Now playing: DVD movies, Windows audio files on Ubuntu Linux
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- Now playing: DVD movies, Windows audio files on Ubuntu Linux
- Ubuntu faces an EULA problem
- Ubuntu-Firefox EULA dustup reignites OSS licensing debate
- [HOW-TO] Run any Ubuntu-based Linux distro on your Windows PC at …
- Ubuntu EEE updates, breaks wireless
- The Barriers To Shuttleworth’s “MacBuntu”
Now playing: DVD movies, Windows audio files on Ubuntu Linux
Computerworld, MA
04 operating system who want easy and cheap ways of adding DVD playback and improved audio capabilities to their machines. Inexpensive add-on applications that will provide audio codecs and a DVD player to expand the multimedia capabilities of the four-year-old Linux operating system are now available for purchase in the Ubuntu online store. Previously, users of the freely downloaded or boxed versions of the Ubuntu Linux 8.
Ubuntu faces an EULA problem
iTWire, Australia
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Ubuntu-Firefox EULA dustup reignites OSS licensing debate
Ars Technica, MA
Critics argue that including a conventional user license agreement in Firefox is antithetical to the principles of unencumbered use that are cherished in the open-source software community. The debate is now going on in full force in the Ubuntu community with the filing of a bug report about the EULA. The EULA is largely meaningless because the terms of the open-source software licenses under which Firefox is distributed give users the ability to strip the EULA and compile a custom version of the browser that omits it. Mozilla's trademark policies, however, would make it impossible to include the Firefox name or branding on any derivative that deviates from the original sources in that manner. This poses a challenge for Linux distributors who don't want to impose the EULA display screen on their users. A disgruntled Ubuntu user filed a.
[HOW-TO] Run any Ubuntu-based Linux distro on your Windows PC at …
Techlogg.com, Australia
If youve thought about trying Ubuntu or its lower-grunt-requiringsibling, Xubuntu, but havent had a spare PC to throw it on and youhave wanted to do more than use a live CD, one simple way is to build avirtual PC. A virtual PC is basically a PC made entirely out of software. To an operating system, it runs and operates as if it were hardwarebut the beauty of it is that the whole thing resides as a series offiles on your PCs hard drive.
Ubuntu EEE updates, breaks wireless
Tectonic, South Africa
Thanks for visiting!. 1 version, which includes the Netbook Remix desktop as the default interface.
The Barriers To Shuttleworth’s “MacBuntu”
InformationWeek, NY
He wants to make Ubuntu into an operating system of choice — one not only as good as the Mac, but. Dream big or die, right?While this particular ambition isn’t.
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