In case you haven’t been keeping an eye on the countdown, we thought we’d remind you that Ubuntu 11.10 — otherwise known as Oneiric Ocelot — is now available to download (completely free of charge, of course). That brings with it an updated version of the Unity interface that includes features like a new alt + tab switcher and “Lenses” with some expanded functionality instead of the previous “Places” feature — not to mention full support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other script languages. Did we mention it also now has its own soundtrack? [...]

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Top 50 best Linux apps 2011 For everyone at Linux Format magazine and most of its readers, computers and Linux are a passion. Linux is perfect: its open source nature and excellent shell make it the ultimate hobbyist’s operating system. Fortunately, there’s a huge number of top-class applications available as well: market leading packages for professional and consumer level media creation, tools for developers, systems administrators and students – as well as great games to help you procrastinate on a Friday. Here we introduce you to the 50 best apps for Linux. We didn’t [...]

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Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux distribution. Welcome to Natty Narwhal a.k.a Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you’ll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools. Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing. We issue a new desktop [...]

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Download Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) How to Install Ubuntu 11.04 On Your PCWindowsInsert a USB stick with at least 2GB of free space Download the Universal USB Installer Click ‘Run’ when promptedIf the security dialog appears, confirm by clicking ‘Run’Read the licence agreement and choose ‘I Agree’ to continueSelect Ubuntu Desktop Edition from the dropdown listClick ‘Browse’ and open the downloaded ISO fileChoose the USB drive and click ‘Create’

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Download Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) How to Install Ubuntu 11.04 On Your PC95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista: Infra RecorderDownload and install Infra Recorder, a free and open-source image-burning program. Insert a blank CD in the drive and select Do nothing or Cancel if an autorun dialog box pops up. Open Infra Recorder and click the ‘Write Image’ button in the main screen.Alternatively you can select the ‘Actions’ menu, then ‘Burn image’.Select the Ubuntu CD image file you want to use, then click ‘Open’. In the dialog [...]

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Other PostsDownload Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) How to Burn Ubuntu CD From ISO File In Windows How to Make Bootable Ubuntu USB From ISO File In Windows1. If you’re using a CD: Put the Ubuntu CD into the CD/DVD-drive and restart your computer. You should see a welcome screen prompting you to choose your language and giving you the option to install Ubuntu or try it from the CD.2. If you’re using a USB drive: Most newer computers can boot from USB. You should see a welcome screen prompting you to choose your language and giving you the option to install Ubuntu or try it from [...]

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Starting from Ubuntu 9.10, Network Manager uses ModemManager to communicate with mobile broadband (CDMA, UMTS and others) cards. Ubuntu 9.10 uses version 0.2 of ModemManager which most probably has some bug because of which few modems dont get recognized. ZTE AC2726, the modem which comes with PTCL EVDO, is one of the unfortunate ones. If you have Ubuntu 10.04 or later you can use the following procedure to connect to PTCL EVDO. Install usb_modeswitch using the following command:sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-dataafter installing usb_modeswitch plug your modem in. If your [...]

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Hardware compatibility, ease of use, the size of a software repository. These three attributes are unique to each Linux distribution. But at the same time, each Linux distribution is at liberty to take and mix whatever it wants from any other. This creates a rather unique situation, where good ideas quickly spread, and bad ones fail. And as a result, there are dozens of distribution updates each month, hundreds each year, in a race to leap-frog each other in the race to the top of the DistroWatch.com charts. This is why the answer to the question of which distribution is best for you changes with [...]

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If you do a lot of work on a Linux computer, continuously switching between many windows, the right window manager can make you much faster and more productive than an extra 2GB of RAM. In this context, ‘right’ means any combination of two different qualities: raw speed and correspondence with your actual needs, habits and personality. If you need to make the most of an obsolete PC, you’ll probably want something slimmer and nimbler than either Gnome or KDE. In other cases, what saves you more time is whatever does by default, with one click or keystroke, what you want [...]

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Most desktop distros include at least one music player, which many people won’t even think about changing. But with Ubuntu 11.04 dropping its old Rhythmbox application and opting instead for Banshee, our curiosity was piqued: which are the best music players for Linux? We compiled an initial shortlist of three that we felt everyone should try: Rhythmbox, the default Gnome player; Amarok, the default KDE player; and Banshee, a player that has been around for a while and has now supplanted Rhythmbox on Ubuntu. To this we added Songbird, a music player built on the Mozilla codebase; [...]

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