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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Ubuntu's new uSplash.
Ubuntu now has a new very cool looking uSplash theme. At last they are taking the art and cosmetic stuff more seriously. It's not the most important thing, but looks count, Apple anyone?
The Ubuntu community has an excellent artwork team, I've been following the artwork team wiki since 8.10 began development because they promised us a new default theme that never came out, but at last 9.04 seems to have a few new themes, uSplash, Login Screen and it seems that they are developing a new slideshow or video or something of sorts for an introduction to Ubuntu or tutorial. Hopefully it will come out when Jaunty launches. I'll cross my fingers!
Canonical, is alining their cannons at success. With beautiful art, an introduction to Ubuntu, all the hardware compatibility and usabillity Ubuntu offers, plus free as in free beer, free as in freedom Ubuntu is gonna get more attention from end users.
That's whats all about... end users!
The Ubuntu community has an excellent artwork team, I've been following the artwork team wiki since 8.10 began development because they promised us a new default theme that never came out, but at last 9.04 seems to have a few new themes, uSplash, Login Screen and it seems that they are developing a new slideshow or video or something of sorts for an introduction to Ubuntu or tutorial. Hopefully it will come out when Jaunty launches. I'll cross my fingers!
Canonical, is alining their cannons at success. With beautiful art, an introduction to Ubuntu, all the hardware compatibility and usabillity Ubuntu offers, plus free as in free beer, free as in freedom Ubuntu is gonna get more attention from end users.
That's whats all about... end users!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Dark days? I see a bright furture!
I'm very optimistic about Ubuntu's future. While Linux's Netbook days are "over" (some people a claiming that Microsoft has already 90% of sales look at this and this.) Though these are bad news I still see bright days for Ubuntu.
Ubuntu's quality is getting stronger and it's still growing. Ubuntu is heading the right direction with the cloud strategy. It's like Canonical is moving some pieces to unleash an attack on Microsoft. Canonical is just waiting and doing their thing. Jaunty and Koala are very important releases for the OS. I'm testing Jaunty on both of my computers, and I can tell you it rocks! It's boot speed has improved dramatically. The artwork is moving ahead (it was about time!), they gave us a new Log In Screen and new official themes, though you have to get them through Synaptic, I hope they remove the old ugly themes that come with Gnome and replace them with the new themes.
Canonical has great plans for the Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10), just look at the announcement here. Now the Koala is aiming at the cloud. If you've been watching the Koala, it's getting strong support from many cloud companies. This means that Ubuntu will not just be a computer desktop, it will become a portal to software as service as well. What kind of apps Ubuntu will have in the cloud? I don't know, but I expect a lot of diversity.
Ubuntu is getting very interesting. All it needs is a company with the balls to really support it. Dell is doing their thing, but they are very shy because they are scared of Microsoft's "power", HP has the Mini Mi (but who knows it's Ubuntu/Linux if they don't even mention that on their site). A year ago when I started using Linux I never thought that all mayor PC manufacturers would support Linux in some way or another, the fact that Linux is getting some support is good, but we, the community want to see some real support.
I don't believe there is a company that has the balls to go out and say "Hey Microsoft you can shove Windows up your corporate @$$!"
Come on Windows is were it is because Microsoft has stolen ideas from hundreds of companies, they have abused of everyone that gets in their way and have monopolized the market with low quality, bloated, insecure software.
We Ubuntu users know that Microsoft can't compete against Ubuntu's quality. As soon as you get into Ubuntu you never go back to Windows, it happened to me, it happened to the 10 million people (and counting) using it, it can happen to millions and millions of other people as well.
I see a bright future for Ubuntu, I know Canonical is preparing their weapons to go into a war against Microsoft and little by little we will gain some terrain. I'm not saying that Ubuntu will dominate, but at least it will become a real alternative to Mac OSX and Windows some time.
Ubuntu's quality is getting stronger and it's still growing. Ubuntu is heading the right direction with the cloud strategy. It's like Canonical is moving some pieces to unleash an attack on Microsoft. Canonical is just waiting and doing their thing. Jaunty and Koala are very important releases for the OS. I'm testing Jaunty on both of my computers, and I can tell you it rocks! It's boot speed has improved dramatically. The artwork is moving ahead (it was about time!), they gave us a new Log In Screen and new official themes, though you have to get them through Synaptic, I hope they remove the old ugly themes that come with Gnome and replace them with the new themes.
