Girls are very strong and formal in supporting Ubuntu:
Babies are more casual and support Ubuntu in business casual:
However, all dogs support Ubuntu strictly in business attire:
Be the first to support Ubuntu naked!
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Apr 07
Michael Dell uses Ubuntu on his Home Laptop
What kind of laptop does Michael Dell use at home? See for yourself. This is the laptop and peripherals Michael is using right now.
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Just another laptop – right? Not quite – check out the Operating System that is installed on Michael Dell’s laptop – it is newest version of Ubuntu, 7.04 Feisty Fawn. This is no Vista, not even Windows XP – it’s Linux! If Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of the #1 Laptop/PC market player Dell Inc., is using Linux, then what are you, my dear reader, planning to use within next 5 years?
The only answer that is not "Linux" would be "Mac", but hey, OS/X is FreeBSD 5 (the process model, network stack, and virtual file system) which is Unix :)
to see the full list of computers (including the above) that Mr. Dell uses go to dell’s official site
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Apr 07
Ubuntu Feisty Parties all over the World
According to Ubuntu once Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) is out, there will be plenty to celebrate, whether you were directly involved the release process or just rejoice because the next iteration of the best distribution is finally out.
April 19, 2007 is the tentative date for Ubuntu 7.04. Many parties will be on this date, or you can pick your own date! Go ahead and put down your favorite pub, park or cafe and celebrate getting Feisty out of the door!
get it while its hot :)
Come and join Ubuntu parties all over the Globe! The schedule of already "Confirmed Parties" are here.
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Apr 07
Sexy TOP vs Human HTOP
To check performance of the Unix/Linux box top command is used frequently. This is what top‘s output usually looks like:
While top command is very useful, it has very clumsy "human interface". There is a much better alternative to top – htop which is a free (GPL) ncurses-based process viewer. It is similar to top, but allows to scroll the list vertically and horizontally to see all processes and their full command lines. Tasks related to processes (killing, renicing) can be done without entering their PIDs, and of course htop has a much better human interface that looks similar to:
Comparison between htop and top
- In ‘htop’ you can scroll the list vertically and horizontally to see all processes and complete command lines.
- In ‘top’ you are subject to a delay for each unassigned key you press (especially annoying when multi-key escape sequences are triggered by accident).
- ‘htop’ starts faster (‘top’ seems to collect data for a while before displaying anything).
- In ‘htop’ you don’t need to type the process number to kill a process, in ‘top’ you do.
- In ‘htop’ you don’t need to type the process number or the priority value to renice a process, in ‘top’ you do.
- ‘htop’ supports mouse operation, ‘top’ doesn’t
- ‘top’ is older, hence, more used and tested
htop is an Open Source project, hence can be easily downloaded and installed on U/Linux system. For example it can be downloaded and installed on Ubuntu with just one command:
sudo apt-get install htop
Be aware! It appears that although ‘htop’ provides some cool enhancements, ‘top’ remains to be one of the sexiest Unix commands ever according to GOOGLE. Just search for "man top" and along with "Unix Manual Pages for top" get "Man on Top Sex Positions" from GOOGLE. :)
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Apr 07
Linux 3D Desktop: Beryl and Compiz Reunion
3D desktop is one of the weakest Ubuntu’s spot, besides of course power management and multiple screen support. And having two independent group of developers (Compiz and Beryl) who used to be a single group before, but now working separately, does not really help. But the good news are they decided to reunite!
After several weeks of discussion the leaders of Compiz and Beryl have agreed that the two communities shall reunite. This decision is supported by both David and Quinn and represents the majority decision of the administrators and developers in each community. At this early stage not a lot has been decided, but these are the main points of the agreement gathered by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols:
- Compiz will effectively split in to two divisions: Compiz-core and Compiz-extra.
- The Compiz-Core division will focus on core functionality. The name of the core package will remain compiz.
- The Compiz-Extra division, which includes plugins, decorators, settings tools and related applications and their developers, will merge with the Beryl project’s programmers and offerings in these areas to form a new community with the temporary name of "Composite Community".
- The codebase of the new community will consist of the best plugins, decorators, settings tools and related applications from the Beryl and Compiz communities. We will create a code review panel consisting of the best developers from each community who will see that any code included in a release package meets the highest standards and is suitable for distribution in an officially supported package. Support for existing packages will be continued at least until the first stable release of the new project.
- The websites of each community will remain up and running until a new, user oriented site is completed. Since the forums are the heart of each community, they will be merged first. Once we have a single community forum we can use it to discuss the additional details, including the name of the new project, as well as setting the goals for the first release.
The end result of this for Linux desktop users should be a single, united and improved 3D desktop option.