Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux distribution, with polls putting it as high as 60% of the linux marketshare – and the hottest linux community since 2005. But what makes it so popular?
In this article, we’re going to look at the top reasons behind Ubuntu’s success and discuss what’s next for the linux community.
In this article we’re going to look at 7 useful tips to make your Ubuntu experience even better. This is particularly aimed at newbies, and shows you step by step how to tweak Ubuntu with some must have extras.
1. ubuntu-restricted-extras – Installing this package will pull in support for MP3 playback and decoding, support for various other audio formats (gstreamer plugins), Microsoft fonts,
Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, LAME (to create compressed audio files),
and DVD playback.
We’re just a few days away from the Ubuntu 8.10 launch on the 30th, but it doesn’t look that impressive at first glance. Of course, it’s a mature operating system and changes are usually incremental – but was there more that could be done?
In this article we’re going through 7 most requested Ubuntu features that didn’t make the cut in this release.
