On October 18th, Ubuntu 12.10, the latest and greatest version of this popular Linux distribution arrives. On the eve of its arrival, it's looking pretty good, but it's far from flawless. Those are ...

LTS, you ask? That stands for long term support. This is the Ubuntu version that will be supported for five years, through April 2017. If you have a business, and you've been thinking about using ...

Ubuntu 12.0.4 has launched, offering a sleek new heads-up display interface along with several new improvements. Ubuntu 12.0.4 has launched, offering a sleek new heads-up display interface along with ...

After months of widespread anticipation, the latest version of Canonical’s popular Linux distribution–Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise Pangolin”–was released in its final form early Thursday morning. “For PC ...

With roughly 98 percent of the desktop and laptop market spoken for, you'd be forgiven for thinking your only choices for powering your computer were Windows or Mac OS X. There is another way, though.

Write this down: Ubuntu 12.10, the late-year arrival from Canonical’s six-month standard release factory, marks the first new release within the company’s current long-term support cycle. Got it? Good ...

The Acer C7 Chromebook is a $199 laptop that ships with Google Chrome OS. But under the hood, it’s a lot like other laptops which can run Windows, Linux, or other operating systems — and there’s an ...

When Canonical launched its Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix back in February, it was based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot,” which was then the most current stable version of the free and open ...

Among enterprise Linux distributions — SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ubuntu — Ubuntu has the shortest life-cycle. SLES offers maintenance updates for 8-10 ...