Ubuntu User News

Button Moving Script for Ubuntu 10.04

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:17:14 GMT

The new Ubuntu theme got a lot of community acclaim. However, a few commentators complained about a particular feature: the position of the buttons in the taskbar.

Mozilla Personas Turn into Personas Plus

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:36:55 GMT

The surprising success of Personas, which Mozilla Labs released as a beta in Firefox 3.6, has led to the rededication of the browser tool as Personas Plus.

March 31, 2010: Document Freedom Day

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:23:48 GMT

International free software organizations have declared the last Wednesday in March to be Document Freedom Day (DFD). Activities and information events will take place all over the world, including Canada, United Kingdom and the United States.

Ubuntu Developers Summit 2010 in Brussels in May

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:45:28 GMT

The next Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) takes place May 10-14 in Brussels, according to Jono Bacon, Ubuntu community manager.

Linux New Media Awards 2010 Presented at CeBIT

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:26:37 GMT

Markus Feilner, Klaus Knopper, and Jim Zemlin helped present the 2010 Linux New Media Awards at CeBIT. Winners accepted their awards on stage while the ceremony streamed live over the Internet.

CeBIT 2010: Linux Successes, Challenges

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:05:28 GMT

At the Open Source Forum of CeBIT 2010, the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin named three reasons for Linux's success. He also identified three possible challenges for the free platform.

Call for Artist: Lucid Lynx

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:20:27 GMT

Would you like to see your Lucid Lynx illustration in the pages of Ubuntu User magazine? To have your art considered for Ubuntu User issue #5, submit two sample drawings of a "Lucid Lynx" by March 22, 2010, 5pm CST (GMT -6).

CeBIT 2010: Plug Computer with Ubuntu

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:56:52 GMT

The Cirrus Plug 3.0 from Ionics with 2GHz ARM processor, WLAN b/g, Bluetooth, and internal 120GB hard disk is about the size of a Coke can. The device is displayed at CeBIT Hall 2.

CeBIT Open Source 2010: All Talks in Free Live Stream

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:31:39 GMT

Tuesday is kick-off for CeBIT, the world's foremost tradeshow for the digital industry in Hannover, Germany, and with it high-class talks in the CeBIT Open Source forum. All talks will be visible on a live-stream in the internet.

Kernel 2.6.33 Is Completed

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:43:32 GMT

Linus Torvalds has released another kernel version that, apart from driver updates, has a reworked graphics stack.