Ubuntu, another choice

Ubuntu is the more well-known of the two distros, but Linux Mint is also one of the most popular out there. Both provide users with a great introduction to Linux. More Ubuntu-related web content exists due to the size of its community, which is a big help when you’re starting off. But much of what applies to Ubuntu also applies toMint. So, the choice is yours. Linux Mint vs Ubuntu: Which Distro Should You Choose? 'via Blog this'

Why should you use Linux? To use some of the best applications made for any platform. If you don’t believe me, here’s a list of great Linux apps. You can find all of these in the default Ubuntu repositories, and likely in the repositories of whatever Linux distro you use. Linux Treasures: 11 Sublime Native Linux Apps That Will Make You Want To Switch : 'via Blog this'

According to data analytics company Net Market Share,  Linux desktop usage has reached 2% . This is a first time achievement for the open source operating system. This number does  not  count Android as Linux. That suggests that more users are flocking to the traditional Linux desktop (or that a lower percentage are using others). Does this mean Linux has reached a point where it can replace Windows and Mac OS X for the average user? As a native Windows user who switched to Linux several years ago, I’d say the answer is yes! Let me tell you why. Is Linux Finally Good Enough to Replace Windows ?

Discover the range of industries, people and services that are using Ubuntu right now. Netflix .  Snapchat .  Dropbox .  Uber .  Tesla …and the International space station – what do they all have in common? They run on Ubuntu. To celebrate our upcoming 16.04 LTS we wanted to shine a bit of light on how many people in the world actually use Ubuntu. As users aren’t required to register their installation, devices are pre-loaded with the software and servers powered by Ubuntu – this means it’s not as easy to track users. However the reality is, hundreds of millions of  PCs, servers, devices, virtual machines, and containers have booted Ubuntu to date and are in use! Thanks to a blog  Dustin Kirkland , a member of our Product team, wrote we’ve put together an infographic to show you where Ubuntu  lives! About the author How many people use Ubuntu?

Canonical recently released Ubuntu 15.10, nicknamed Wily Werewolf. In the past, an autumn release of Ubuntu Linux like this would have been more experimental, warranting some caution when updating. Such releases weren't quite update-at-your-own-risk rough, but they were often packed full of new features that were not fully baked. (For example, the now-shuttered Ubuntu One first debuted in 9.10. The Unity desktop became a default in 11.10, and the controversial Amazon search results in the Unity Dash made their debut in 12.10.)   Especially compared to the spring .04 releases that tended to be stable (and every two years packaged as Long Term Support releases), autumn was Canonical's time to experiment. Unfortunately—or fortunately, depending on how you feel about desktop experiments—that's not the case with Wily Werewolf. There are new features worth updating for in this release, but, on the whole, this is Canonical refining what it has already created. The...

Canonical's Ubuntu 15.04 , also known as Vivid Vervet , has been recently launched and it comes with the notorious systemd project. Unity 7 desktop environment This latest edition of the standard Linux distro does not boast of any user interface changes as it still has the Unity 7 desktop environment. It includes some minor tweaks like the ability to set application menus to always appear instead of only popping up when you hover your mouse over them. Most of the changes feature revamped menus, some important desktop improvements and new versions of default apps like LibreOffice and Firefox. This operating system should be faster and more stable thanks to updates to the underlying system, such as the Linux kernel and Unity desktop. What makes  Vivid Vervet  visually different from the previous version is the purple default wallpaper and the marginally improved locally integrated menus as they now consume less screen space with this arrangement. Unity's HU...

Canonical today announces Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will be released on 17th April 2014, bringing a new level of reliability, performance and interoperability to cloud and scale out environments with support and maintenance for five years. “Ubuntu is the primary platform for cloud – public, private or hybrid. In this release, our third LTS with deep roots in cloud, we raise the bar for efficiency and orchestration at scale. That’s why businesses are adopting Ubuntu as they move to the cloud computing era,” says Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical. Global enterprises including AT&T, Bharti, Bouygues Telecom, British Telecom, China Telecom, China Unicom, Cogent Communications, Comcast, Deutsche Telekom, Korea Telecom, NEC, NTT, Numergy, Orange France, Time Warner Cable, Turk Telecom, Verizon and Yandex, as well as leading web scale services such as Netflix, Instagram, Hipchat and Quora are all building next generation services on Ubuntu. “Time Warner Cable (TWC) is running Ubun...