Hello, before I begin explaining my question I just want to say that I don't really know most of what I'm talking about and may not use the correct terminology. I recently got a desktop from a ...

Nearly all Linux distributions could serve as either a desktop or server OS. It's not like you'd want to slap a desktop environment onto Ubuntu Server and use it as a desktop OS, but you could. You ...

The latest version of the world’s most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu 21.10, codenamed ‘Impish Indy’, has landed on Canonical’s download channels. The highlight of the release is the inclusion of ...

Ubuntu Summit The Register FOSS desk sat down with Canonical's vice-president for engineering, Jon Seager, during Ubuntu Summit earlier this month. This is a heavily condensed version of our ...

I recently upgraded one of my remote servers from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 13.10. Since it is a personal server I installed a desktop and decided to access it remotely from Windows as I had always done ...

On the flip side, the Linux ecosystem has several flavors that feature a bare-minimum number of packages and services. Despite the name, DietPi is perfect for non-Raspberry Pi devices and typical x86 ...

Canonical's Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is an excellent Linux-based operating system — so excellent, in fact, that it not only earned eWEEK Labs' Analyst's Choice designation but has also become our clear ...

Canonical has long made the most popular desktop version of Linux, but actually making money off Ubuntu is easier said than done. When a typical user downloads Ubuntu for free and installs it on a ...

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 as a virtual machine (VM) on ESXi is a relatively simple process, provided you know how to work around some of the "gothcas" that can complicate the process. In this article, I ...

In some ways, it was an easy choice. Shuttleworth wrote, "The cloud and IoT story for Ubuntu is excellent and continues to improve. You all probably know that most public cloud workloads, and most ...