Web News : Ubuntu OS For Samsung Galaxy Nexus To Arrive Late February

Ie8 primary Indicate Shuttleworth has exposed that programs to carry Ie8 to mobile phones is on track. The OS, which will run on mobile phones, is predicted to be available from Oct 2013, but designers are already working hard to create programs for the base.

In fact, a edition of Ie8 for the well-known New samsung Galaxy Nexus device is predicted to be available for obtain towards the end of the month, Shuttleworth informed The Wall Road Publication earlier this week.

The Galaxy Nexus was declared this year and has been one of the most well-known stock Android operating system mobile phones and the purpose for Ie8 choosing this device has not been entirely clear. If we had to think, it would be down to the Galaxy Nexus’ ease in being compromised and exhibited with a new ROM. One thing is for sure, Canonical, the organization which makes Ie8, will have many Galaxy Nexus owners patiently waiting to try out test the ROM. 

Shuttleworth also told the Publication that Canonical programs to associate with OEMs and providers to provide mobile phones with Ie8 pre-installed. However, he ceased short of referring to any titles. Clearly, getting Ie8 OS on the Galaxy Nexus is just the first step. He also wouldn't expose where the first Ie8 mobile phones would be released and recommended to tell the document that the organization programs to have the mobile phones available in "two large geographical markets" later this season.

In Jan, Canonical’s Linda Silber described that Ie8 for mobile phones would use the same system motorists as Android operating system, which describes the purpose for choosing the Galaxy Nexus. The organization desires that Ie8 would gradually run on most well-known Android operating system devices out there.

The competitors within smart phone OSes has increased over the past season, when besides Canonical, Mozilla Foundation also declared programs to carry its Chrome OS to major mobile phones in growing marketplaces. The base is planning to first appearance the Chrome OS base in South america later this season. Ie8 and Chrome OS are not the only free OS to be released this season. Samsung’s Linux-based Tizen OS will be available in more than one system in 2013, according to the Japanese organization. Another OS that is looking to create on this mini-boom is Sailfish, which is being developed by a group of former Htc technicians.

Ubuntu’s key feature, however, could gradually move more customers. It can be docked with a key pad and observe to basically become a pc PC. This allows customers the comfort of not having another system to run more intense PC programs. There is no doubt that the OS is one of the most hotly-awaited releases this season. Ie8 has been a big name in the A linux systemunix group and designer support for its mobile phones could competing Android’s when the mobile phones see the light of day later this season.

Posted by Unknown Saturday, February 09, 2013

Ubuntu Smartphones Launching In October 2013, ROM Coming This Month

Ubuntu is one of the most-used Linux system distros out there, and it seems the nerds among us won't have to hang on very long before they get to use it on Mobile phones as well. Canonical creator Indicate Shuttleworth has informed the Walls Road Publication that Mobile phones operating on Ubuntu would be launched this Oct.

Shuttleworth didn't discuss any OEMs or the components for the Mobile phones. However, those itchiness to get their arms on the OS have reason to delight, as Shuttleworth mentioned that a ROM of Ubuntu will be available for the New samsung Galaxy Nexus later this month.

He also said that the os will make its first appearance in two significant marketplaces this season, but didn't expose which nations they might be. Shuttleworth did state that Northern The united states is a key market for Canonical. It is likely that the organization will launch its Mobile phones in lesser-developed marketplaces too. 

Canonical revealed Ubuntu for Mobile phones returning in Jan. The os was presented operating on a Galaxy Nexus during CES.

The os guarantees a less messy interface than its competitors, and one of its most improvements is that it can become a complete PC and slim customer when docked. The OS also comes with local primary applications and does not have a Coffee expense. It also uses the same motorists as Android operating program, so our helpful neighborhood online hackers shouldn't find it too hard to slot Ubuntu onto present Android operating program gadgets.

Interestingly, it is commonly considered that Ubuntu will be one of the most important Mobile operating-system to come out this season, to the point where a lot of people believe it can oust iOS and Android operating program. We organised a study returning in Jan about this very subject, and the results show Ubuntu successful by a landslide, with Chrome completing a far away second.

The organization will also be launching the new managing body SDK, which will let designers make local or HTML5 applications. It will allow designers to re-purpose web applications so that they look and work like local applications. 

For the interface, Canonical is adhering to the Oneness UI that is present in present creates of Ubuntu. It functions a part lite that allows you multi-task and pin applications for easier access. Changing between applications is easy as the UI is based on actions. The UI makes use of all the sides of the display to reduce routing. A short run from the remaining advantage shows the part lite that can be used to get around to your preferred applications or the homescreen. A complete left-to-right run shows a display displaying all open applications, while a complete run from the right delivers you to the last app you were using. Using down from the top shows announcements about information and calling, and just like in Android operating program 4.1 Jam Vegetable, you can easily response to text information or response to announcements from the drop-down board. A run up-wards from the base shows the app manages.

All the primary smart phone functions like web surfing around, SMS, MMS, digital cameras, email and press are reinforced. Canonical will also be integrating with OEMs and ODMs to bring the os to a broader viewers.

Ubuntu will also package Ubuntu One—its free reasoning storage space service—with the Mobile OS, just like it does for the pc version. The service will let you instantly publish all your information, press, information files and applications to the reasoning, so they can be utilized from the pc or other gadgets.

Posted by Unknown Friday, February 08, 2013

Report : Canonical Unveils Ubuntu For Phones

The hang on is over. Canonical has exposed Ie8 for mobile phones after the countdown clock on its website checked to zero. The new os will be presented during CES on Jan 8, 2013.

