Some of these are fun.
We’ve written a lot lately about serious, geeky topics, like virtualization. But we here at WorksWithU also like to have fun from time to time. To prove it, here’s a look at some of the hilarious–or at least amusing–Easter eggs and other jokes hidden in Ubuntu that you may never have heard of.
Well, duh.
Linux has a powerful booster in the never-ending debate over what OS is safest from malware and spyware: Dell.
Dell’s Ubuntu site has a “Top 10” list of “things you should know about Ubuntu.” No. 6? Ubuntu is safer than Microsoft Windows
This is from Lifehacker.com. I am am regular Ubuntu user at home. I have no M$ Windows in my house and haven’t for the last year or so i.e. I HIGHLY recommend this solution.
After reporting on how thieves used Windows malware to steal sizable sums from small banks and businesses, a Washington Post reporter recommends a fairly air-tight solution for net banking: boot up Linux from a live CD or USB
211 awesome wallpapers. Enjoy.
Is my favorite Linux Distro under attack? This guy seems to think so:
Over the past few years, Ubuntu has slowly emerged as the champion among Linux distros – having great application support, a huge and active community and having begun making major inroads in the netbook/laptop market through the deal with Dell, UNR / Easy-Peasy remix and through an announced effort to integrate with Moblin. The only other netbook competitor being the aged Windows XP, and other Linux distros. However, Ubuntu’s gains are now under attack on all fronts from some really big names in the computer industry. Ubuntu runs the risk of being squeezed out of its current spot in the tech and linux world.
Today I sit in my favorite non-corporate coffee shop with my new Acer Aspire One preloaded with Ubuntu 9.04. I have to say I am impressed mostly with both the hardware and OS. On the AA1, the keyboard is really small (the entire machine is ONLY 9” across or so). It will probably take some getting used to over time. The OS ran into only one hiccup with the wireless connections (but I think that was mostly like a combination of OS AND hardware issues). But it is fixed and I am up and running. With no Micro$oft.
Ah....smell that? That is freedom!
Today, I unhitched the family wagon from the dreaded Evil Empire Microsoft. I took my wife’s laptop, the last M$ Windows product in the house, and turned it into a linux box. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on it. It installed in about an hour and it worked perfectly. M$ = 0, Freedom = 1. Boo-yah bitches!
Yesterday, in 1991, was the first post by Linus Torvalds about Linux:
Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and just dying to cut your teeth on a OS you can try to modify for your needs? Are you finding it frustrating when everything works on minix? No more all-nighters to get a nifty program working? Then this post might be just for you
As I mentioned a month(?) ago, I’m working on a free version of a minix-lookalike for AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage where it’s even usable (though may not be depending on what you want), and I am willing to put out the sources for wider distribution. It is just version 0.02 (+1 (very small) patch already), but I’ve successfully run bash/gcc/gnu-make/gnu-sed/compress etc under it.
As my life revolves around a linux derivative, Happy Birthday Big Guy!
I love you honey:
Though on its face it might seem trivial, pointless, a terrible way to waste a beautiful afternoon, etc., solitaire has unquestionably transformed the way we live and work. Computer solitaire propelled the revolution of personal computing, augured Microsoft’s monopolistic tendencies, and forever changed office culture. It has also helped the human race survive innumerable conference calls and airplane trips. If solitaire is not the most important computer program of all time, it is at least in the top two, along with Minesweeper.
And yes, even I play solitaire on my Ubuntu box.
Ubuntu Open Week starts Monday (4/28).
The always popular Ubuntu Open Week returns this month and we welcome everyone from all walks of life, distros, skills, opinions and curiosities to come along and get involved. The aim of the week is to help grow the Ubuntu community, and we have an awesome set of topics ready for you to attend. If you’ve considered getting involved in Ubuntu and don’t know where to start, thent his is a great opportunity to jump in.
The Ubuntu Open Week will take place from Monday, 28 April to Saturday 3 May on #ubuntu-classroom on Freenode.
We have sessions on all kinds of subjects including Reporting and Triaging bugs, Building Upstream Kernels, Kubuntu Development (including KDE4!), Bazaar, Packaging 101, Ubuntu Mobile, Merging Packages, Launchpad Personal Packaging Archives, Ubuntu Server, Security, Xubuntu, Community Q+A, Packaging Firefox Extensions, Artwork, Producing Podcasts, Training, Preeseeding d-i/Ubiquity, the Future of Ubuntu Desktop, Community support with the Forums, Python Packaging, Ask Mark, Wubi, Unwinding Stacktraces, Documentation, and much more!
Open Week is basically a chance to learn about Ubuntu, how it works, and what you can do to contribute. And yes, I did upgrade to 8.04 LTS two days after it came out. Also, Ubuntu leads in the Open Source Census.
Ubuntu 8 PR Alpha 5 is out. Ars Technica has a review.
The Ubuntu development community has announced that the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few intriguing new features. The official release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is scheduled for late April and feature freeze is already in effect.
