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Tweaked: Ubuntu on a HTC Touch Pro 2 [Video]

200 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 17:58:44 by SirPopper | 16 comments

Can you install every Operating System on Windows Mobile devices? When you can live with small fonts and a tiny screen on your WinMo this is a geeky way to install Ubuntu on your smartphone.

Report: North Korea Develops own Linux Distribution

341 votes | submitted 2010-03-04 13:25:46 by clickfire | 97 comments

North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows.

Ubuntu dumps the brown, introduces new theme and branding

756 votes | submitted 2010-03-03 21:03:32 by warp99 | 138 comments

Canonical is overhauling Ubuntu's branding identity and visual style. The new look includes an updated palette that replaces Ubuntu's signature brown with orange and aubergine.

Ubuntu gets a new logo and ditches brown!!!!!!111

1726 votes | submitted 2010-03-03 20:52:19 by abbathdoom | 285 comments

New logo, new theme, new website, new everything... and it's actually pretty.

Should Open Source Be An Enemy Of The State?

461 votes | submitted 2010-03-01 18:11:18 by oboy | 43 comments

While governments around the world adopt open source, U.S. business groups say we should fear it.

World's first open source restaurant now open for business

476 votes | submitted 2010-02-23 20:34:07 by Julie188 | 42 comments

At the Instructables Restaurant, not only can you get the "source code" of the dish you ate, but you can download the plans to the furniture and fixtures as well.

"Please say Fedora."

1139 votes | submitted 2010-02-21 20:14:11 by antdude | 182 comments

"... He asked what version of Windows I was using to test and I told him I wasn't using Windows and instead was using Linux. I expected the 'We don’t support Linux' comment, but was floored when he said, 'Please say you are using Fedora.' I chimed in with a 'Sorry, using Kubuntu.' He chuckled then said, 'Some people will never learn.' We shot ..."

Boot Linux 200% faster with an open BIOS

331 votes | submitted 2010-02-21 15:28:42 by fanaticrobot | 62 comments

Linux can boot faster if a PC's BIOS is replaced by an open BIOS. Among other benefits, open BIOSes can save the time wasted by proprietary BIOS legacy support for MS-DOS and other unnecessary functions.

KDE Software Compilation 4.4.0 Introduces new innovations

412 votes | submitted 2010-02-09 15:15:21 by jospoortvliet | 64 comments

Today the 4th feature release of the KDE workspaces, Applications and Development Platform in the KDE Software Compilation 4 series is released, bringing a new netbook interface, social and online collaboration features, infrastructural improvements and much more to its users. A guide is available which describes many of the improvements in detail!

How unique and trackable is your web browser ?

635 votes | submitted 2010-01-30 16:30:01 by Stemp | 96 comments

Is your browser configuration rare or unique ? If so, web sites may be able to track you, even if you limit or disable cookies. Panopticlick tests your browser to see how unique it is based on the information it will share with sites it visits.

Anything the iPad can do, Linux can do better

274 votes | submitted 2010-01-28 00:28:05 by sjvn | 132 comments

Well, the Apple iPad has finally been launched, and it looks grand. But, really what can it do that a Linux-powered tablet can't do for less?

Ubuntu is switching the default search from Google to Yahoo!

460 votes | submitted 2010-01-26 22:49:00 by motang | 108 comments

The default search provider for new installations of Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) and upgrades will be Yahoo! and not Google. Canonical have struck a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo! which generates income for the company.

Linux on the move: the future of portable distros

405 votes | submitted 2010-01-25 15:39:34 by braveheart007 | 22 comments

What to expect from Moblin, Android, Chrome OS and more

10 scripts to create your own Linux distribution

732 votes | submitted 2010-01-24 14:51:12 by geopiscean | 34 comments

Those familiar with Linux will be able to tweak settings, add and remove apps and customise the menu, toolbars and other desktop elements. Let's take a look at some scripts that'll help you customise different distros.

UbuntuOne Cloud Storage App Coming To Windows

380 votes | submitted 2010-01-24 00:20:02 by d0od | 43 comments

The UbuntuOne cloud stoage application is coming to Windows! Finally!

75% of Linux code now written by paid developers

660 votes | submitted 2010-01-20 20:05:28 by motang | 155 comments

Forget lofty ideals about the open-source community: most Linux kernel code is written by paid developers at major corporations.

Reason Why Open Source Phones Are A Failure

100 votes | submitted 2010-01-19 18:08:07 by PoliticalMan922 | 20 comments

Free software is all about the unexpected. Carriers hate the unexpected.

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