So you shouldn’t look forward to a major visual upgrade to your Ubuntu system, although such an improvement is not entirely out of the cards.

This article teaches you how to play Red Alert 2 on Ubuntu. You can install, run and play the game Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 on Ubuntu by using Wine.

One of the cool features of Apple’s Mac Operating system is the Dock. It is used to launch applications and also switch between running applications. Linux communites like to adopt the good from other operating systems and there are several Docks available for Linux as well.

After giving Ubuntu a try for more than 2 months, was I able to achieve my goal? A short answer is no. I eventually reverted to Windows XP. Let’s have a look why with more details.

In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 8.10 Beta released, Intrepid Countdown banner, Intrepid CDs for Approved LoCo's, New Ubuntu Members, Ubuntu Testing Day, Kernel Hug Day, PackageKit call for testing, Ubuntu 8.10 release party(San Francisco), MOTU news, LoCo News, Launchpad News, Ubuntu Kung Fu by: Keir Thomas, e1000e patch, and much, much more!

In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to install the Adobe Flash plugin for the popular Ubuntu distribution.

Installing ubuntu or anything on HP mini note is not going to be a problem since I bought an external DVD R/W drive along with mini. Even if you don’t have one you can still install Ubuntu (or technically any GNU/Linux distro) with pendrive Linux, or some other way.

At a very early stage in the installation of the Ubuntu8.04 desktop I encountered some perplexing failures in the mount command and in my attempted alteration of the fstab file. Commands that had worked in Ubuntu's earlier LTS desktop failed both on the command line and when the file itself was executed.

Businesses are catching on to Ubuntu, Canonical’s Linux distribution. The latest example: Gameloft, a major mobile games developer, has moved more than 1,000 desktops to Ubuntu, according to a source who reached out to The VAR Guy.

Although the desktop hasn't been reshaped, the features tweaked just a little bit, and most of the work focused on compatibility and usability there are still some neat new tools and tweaks that are worth checking out. Read on for our picture-filled take on the new Ubuntu.