http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Ubuntu <p>Ubuntu is a <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Linux-distribution">Linux distribution</a> growing in popularity and based on <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Debian">Debian</a> that focuses on desktop <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Linux">Linux</a>. It is included in Sourcelabs&#8217; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sourcelabs.com/?page=lss_landing&#38;id=4">Self-Support Offering for Linux</a></p> <p>Ubuntu has one of the largest, if not the largest and most active user communities of any Linux distribution. Ubuntu is also one of if not the most popular Linux distributions for desktop Linux use.</p> <h3>Notable included packages</h3> <p>Ubuntu packages the <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/GNOME"><span class="caps">GNOME</span></a> project as its <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/window-manager">window manager</a>, however side projects <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Kubuntu">Kubuntu</a> and <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Xubuntu">Xubuntu</a> also package the <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/KDE"><span class="caps">KDE</span></a> and <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/XFCE"><span class="caps">XFCE</span></a> desktop environments as well. Ubuntu releases are timed to follow <span class="caps">GNOME</span> releases by roughly 1 month, and Ubunut shoots for 2 releases a year.</p> <p>Like its source distribution Debian, Ubuntu uses <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Apt">Apt</a> for package management, and deb packages&#8212;however Ubuntu is not always compatible with Debian deb packages. <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Synaptic">Synaptic</a> serves as a graphical front end to the Apt package manager.</p> <p>Other notable projects Ubuntu includes in the distribution are <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Firefox">Firefox</a> and <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/OpenOffice">OpenOffice</a>.</p> <h3>General design</h3> <p>Ubuntu focuses on being usable and being up-to-date, both with new Linux kernels and new versions of <span class="caps">GNOME</span>. Ubuntu follows in the sudo security model used by <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/OSX"><span class="caps">OSX</span></a> and others, users are strongly discouraged from running as root.</p> <p>Ubuntu features a very smooth upgrade process from release to release that is built on the apt package management. All that is required to maintain a current version of Ubuntu is to stay up to date on packages via Apt/Synaptic. Ubuntu can be switched to Kubuntu as well through package management as well.</p> <p>Ubuntu&#8217;s design theme is centered around &#8216;people&#8217; &#8211; flesh tones or dark orange and iconographic pictures of humans characterize the style of the distribution.</p> <h3>Derivatives of Ubuntu</h3> The Ubuntu project encourages changes and customizations of Ubuntu, such as: <ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Ebuntu">Ebuntu</a> &#8211; Enlightenment window manager</li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Edubuntu">Edubuntu</a> &#8211; aimed at education</li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Fluxbuntu">Fluxbuntu</a> &#8211; Fluxbox window manager</li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/gNewSense">gNewSense</a> &#8211; Fully Free Libre <span class="caps">FSF GNU</span> Open version of Ubuntu</li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Kubuntu">Kubuntu</a> KDE (instead of <span class="caps">GNOME</span>) window manager</li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/nUbuntu">nUbuntu</a> &#8211; network and security</li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Xubuntu">Xubuntu</a> &#8211; <span class="caps">XFCE</span> (instead of <span class="caps">GNOME</span>) window manager</li> </ul> <p>Bug Database: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/</a> is on <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Launchpad">Launchpad</a>.</p> <p><span class="caps">IRC</span> Support: #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net</p> <p>Web Support forums: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/webforums">http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/webforums</a></p> <p>Additional web forums: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ubuntuforums.org/">http://ubuntuforums.org/</a></p> <p>Mailing Lists: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/">https://lists.ubuntu.com/</a></p> Ubuntu is a Linux distribution growing in popularity and based on Debian that focuses on desktop Linux. It is included in Sourcelabs&#8217; Self-Support Offering for Linux Ubuntu has one of the largest, if not the largest and most active user communities of any Linux distribution. Ubuntu is also one of if not the most popular Linux distributions for desktop Linux use. Notable included packages Ubuntu packages the GNOME project as its window manager, however side projects Kubuntu and Xub http://swik.net/Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu linux Debian Xubuntu desktop-Linux support SourceLabs Linux-distribution distribution License:GPL Wed, 25 May 2005 12:15:46 -0700 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:53:56 -0800 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/Planet+Ubuntu/Herman+Bos%3A+Ubuntu-NL+release+party+last+Saturday/b5a1w <img class="face" src="http://planet.ubuntu.com/heads/spacey.png" alt=""> <p>Yesterday I spoke about &#8220;Ubuntu in the office&#8221; at the Ubuntu-NL release party. I put the <a title="Slides presentation Ubuntu in het kantoor" href="http://dev.osso.nl/herman/presentaties/20080518-ubuntu-in-het-kantoor-hardy-release-party.odp">slides online</a> (Dutch), so if someone wants to read back its possible.