Everything Express
Ubuntu
How-to: Install Ubuntu 12.x On Older Hardware
With Windows XP support coming to an end and many older PC’s, laptops and net-books struggling to cope with newer software, you might want to think about going Open Source and switching to a free upgrade: namely Ubuntu versions supporting older processors. You may have read that from version 12.x onward, many Ubuntu users thought … Continue reading
What is Ubuntu Touch? [Guest Post]
From Command & CONQUER: Ubuntu Touch by Lucas Westermann from Full Circle Magazine issue 71. I originally wanted to write this article on my first impressions for the developer preview of Ubuntu Touch. However, as I couldn’t get the work-in-progress version working on my TF101 (Asus Transformer), and as I wasn’t willing to sacrifice my … Continue reading
News: Full Circle Magazine Issue 71 Has Arrived
Full Circle Magazine Issue 71 is available now from the main site. This month: Ubuntu News. How-To : Programming in Python, LibreOffice, and Using PAF. Graphics : Blender, and Inkscape. Book Review: Python for Kids. Review: Chrome OS plus: Q&A, Command & Conquer, Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, My Story, and soooo much more! Get … Continue reading
Opinion: Why Ubuntu Phone Will Fail [Guest Post]
Guest post by Ed Hewitt Earlier this month, Canonical held its first press event to unveil its phone operating system, Ubuntu for Phone. This is a product many have speculated would happen after the launch of Unity, providing a touch interface, as well as Canonical bringing Ubuntu to Android devices. While Ubuntu for Android allows … Continue reading
Full Circle Magazine Issue 70 Has Landed
FCM#70 hits your virtual door step Get it while it’s hot! This month, we have the usual Python, LibreOffice, Inkscape and Blender How-To’s. Joining them is an interesting HowTo on cron jobs. In other words: a script to do something on a particular day or time. In this month’s Linux Labs, Charles looks at the … Continue reading
Full Circle Side-Pod Episode 13: That’s How it Feels To Be Wrong
Full Circle Side-Pod Episode 13: That’s How it Feels To Be Wrong is available from the magazine site. In this episode, Ubuntu Phone and TV. File Sizes: OGG 45.5Mb mp3 52.1Mb Running Time: 1 hour 21 mins 56 sec
News: Mark Shuttleworth Demos Ubuntu Phone 2013
In a video released over the New Year, Mark Shuttleworth demos the new Ubuntu Phone operating system. In a glossy, well produced (if slightly long 8mins 37secs), Canonical founder and CTO Mark Shuttleworth talks us through Ubuntu Phone, a product he hopes will challenge Ios, Android and now Tizen in the mobile market. We wait … Continue reading
Full Circle Magazine Issue 68 Out Now
Happy Holidays to everyone! In this month’s Full Circle Magazine, issue 68 is available from the main site: Ubuntu News. How-To : Programming in Python, LibreOffice, and Install 12.10 on an EEE PC. Graphics : NEW! Blender, and Inkscape. Web Dev : CRUD Part 4. * Book Review – Super Scratch Programming. Review: Linux Mint … Continue reading
Full Circle Magazine Issue 67 Out Now
Full Circle Issue 67: English can be downloaded from the main site. This month: NEW! Ubuntu News. How-To : Programming in Python, LibreOffice, and Create a Thief-proof PC. Graphics : Kdenlive, and Inkscape. Web Dev : CRUD Part 3. Book Review – Think Like a Programmer. Review: OS4 OpenWorkStation. Closing Windows – Installing Fonts. What … Continue reading
How-to: Change Sound Juicer and Rhythmbox Audio Preferences
Another fill-in required to address the audio output presets in Ubuntu. If you use Sound Juicer (aka CD Extractor) or Rhythmbox music player to output audio in various formats, you may be wondering where the options have gone. In Edit – Preferences, the Settings button is either greyed out or missing completely. So there is … Continue reading
Opinion: Eleven Things I Hate About Ubuntu
Much as I evangelise about Ubuntu, Linux and the Open Source ethos, help out with testing on Ubuntu Quality team from time to time and report bugs whenever I can, a ‘bad Ubuntu day’ only serves to remind me that as a product, it is simply not ready for mass-market, main-stream adoption. It needs a … Continue reading
Twitter Updates
Find Us on Facebook
BBC World News
Opens the BBC World News page.
