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In the same way as you wait ages for a bus only for two to come along at once, it's the season for new Linux releases. Today Canonical released Ubuntu 14.10, aka Utopic Unicorn, and in less than two weeks OpenSuSE will push out 13.2. I'm a SuSE user so I'll be downloading that over the weekend and getting stuck in. It's
While reviews of Windows 8.x have been mixed, it seems there is a perception problem with the general public about Microsoft's latest operating system. Version 8 was largely hated, and 8.1 only went so far in fixing those issues. The company plans to go further when "Threshold", or Windows 9, debuts later this year. However, if you'd like to at
ZDNet is reporting that Canonical is intending to make the next release of Ubuntu, 12.04, a LTS (Long Term Support) release with intention of then expanding Ubuntu beyond desktops and laptops into smartphones, tablets and smart TVs, with a target of 2014 for an all-platform release. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, in an interview said, "This is a natural expansion of
Some of you may recall that early last summer, I left my long-term Linux partner OpenSuSE for Canonical's Ubuntu - the post is here. I thought it was going to be forever but I'm afraid it hasn't worked out and SuSE has taken me back. The original problem was that I couldn't get SuSE 11.2 to install on new hardware
The latest version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, 10.10 will be released tomorrow (if all goes to plan). Otherwise known as the Maverick Meerkat, this release focuses on improving the desktop experience and stability rather than radically updating it. As usual, the kernel has been updated along with the Gnome desktop and there has been one change to the default
Some of you will know that I'm a Linux user from my previous posts. I'm not a distro-tart: I tend to stick with a particular Linux distribution rather than swap between the different flavours. I started out over 15 years ago with an early Slackware release before moving to Red Hat around version 5 (1998?). I then hopped over to SuSE for
I have an old Mac Mini that I wasn't using, so being bored I decided to install Ubuntu on it. Ubuntu is a well know distribution (distro) of Linux. The latest distribution is 9.10 also known as Karmic Koala, (all Ubuntu distribution are named after animals.). The first thing I did was I downloaded the latest distribution of Ubuntu as an ISO. An ISO is simply a single image of all files needed to install an application, in this case Ubuntu. I then burned the ISO to a CD using the burn option available in Disk Utility on the Mac. I did burn it at a lower speed then normal, which is recommended. I then placed the CD in the Macmini and restarted it, while holding down the C key when the chime rang. The first screen that came up asked me if I wanted to run Ubuntu without installing, install Ubuntu, check disk for error, or start from first hard disk. I decided that I wanted to do a full install, so I made that choice. (If you make that choice remember that you are erasing all data on the partition that you install it on.) The next choice I had was whether I wanted to use the full hard drive or a partition. I chose to use the full hard drive, hit the continue button and the installation ran without any problem. Once the installation is finished I set up my login name and password. I removed the CD and restarted the computer, Ubuntu started up without any problem.