</p> <p>I had the feeling the party was quite successful. In the workshop area everything seemed quite active and downstairs in the speaker area it was also quite lively. Combined with a pretty good atmosphere I think everyone can look back as time well spend.</p> <p>In any case: Thanks to Matthijs and the others who organized the event, well done!</p> <p>ps. Is there any official visitor count? Pictures online somewhere?</p> Sun, 18 May 2008 02:19:24 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/The+PL-259+Connector/b5a1n <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/differentstrokes/">rev adan</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/differentstrokes/2500937288/" title="The PL-259 Connector"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2035/2500937288_795cc9ef98_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="The PL-259 Connector"/></a></p> Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05:54 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/p20080517_190507.jpg/b5a1m <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/augatti/">augatti</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/augatti/2500520743/" title="p20080517_190507.jpg"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2500520743_16cb2498e3_m.jpg" width="240" height="128" alt="p20080517_190507.jpg"/></a></p> <p>This ride wasn't as fun for me as it looks here.</p> Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05:54 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/ubuntu+Box/b5a1l <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lenatis/">Lenatis</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenatis/2500782081/" title="ubuntu Box"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/2500782081_49626d8d91_m.jpg" width="205" height="240" alt="ubuntu Box"/></a></p> Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05:53 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/Planet+Ubuntu/Freddy+Martinez%3A+Laptop/b5a0k <img class="face" src="http://planet.ubuntu.com/heads/freddym.png" alt=""> Dear Lazy web, I&#8217;m looking for a laptop in the 700 - 850 (UDS) dollar range for mostly daily use. It would be used for taking notes in class, doing data analysis in the lab, light coding and web surfing. It would not be used for intense gaming or anything but I need something [...] Sun, 18 May 2008 00:19:40 -0700 http://swik.net/Xen/http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Frss%2Ftag%2Fxen/Installing+Xen+On+An+Ubuntu+8.04+%28Hardy+Heron%29+Server+From+The+Ubuntu+Repositories+%7C+HowtoForge+-+Linux+Howtos+and+Tutorials/b5az2 Sat, 17 May 2008 23:22:47 -0700 http://swik.net/User:daveg/del.icio.us%2Fdaveg/Ubuntu%27s+need+to+catch+a+wave+%7C+Field+Commander+Wieers/b5ax6 &quot;Let me play devil's advocate here. Mark Shuttleworth's recent pledge to join a synchronised release plan for Enterprise Linux distributions is no more than a wish to benefit from a lot of work that Novell and Red Hat are already doing in the Enterprise s Sat, 17 May 2008 23:17:42 -0700 http://swik.net/Firefox/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Ffirefox/Defusing+one+of+the+most+annoying+bugs+in+Ubuntu+Hardy+Heron%3A+Stop+Flash+from+killing+Firefox+%7C+Markus+Thielmann/b5axj Sat, 17 May 2008 23:15:23 -0700 http://swik.net/Samba/del.icio.us+tag%2Fsamba/Vista+Hands+On+%2315%3A+Access+shared+folders+from+a+Linux+machine%2C+part+2+%7C+Ed+Bott%27s+Microsoft+Report+%7C+ZDNet.com/b5avc Cómo accesar un directorio compartido en el estúpido Vista (sólo para Samba 3.x) Sat, 17 May 2008 23:13:50 -0700 http://swik.net/Kubuntu/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fkubuntu/HardyUpgrades+-+Community+Ubuntu+Documentation/b5ats Sat, 17 May 2008 23:05:57 -0700 http://swik.net/Kubuntu/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fkubuntu/Kubuntu/b5atr Sat, 17 May 2008 23:05:57 -0700 http://swik.net/Kubuntu/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fkubuntu/kick+ass+ubuntu+ID+cards/b5atp Sat, 17 May 2008 23:05:54 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/ubuntu.tattoo_1280x1024/b5as8 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499847389/" title="ubuntu.tattoo_1280x1024"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2057/2499847389_41bb877731_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="ubuntu.tattoo_1280x1024"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/firefox_wallpaper/b5as7 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500677592/" title="firefox_wallpaper"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2500677592_0c02d81777_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="firefox_wallpaper"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/ubuntu_unser/b5as6 