Canonical has great plans for the Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10), just look at the announcement here. Now the Koala is aiming at the cloud. If you've been watching the Koala, it's getting strong support from many cloud companies. This means that Ubuntu will not just be a computer desktop, it will become a portal to software as service as well. What kind of apps Ubuntu will have in the cloud? I don't know, but I expect a lot of diversity.
Ubuntu is getting very interesting. All it needs is a company with the balls to really support it. Dell is doing their thing, but they are very shy because they are scared of Microsoft's "power", HP has the Mini Mi (but who knows it's Ubuntu/Linux if they don't even mention that on their site). A year ago when I started using Linux I never thought that all mayor PC manufacturers would support Linux in some way or another, the fact that Linux is getting some support is good, but we, the community want to see some real support.
I don't believe there is a company that has the balls to go out and say "Hey Microsoft you can shove Windows up your corporate @$$!"
Come on Windows is were it is because Microsoft has stolen ideas from hundreds of companies, they have abused of everyone that gets in their way and have monopolized the market with low quality, bloated, insecure software.
We Ubuntu users know that Microsoft can't compete against Ubuntu's quality. As soon as you get into Ubuntu you never go back to Windows, it happened to me, it happened to the 10 million people (and counting) using it, it can happen to millions and millions of other people as well.
I see a bright future for Ubuntu, I know Canonical is preparing their weapons to go into a war against Microsoft and little by little we will gain some terrain. I'm not saying that Ubuntu will dominate, but at least it will become a real alternative to Mac OSX and Windows some time.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
My Linux Story...
The first time I heard about Linux I was in High School, but I can't remember how I knew about it's existence. I remember the first time I read something about Linux. It was on a GamePro magazine. They were comparing the PS2, GameCube and Xbox, they were still fresh on the market by that time. I remember that I was reading about the PS2 and the article said that you could install Linux on the HDD (yes, the PS2 had an HDD addon that 3 people bought).
In college I met a guy that was freaky and still is freaky, he's the typical nerd that you avoid. One day I heard him talk about Linux and I sat down with him to talk about this "AWESOME" Operating System, of course, he was talking about Ubuntu! I was curious of this Ubuntu thing but never gave it a try.
One evening XP starts going crazy and I was willing to get rid of it, then I remembered Linux and googled it and the first result was this site http://www.linux.org/, I clicked it. Then the site loads and my Linux perception went to the floor, because the site looked and still looks like crap. I quit my Linux research there I never went back to see the other results google gave me. Maybe I wasn't ready for Linux or Linux wasn't ready for me but what the heck did I knew about computing those days?
A few years after that event my PC died a very mysterious death, maybe the motherboard died but no one knew what happened. One day a friend of mine calls me to tell me that he was using Linux (he was an anti Linux until he saw Compiz) and that I had to check it out. So I him running PCLinuxOS with Compiz and KDE 3.5. I was mesmerized by PCLos. He told me that he was going to switch to Ubuntu. I asked him for the PCLos CD, went to my house and started to research on a PC that my cousin borrowed me about PClinux and Live CDs, Ubuntu and derivatives and my life changed forever.
I got an old used PC for $50 I popped up PCLos and I installed it without second thoughts. (To my surprise the day I started with Linux was the day KDE 4.0 was released) I knew that I was never going back to Windows and that I had to learn the ways of Linux all alone. I loved PCLos (and it still a great distro) but my curiosity grew on me and I gave Ubuntu a shot on a separate HDD. When I started running Ubuntu I had to switch immediately.
Until now I've ran PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Knoppix, Debian, Mandriva, Simply Mepis, Mint, Linpus Linux Lite and Arch Linux. But the best is Ubuntu Hands Down, it almost aways performs as expected on every computer I've tried it on.
The best part about using Linux is that you learn so much in the process, you learn about stuff that every other OS has but you never knew about them like Desktop Environment, Graphical Server, Kernel, File systems, Boot loaders, configuration files etc. etc.
I'll never forget my first Linux baby steps and I know neither of you will forget them.
If you haven't tried using Linux and want to give it a try, start using Ubuntu.
In college I met a guy that was freaky and still is freaky, he's the typical nerd that you avoid. One day I heard him talk about Linux and I sat down with him to talk about this "AWESOME" Operating System, of course, he was talking about Ubuntu! I was curious of this Ubuntu thing but never gave it a try.
