Matias Vangsnes

NEWS / LINUX 18 May, 2013 | by Shunal Doke | <!– 33 Comments –> Google has shown attendees of its Google I/O event how one can go about running another operating system – namely Ubuntu – on their Google Glass. According to Engadget, the company showcased the process during a session named “Voiding your [...]

Tweet Linux Mint is an easy-to-use operating system that’s based on Ubuntu Linux. It comes pre-loaded with support for Flash, Java, and a range of media codecs that you’d have to install yourself with Ubuntu. While Linux Mint supports a range of desktop environments, the default user interface also looks a lot more like the [...]

Ubuntu tablets may not be particularly new, but thanks to its liberal build, things can get a bit more interesting when another OS is added to the mix. Ekoore’s Python S3 tablet goes a little further, nestling Ubuntu, Android and Windows 8 behind its 11.6-inch screen. Specifications can be customized on the order page, but [...]

At the currently running Google I/O conference, Google held a session entitled, “Voiding Your Warranty: Hacking Google Glass” and showed how their new Google Glass eyewear can be rooted and Ubuntu installed on to the device. The screenshot below shows a laptop at the Google I/O conference running a terminal window in the top half [...]

Today at Google I/O the company held a session entitled “Voiding your Warranty” where employees demonstrated how to root Google Glass and install Ubuntu on it. What you’re seeing above is a screenshot from a laptop running a terminal window on top and showing the screencast output from Glass on the bottom — here running [...]

Article source: http://www.geek.com/apps/ubuntu-13-10-may-ditch-firefox-for-chromium-1555497/

We’ve seen several Linux tablets emerge over the past year or so, but examples with triple-boot capabilities are much less common. Enter the Python S3, a tablet released on Monday by Italian Ekoore that can boot three operating systems: Ubuntu Linux, Android, and Windows 8. “The Python series was born with the purpose of uniting [...]

A few days ago, Canonical reiterated its commitment to restoring the Ubuntu “community” Web portal to front-and-center of official Ubuntu websites. At almost the same moment, news hit that the Ubuntu Technical Board has decided to discontinue the Ubuntu Brainstorm site, another part of ubuntu.com that has served in the past as a vector between [...]

Tweet Think the Asus 1015E Windows 8 mini-laptop which sells for around $249 to $299 is cheap? It looks like Asus plans to go even lower. A couple of online stores are now showing listings for a model with Ubuntu Linux which could sell for as little as $215. The Asus 1015E-DS03 is a small [...]

Back in April, the Linux kernel developers fixed an incorrectly declared pointer in the Linux kernel. However, it appears that they overlooked the potential security implications of such a bug – particularly the fact that it is possible to gain access to almost any memory area using a suitable event_id. The developers only got into [...]

Few days ago I ranted about Ubuntu for Android, saying that I can’t wait to install it on my smartphone. Today I have a related idea to discuss with you. At the moment, Canonical doesn’t allow users to download Ubuntu for Android (or perhaps it’s still not ready for prime time), and the company is [...]

TOP GOVERNMENT ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMME UNDER THREAT OVER R30-MILLION MVULA TENDER SCANDAL. A company subcontracted irregularly by Mvula Trust to implement a flagship anti-poverty and job-creation programme for government is threatening to pull out, a move that could see thousands of people dependent on the project losing their source of livelihood. The threats are contained in [...]

The Canonical-maintained Linux kernel version 3.5 is not listed at kernel.org. The Ubuntu kernel developers plan to provide security fixes and minor improvements for version 3.8 of the Linux kernel until August 2014; version 3.8 was released in February. The announcement by Canonical employee Kamal Mostafa came just days after Greg Kroah-Hartman had discontinued the [...]

Tweet Can’t decide if you want a tablet or a notebook? No problem. There are plenty of hybrids that you can use either way. But what if you also can’t decide if you want a model that runs Windows, Android, or Linux? It turns out there’s at least one hybrid tablet designed to run all [...]

The Ubuntu SDK that will allow developers to build apps that can run across phones, tablets and desktop PCs should be mature enough to build most applications by October this year, it was revealed yesterday. Read this Canonical’s Ubuntu smartphone OS, in pictures Read more When it is complete the Ubuntu SDK, released in Alpha [...]

As some of you may remember, I installed a dual-boot Ubuntu set up on my laptop some weeks back using WABI. Initially, I was going to switch back and forth between Windows 8 and Ubuntu to compare and contrast between them. After a little bit of time, though, I had settled back into Windows and [...]

On April 25th, the newest version of one of the most popular Linux distributions was released — Ubuntu 13.04, codenamed “Raring Ringtail”. Every new release of Ubuntu warrants the question of what’s new and whether people should try it out or upgrade from an older release. Unlike previous releases of Ubuntu, 13.04 doesn’t bring extraordinary [...]

Sometimes, the symbolism of an act becomes more important than its actual consequences. A case in point is the repositioning of the link to the community page on the Ubuntu home page, which has reopened the divide between Canonical, Ubuntu’s commercial face, and parts of the Ubuntu community. Not only has that divide reappeared, but [...]

Article source: http://www.geek.com/mobile/ubuntu-touch-may-be-usable-on-smartphones-by-the-end-of-may-1554718/

Everyone on this planet has a sexual orientation. Everyone on this planet has a gender identity. Everyone has the capacity to love. Everyone has a desire to be seen for who they really are. Everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect in whatever society they may be a part of. Everyone [...]