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499838771/" title="ubuntu_unser"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2242/2499838771_2725538f8d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="ubuntu_unser"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu+heron+1600+x1200/b5as5 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500681430/" title="Ubuntu heron 1600 x1200"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2500681430_1658913ecd_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Ubuntu heron 1600 x1200"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Blowing_The_Sand_UBUNTU_WALL_by_xsos/b5as4 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500681072/" title="Blowing_The_Sand_UBUNTU_WALL_by_xsos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2092/2500681072_07a1efe155_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Blowing_The_Sand_UBUNTU_WALL_by_xsos"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu+Human+bubbles+%28brushed%29/b5as3 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499841199/" title="Ubuntu Human bubbles (brushed)"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2499841199_04c84f27ee_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Ubuntu Human bubbles (brushed)"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu+dark+1600+x1200/b5as2 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499852349/" title="Ubuntu dark 1600 x1200"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2499852349_801c4149a5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Ubuntu dark 1600 x1200"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu+heron+dark+1600+x1200/b5as1 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500682568/" title="Ubuntu heron dark 1600 x1200"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2500682568_a160cb2da2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Ubuntu heron dark 1600 x1200"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/21461-comeinfromthecold/b5as0 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499849221/" title="21461-comeinfromthecold"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2030/2499849221_9dc9aa3a95_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="21461-comeinfromthecold"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/ubuntu_4_robots/b5asz <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500667772/" title="ubuntu_4_robots"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2162/2500667772_cb33222836_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="ubuntu_4_robots"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/chocolate___ubuntu_by_xsos/b5asy <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499850267/" title="chocolate___ubuntu_by_xsos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/2499850267_d1fb32d0b8_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="chocolate___ubuntu_by_xsos"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Basse-Ubuntu_1600x1200/b5asx <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499838327/" title="Basse-Ubuntu_1600x1200"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/2499838327_b912573662_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Basse-Ubuntu_1600x1200"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu_Wallpaper_02_by_arqsuriel/b5asw <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500684722/" title="Ubuntu_Wallpaper_02_by_arqsuriel"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2413/2500684722_3cb3e6b8b5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Ubuntu_Wallpaper_02_by_arqsuriel"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu+1600+x1200/b5asv <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500688064/" title="Ubuntu 1600 x1200"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2500688064_1db2b1af5f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Ubuntu 1600 x1200"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/hot_ubuntu_widescreen_by_mzm/b5asu <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499857053/" title="hot_ubuntu_widescreen_by_mzm"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2499857053_2183330c5e_m.jpg" width="240" height="150" alt="hot_ubuntu_widescreen_by_mzm"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/human___ubuntu_linux_by_xsos/b5ast <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2499859849/" title="human___ubuntu_linux_by_xsos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/2499859849_cf0835f9ba_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="human___ubuntu_linux_by_xsos"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu_Desk_by_R8zr/b5ass <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500688938/" title="Ubuntu_Desk_by_R8zr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2500688938_586ca03dfd_m.jpg" width="240" height="150" alt="Ubuntu_Desk_by_R8zr"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700 http://swik.net/Ubuntu/ubuntu+-+Everyone%27s+Tagged+Photos/Ubuntu_Scene_by_R8zr/b5asr <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juan-carvacho/">Juan Carvacho</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juan-carvacho/2500687660/" title="Ubuntu_Scene_by_R8zr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2500687660_0bf055613f_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Ubuntu_Scene_by_R8zr"/></a></p> Sat, 17 May 2008 22:05:55 -0700