One evening XP starts going crazy and I was willing to get rid of it, then I remembered Linux and googled it and the first result was this site http://www.linux.org/, I clicked it. Then the site loads and my Linux perception went to the floor, because the site looked and still looks like crap. I quit my Linux research there I never went back to see the other results google gave me. Maybe I wasn't ready for Linux or Linux wasn't ready for me but what the heck did I knew about computing those days?
A few years after that event my PC died a very mysterious death, maybe the motherboard died but no one knew what happened. One day a friend of mine calls me to tell me that he was using Linux (he was an anti Linux until he saw Compiz) and that I had to check it out. So I him running PCLinuxOS with Compiz and KDE 3.5. I was mesmerized by PCLos. He told me that he was going to switch to Ubuntu. I asked him for the PCLos CD, went to my house and started to research on a PC that my cousin borrowed me about PClinux and Live CDs, Ubuntu and derivatives and my life changed forever.
I got an old used PC for $50 I popped up PCLos and I installed it without second thoughts. (To my surprise the day I started with Linux was the day KDE 4.0 was released) I knew that I was never going back to Windows and that I had to learn the ways of Linux all alone. I loved PCLos (and it still a great distro) but my curiosity grew on me and I gave Ubuntu a shot on a separate HDD. When I started running Ubuntu I had to switch immediately.
Until now I've ran PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Knoppix, Debian, Mandriva, Simply Mepis, Mint, Linpus Linux Lite and Arch Linux. But the best is Ubuntu Hands Down, it almost aways performs as expected on every computer I've tried it on.
The best part about using Linux is that you learn so much in the process, you learn about stuff that every other OS has but you never knew about them like Desktop Environment, Graphical Server, Kernel, File systems, Boot loaders, configuration files etc. etc.
I'll never forget my first Linux baby steps and I know neither of you will forget them.
If you haven't tried using Linux and want to give it a try, start using Ubuntu.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Getting my old man into Ubuntu.
My father is a hardcore PC gamer, he doesn't know much about operating systems and stuff. He uses XP on his PC and he sticks with it because he knows how bad Vista is. He now knows that GNU/Linux is awesome and he wants to try it.
Today I introduced him to Ubuntu Linux, he was mesmerized. I was very impressed by his reaction, I just popped up the Live Disc on his PC and then the Wubi installer came up, I told him about Wubi and how awesome it is for newbies. Then I restarted the PC to show him how Live Discs work. Since he was working on his GPU Drivers before I told him that Ubuntu finds and recommends drivers automatically trough System > Administration > Hardware Drivers. I checked for drivers and then it appeared. He was blown away! Cool huh!
I told him, I won't install it because you only use your PC for gaming and casual Internet Browsing. He told me to install it, he insisted me to install it! So I did it on Wubi now my father is a new Linux user.
I'll keep up on him, since he wants to use to learn Linux step by step, so that means I'll teach him Ubuntu. The cool fact is that we are going to spend more time toghether thank's to Ubuntu ( Ubuntu = Humanity to others) . Cool stuff, right?
Today I introduced him to Ubuntu Linux, he was mesmerized. I was very impressed by his reaction, I just popped up the Live Disc on his PC and then the Wubi installer came up, I told him about Wubi and how awesome it is for newbies. Then I restarted the PC to show him how Live Discs work. Since he was working on his GPU Drivers before I told him that Ubuntu finds and recommends drivers automatically trough System > Administration > Hardware Drivers. I checked for drivers and then it appeared. He was blown away! Cool huh!
I told him, I won't install it because you only use your PC for gaming and casual Internet Browsing. He told me to install it, he insisted me to install it! So I did it on Wubi now my father is a new Linux user.
I'll keep up on him, since he wants to use to learn Linux step by step, so that means I'll teach him Ubuntu. The cool fact is that we are going to spend more time toghether thank's to Ubuntu ( Ubuntu = Humanity to others) . Cool stuff, right?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Hi, welcome to the Ubuntu Experience
There's no better time to be a GNU/Linux user, especifically an Ubuntu user. The future looks bright, Jaunty is getting ready and millions will eperience Ubuntu like never before. Even John C. Dvorak (he's a very important and famous journalist) is talking good stuff about Ubuntu!:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2342703,00.asp
This is great for us and that only means that Ubuntu is heading the right direction. It doesn't mean it's perfect, but Ubuntu is getting closer to being there side by side with Windows and Mac OS X.
Ubuntu will explode soon and everyone will feel it.
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