Kubuntu: Kubuntu 14.10
Kubuntu 14.10 is available for upgrade or install. It comes in two flavours, the stable Plasma 4 running the desktop we know from previous releases, and a tech preview of the next generation Plasma 5...
View ArticleAlessio Treglia: Bits from the Debian Multimedia Maintainers
This brief announcement was released yesterday to the debian-devel-announce mailing list. Ciao!The Debian Multimedia Maintainers have been quite active since the Wheezy release, and have some...
View ArticleNicholas Skaggs: Sprinting in DC: Wednesday
This week, my team and I are sprinting with many of the core app developers and other folks inside of Ubuntu Engineering. Each day I'm attempting to give you a glimpse of what's happening.To kick off...
View ArticleXubuntu: Xubuntu 14.10 released!
Xubuntu 14.10 Utopic UnicornThe Xubuntu team is pleased to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 14.10!The release is available for download by torrents and direct downloads from...
View ArticleUbuntu GNOME: Ubuntu GNOME 14.10 is released
The Ubuntu GNOME Team is proud and happy to announce the release of Ubuntu GNOME 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn).Ubuntu GNOME is an official flavour of Ubuntu, featuring the GNOME desktop environment. Ubuntu...
View ArticleRandall Ross: Happy 10th Birthday Ubuntu!
Ubuntu is 10 today! That's reason to celebrate.I encourage everyone who's ever enjoyed or contributed to Ubuntu to find the most fun, outrageous, and outlandish birthday photo you can and show it to...
View ArticleZygmunt Krynicki: Update on python-glibc
My pure-python bindings to glibc are progressing at a nice rate. I've made some interesting changes today that I'd like to share.First, there is a clear difference between the raw glibc functions (all...
View ArticleThe Fridge: Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) released
Codenamed "Utopic Unicorn", 14.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has...
View ArticleUbuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S07E30 – The One at the Beach
We’re back with Season Seven, Episode Thirty of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Laura Cowen and Tony Whitmore bring you this episode whilst Mark Johnson is on a sun-lounger somewhere. Download OGG...
View ArticleLubuntu Blog: Lubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn is out!
A new version of our operating system has been released. You won't notice many cosmetic changes, as this version is considered as a "bug fix release", preparing the way to meet LXQt. Here are some...
View ArticleSvetlana Belkin: Ubuntu 14.10
Today was the release day of Ubuntu 14.10, code-named “Utopic Unicorn” and my only thoughts are going to this gif from the movie, Despicable Me:Really, I do think it’s fluffy and awesome! The only...
View ArticleJohn Baer: 2014 Chromebook Survey Results
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the 2014 Chromebook survey. Certainly not exhaustive but the numbers do indicate what folks are evaluating when considering a Chromebook. Take a look...
View ArticleJoe Liau: Thank You Ubuntu: 10 Years Towards Freedom
Outrageous Birthday Photo (Source)I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 14.10 and the first thing that I wanted to do was thank Mark Shuttleworth, the Canonical team, and the rest of the Ubuntu community. You...
View ArticleBenjamin Kerensa: Such a Utopic Unicorn
I want to congratulate the Ubuntu Teams on releasing another solid release of Ubuntu. I would like to take a moment to encourage those installing and upgrading to Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn to enable...
View ArticleSean Davis: Xubuntu 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn”
After six months of development, the latest version of Xubuntu has been released! Xubuntu 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn” features the latest in Xfce development and is the first step towards the next Long Term...
View ArticleJono Bacon: Bad Voltage Turns 1
Today Bad Voltage celebrates our first birthday. We plan on celebrating it by having someone else blow out our birthday candles while we smash a cake and quietly defecate on ourselves.For those of you...
View ArticleUbuntu GNOME: To Upgrade Or Not To Upgrade?
Hi everyone,With each and every cycle, the same question is being asked over and over again:Should I upgrade to the latest release? or should I keep my system as it is?Well, luckily with Ubuntu GNOME,...
View ArticleNicholas Skaggs: Sprinting in DC: Thursday
This week, my team and I are sprinting with many of the core app developers and other folks inside of Ubuntu Engineering. Each day I'm attempting to give you a glimpse of what's happening.Today started...
View ArticleOli Warner: Hey Paypal, why do you need access to my microphone, camera and...
Who actually checks the permissions of applications they're installing? A little while ago a Paypal update stalled because it required extra permissions. This is what happens if an app you have already...
View ArticleThomas Ward: NGINX Webserver Admins: Don’t Use SSLv3 in Your SSL-Enabled Sites!
The SSLv3 “POODLE” Vulnerability.Most of us are aware of the recent protocol flaw vulnerability in SSLv3. Officially designated CVE-2014-3566, it is more commonly referred to as the “POODLE” (Padding...
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