubious honor of being the most exploited software (as ranked by Kaspersky Lab) to Oracle’s Java. But the fact is it is still very popular among malware authors. For instance, last week security firm FireEye discovered an exploit capable of bypassing the software’s sandbox. Thankfully, Adobe, which wasted little time in confirming the zero-day exploit, expects to have a patch ready this week.

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Steam for Linux Client Now Available to Download

Posted 02/14/2013 at 12:45pm | by Paul Lilly

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To celebrate the release of Steam for Linux, over 50 titles are now 50-75 percent off.

After lots of talk and months of beta testing, a Steam client for Linux is now available, Valve announced today. Could this be the beginning of a new era in gaming? It's far too early to know for sure, though Valve's Gabe Newell has let it be known in no uncertain terms that he's not happy with the direction Microsoft has taken its Windows platform, which ultimately led to Valve fast-tracking its Steam client for Linux.

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Ubuntu Countdown Timer Hints at Touch Support

Posted 01/01/2013 at 9:02am | by Paul Lilly

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The next version of Ubuntu will support touch input.

Direct your browser to Ubuntu's homepage and you'll be greeted to a countdown timer that's set to expire on January 2, 2013 (tomorrow). It reads, "So close, you can almost touch it," a fairly obvious indication that Canonical plans on announcing a touch-friendly version of Ubuntu, just like Windows 8. Well, not just like Windows 8, though Ubuntu is headed towards a universal user interface (UI) that will look and function the same across multiple devices.

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Mission accomplished. Sort of…..

The newest version of Ubuntu promises dramatic graphical performance enhancements.

Wants gamers to blow off some “steam” on its Alienware X51 Ubuntu desktop

Open source group takes issue with Microsoft's controversial UEFI Secure Boot mechanism.

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The number of Linux users on Steam more than doubled last month.

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