Canonical Patches Two BIND Vulnerabilities in All Supported Ubuntu OSes …
On July 28, Canonical, through Marc Deslauriers, published details about the availability of a new important update for the BIND packages in the Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS...
View ArticleIt’s Easy to Port Mobile HTML5 Games to Ubuntu Phone, Says the Community Manager
On July 28, Alan Pope, the Community Manager of Ubuntu Engineering at Canonical, published a comprehensive tutorial showing users how easy is to port online games written in the HTML5 language to the...
View ArticleCanonical Says Ubuntu-Based Docker Images Are Not a Copyright Violation
Canonical said through the voice of Dustin Kirkland that you can use Ubuntu with Docker without violating any copyright policy, contradicting what Matthew Garrett said in a blog post just a week ago....
View ArticleKDE unveils Plasma Mobile, a free and open Linux OS for phones
Move over, Ubuntu Touch and Android. There’s new competition in town. The KDE community just unveiled Plasma Mobile, a free and open-source mobile operating system. This is nothing new for the KDE...
View ArticleUbuntu Touch Finally Gets a Regression Fix for Nexus 4 and Aquaris Phones
Canonical has recently released a new OTA update for Ubuntu Touch and it brought a large number of new features and improvements, but also a nasty regression that caused the telephony function to fail...
View ArticleMeizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition Review – A Diamond in the Rough
The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition is the latest phone to ship with the operating system built by Canonical, and it’s also the most powerful available right now. We’ll take a closer look at it, and we’ll try...
View ArticleReview: Ubuntu 15.04
I f it’s spring, that must mean a new release of Ubuntu. This latest one is codenamed the “Vivid Vervet”, but – as has become common for Ubuntu releases – you’ll have to squint to spot the difference...
View ArticleIt’s dirt-cheap, but this HP ProBook 455 G2 Ubuntu budget laptop may not be…
One way to get a dirt-cheap laptop is to buy one not with Windows but Ubuntu preinstalled. That’s the case with the £300 HP ProBook 455 G2 Ubuntu edition, but would you be better looking elsewhere? We...
View ArticlePro tip: Upgrade Ubuntu to the 4.x kernel
Recently, I’d noticed some shenanigans going on with my installation of Elementary OS Freya. Bluetooth had become erratic and certain apps had started to bog down. To some, Bluetooth might not be such...
View ArticleUbuntu Kylin 15.10 Alpha 2 Is Out for Testing with Linux Kernel 4.1, More
The development team behind the Ubuntu Kylin computer operating system have announced earlier today the immediate availability for download and testing of the second Alpha build of the upcoming Ubuntu...
View ArticleUbuntu 15.10 Alpha 2 Releases Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Canonical, through Martin Wimpress, announced on July 30 that the second and last Alpha builds of the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, and Ubuntu Cloud 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) operating...
View ArticleHP ProBook 455 G2: A low-cost business notebook for Ubuntu lovers [Review]
Most of the laptops you can buy come with Windows pre-installed. Obviously the latest batch have Windows 10 on them, with more being announced daily. If you prefer Linux you can either replace...
View ArticleNew Bind Vulnerabilities Have Been Closed in Ubuntu OSes
Canonical published details about yet another couple of Bind vulnerabilities that had been found and fixed in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating systems. Quite a few Bind...
View ArticleUbuntu Touch Might Receive Hotfixes Before OTA-6, Major GCC 5 Transition in...
On the last day on July, Canonical’s Łukasz Zemczak sent in his daily report about the work done by the Ubuntu Touch developers for the mobile operating system used in the popular Ubuntu phones...
View ArticleCanonical Releases New Linux Kernel Update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)
We reported a few days ago, on July 28, 2015, that Canonical released a kernel update for its long-term supported Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system, patching four kernel vulnerabilities....
View ArticleFind the Perfect Linux-Compatible PC with Ubuntu’s Hardware Database
Some PCs are more difficult to run Linux on than others—it’s all about the drivers. Some laptops are available with Linux pre-installed, but plenty aren’t—even though they may make great Linux PCs. The...
View ArticleThe Ubuntu Model: Giving Children Everything – CCTV
What does it take to rescue an orphaned or vulnerable child in Africa? Education or health care? Perhaps social services? Jacob Lief says all of that – and much more – is necessary. And his Ubuntu...
View ArticleLatest Ubuntu Touch SDK Updates Focus on Convergence Features for OTA-6
On the last day of July 2015, Canonical’s Zoltán Balogh posted an important email on the Ubuntu Touch mailing list, informing us all about the work done lately on the Ubuntu SDK (Software Development...
View ArticleUbuntu Touch and Ubuntu Desktop to Have Similar Boot Animations Soon
Ubuntu Touch is always receiving updates, and all sort of improvements and regular users get to experience those changes when new OTA update is made available. From the looks of it, one the changes...
View ArticleUbuntu MATE Projects Donates Money to Debian, MATE, and Syncthing Developers
The Ubuntu MATE project does something very admirable each month. Its makers contribute financially to other open source projects that are being used in the operating system, and that is something that...
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