Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, possibly the most popular of all Linux distributions, is asking its users what new, proprietary programs they’d like to see as optional software in Ubuntu. Note, ...

This isn’t huge news if you’ve been keeping track of the increasing deterioration of the Ubuntu Software Center. This summer, I chronicled how Canonical was slowly letting the Ubuntu Software Center ...

Later, Ubuntu make Amazon search an optional feature, while leaving it on by default. That's not good enough for RMS. This is just like the first surveillance practice I learned about in Windows. My ...

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Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distro out there, but users coming from Windows may find it repulsive and decide to switch ...

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Dell will not include open-source software such as Wine, which lets users run Windows programs on Linux, with the PCs it plans to bundle with Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu and ...

I still have a lot to learn, but my time with Ubuntu has been nothing short of pleasant ...

Don’t like Linux Mint’s Software Manager? Here’s how you can install the Ubuntu Software Center in Linux Mint 12. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in the following code and then hit enter to install ...

With Windows 8 pushing a “touch-first” desktop interface—Microsoft’s words, not ours—and with Valve’s Steam on Linux beginning to bring much-needed games and popular attention to the oft-overlooked ...

Why? Because Snap enables a single binary package to work perfectly and securely on any Linux desktop, server, cloud or device. According to Olli Ries, head of Canonical's Ubuntu client platform ...

How to use deb-get to install third-party software on Ubuntu Your email has been sent If you're looking for an easier way to install third-party software on Ubuntu ...