So what are the differences between these Siamese twins? Looking at installation, the desktop, package management, and community in the two distributions what emerges is not so much major differences as differences of emphasis, and ultimately, of philosophy.
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Clementine 0.4 Released (Amarok 1.4 Style Music Player For Linux, Windows And MacOS X)
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Clementine is a port of Amarok 1.4, the famous and still very popular KDE music player.
Clementine 0.4 was just released, bringing some very interesting new features such as: support for multiple, tabbed playlists, support for loading and saving XSPF, M3U, PLS and ASX playlists, global hotkeys and a lot more!
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Can Fedora be the new Ubuntu?
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I know it sounds crazy. Fedora is more a test bed for the enterprise-grade RHEL. Fedora is cutting edge software that evokes images of users fixing more issues than enjoying user-friendly software. Fedora is for those who already know, Ubuntu is for those that do not. Right? Wrong.
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Canonical Turns Down MS's Patent Deal
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Mark Shuttleworth turned down Microsoft's offer that "you can't refuse"
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Four Totally Insane Ideas That Canonical Ought To Consider
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Canonical (and consequently, the Ubuntu project) is constantly growing. The Ubuntu distribution has grown to be one of the most popular desktop systems out there, garnering millions of users worldwide. However, I have a few ideas for Canonical to mull over.
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Ubuntu 10.04: Managing Users
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Ubuntu user management. Ubuntu has three different types of users who are listed on the Ubuntu server; root, service accounts and regular users. Users on Ubuntu have login, resource and environmental options that can be set. This is the first in a series on how to manage users on Ubuntu.
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Ubuntu For Tablets Coming In 2011
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Well this is interesting! Canonical will launch an Ubuntu version for tablet computers which should be available in the winter of 2011. The info comes from Chris Kenyon, Canonical's vice president of OEM.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.04 (LAMP)
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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 10.04 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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Ubuntu 10.04 vs Fedora 13
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Spring is a lovely time of year, when the flowers bloom, the birds sing and community Linux projects release the fruit of their winter labours. Specifically, the Fedora and Ubuntu projects come to the end of their six-month cycles.
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The Day of the Linux Desktop: Q&A With Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth
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"It used to be a kiss of death to present yourself as a genuine alternative to Windows," said Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth on opening new users' eyes to desktop Linux distros. "But the success of the Web and the success of Apple have really made the PC companies think that it is possible to offer something that is perceived to be valuable even if it is not Windows."
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Spinning off from Ubuntu
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Ubuntu is probably the best known desktop GNU/Linux distribution at street level. However, Linux and free software come in many different flavours, and the adventurous user goes in search of wider options, other distros and new desktops.
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There's Something About Ubuntu
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Lucid Lynx is enjoying glowing reviews, and Ubuntu in general is immensely popular, as Linux distros go. What is it about Ubuntu that gives it such a large, loyal following? Granted, not everyone is Ubuntu's friend -- "irritating" and "fatally flawed" were a few choice adjectives that pop up. But others figure that if Linux is going to have a flagship distro, Ubuntu might as well be it.
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Review: Ubuntu 10.04 Server Edition
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Ubuntu 10.04’s release last month brought a number of much-discussed changes to desktops. But the latest LTS (Long Term Support) release also marked an important milestone for Ubuntu Server Edition. Here’s a look at Ubuntu 10.04 on servers, with some thoughts on what works well and where there’s room for improvement.
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GNOME Shell 2.31.2 Released [Screenshots]
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GNOME Shell 2.31.2 was released yesterday, bringing some exiting new features such as support for inline chatting in the IM notifications which now use Telepathy, an initial application menu in the top panel (for the moment it only holds a "Quit" option), restyle user status menu to match application menu and many others.
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The Cost Of Running Compiz
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Earlier this week we published benchmarks comparing Arch Linux and Ubuntu.
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