As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user ...

The default Ubuntu installation packages the sleek, minimal Gnome desktop with Firefox and a handful of basic tools, and then leaves the rest to you. That freedom (and Linux in general) might seem ...

GetDeb's web site has long been the go-to spot for Ubuntu (and Debian, and Mint) users to grab the latest copies of software not yet released by their official repositories. Now GetDeb makes it even ...

The next version of Ubuntu Linux will include a new feature that can incorporate commonly used Web apps directly into the user’s desktop, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announced at OSCON on ...

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Canonical Ubuntu Linux has long been one of the most popular Linux desktop distributions. Now, its leadership is looking to its users for help to decide the default desktop applications in the next ...

It's bound to roil open source advocates, but some Ubuntu leaders are asking the community which third-party, proprietary applications should be available for easy installation. You can weigh in on ...

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