The os guarantees a less messy interface than its competitors, and one of its most improvements is that it can become a complete PC and slim customer when docked. The OS also comes with local primary applications and does not have a Coffee expense. It also uses the same motorists as Android operating program, so our helpful local community online hackers shouldn't find it too hard to slot Ie8 onto current Android operating program gadgets. 

The organization will also be launching its own SDK for the new os that will let designers make local or HTML5 applications. It will allow designers to re-purpose web applications fast so that they look and work like local applications.

For the interface, Canonical is adhering to the Oneness UI that is present in present creates of Ie8. It functions the part lite that allows you multi-task and pin applications for easier access. Changing between applications is also easy as the UI is based on actions. The UI makes use of all the sides of the display to reduce routing. A short run from the remaining advantage shows the part lite that can be used to get around to your preferred applications or the homescreen. A complete left-to-right run shows a display displaying all open applications, while a complete run from the right delivers you to the last app you were using. Using down from the top shows announcements about information and phone calls, and just like in Android operating program 4.1 Jam Vegetable, you can easily response to text information or response to announcements from the drop-down board. A run up-wards from the base shows the app manages.

All the primary smart phone functions, like web surfing around, SMS, MMS, digital cameras, email and press, are all reinforced. Canonical will also be integrating with OEMs and ODMs to bring the os to a broader viewers.

Ubuntu will also package Ie8 One, its free reasoning storage space assistance, with the mobile OS, just like it does for its pc edition. The assistance will let you instantly publish all your information, press, information files and applications to the reasoning, so they can be utilized from the pc or other gadgets. 

Canonical has also exposed the specifications for a smart phone to run Ie8. The primary edition will absence the capability for pc unity. 

Here are the lowest specifications and possible specifications of an entry-level Ie8 smartphone:

• 1 GHz Cortex A9 processor.
• 512MB-1GB of RAM.
• 4-8GB eMMC+SD for display storage.
• Multi-touch support.

The organization has also proven the specifications of a high-end 'superphone' that will run Ubuntu:

• Quad Core A9 or Apple Atom processor.
• Minimum 1GB of RAM.
• Minimum 32GB eMMC+SD for display storage.
• Multi-touch support.
• Desktop convergence.

It was exposed back in Oct that Canonical was preparing on porting Ie8 to cell mobile phones in 2014. This move is possible thanks to the relatively-touch helpful Oneness UI presented in more recent Ie8 creates.

To contend against the present powerhouses of mobile OS', Canonical is preparing on improvements such as delivery different editions of the OS to each system, but providing customers the capability to change between them at will. This results in exciting concepts such as allowing customers turn their phone or product OS into a full-blown pc OS.

Posted by Unknown Friday, January 04, 2013

Dell's Ubuntu-Based XPS 13 Goes On Sale For $1,449

Dell is finishing its internal "Project Sputnik" program this week with the discharge of a slim and light XPS 13 laptop powered by Ie8 A linux systemunix. Labeled as the XPS 13 Designer Edition, the machine features an Apple Primary i7 3517U processer with incorporated HD 4000 design along with 8GB of DDR3-1600 memory, 1366 x 768 display quality, a 256GB solid state drive, Ie8 12.04LTS "Precise Pangolin" and 1 year of ProSupport.

That's nothing to sneezing at but the price for this open-source based laptop is likely to let you down folks anticipating to see big savings. The XPS 13 Designer Edition actualy starts at $1,449. That's still $50 less than a Windows seven version with half the RAM and an older processer, but cheaper options are available on the Windows camping, along with a Windows 8 version with a 128GB SSD for $1,200. The Ie8 model comes in one only taste.

The developer edition laptop does not consist of any so-called “bloatware” pre-installed or even those frustrating plamrest brand decals. What Dell does consist of is a couple of software programs targeted at automating setting up growth surroundings and making implementation easier: the Information Tool and the Reasoning Launcher.

The first helps the set up of preconfigured growth resources for Dark red, Android operating system, and more -- referred to as "profiles" -- while the second helps web designers imitate a cloud environment for examining applications, before implementing them to a production location at a cloud company like Amazon EC2 in a few mouse clicks.

Posted by Unknown Saturday, December 01, 2012

Review : Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2

Summary: Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) is shaping up to be a controversial release, with a solution for dual-booting with Windows 8 and a new online scope for Dash search providing Amazon shopping suggestions.

GNOME and Windows 8 developments have resulted in some controversial changes for Ubuntu 12.10 (codenamed Quantal Quetzal), which has now reached the Beta 2 stage. Fortunately, solutions now seem to be in place in time for the 18 October release to proceed as scheduled. Canonical has generated further controversy by introducing online scope results, specifically from Amazon, into the Dash search.

GRUB 2 boot loader
The adoption of the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) secure boot by Microsoft complicates the issue of running Linux and Windows 8 as operating system choices on multiple boot systems. Previously, Canonical had considered using the Intel efilinux loader because of possible legal problems over the terms of the GRUB GPLv3 licence. Now these problems seem to have been resolved and present plans are for Ubuntu 12.10 to use Microsoft-generated keys with a signed version of GRUB 2.

The GRUB 2 menu has been streamlined, with boots from earlier kernel versions now being assigned to a secondary page rather than listed on the first page.

The login prompt

The login prompt now includes an option for remote desktop access, so it's not even necessary to log into your local copy of Ubuntu. If you've set up an Ubuntu Remote Login Account, the Remote Login gives access to any remote machines you've added to that account, which appear as entries in the login prompt.

The Nautilus file manager

The GNOME developers have decided to slim down the latest version (3.6) of the Nautilus file manager, so that it sits more sensibly within GNOME 3. Unfortunately, Nautilus 3.6 no longer provides the features felt to be essential to Ubuntu, and so — as already reported in our Beta 1 preview — Ubuntu 12.10 sticks with Nautilus 3.4.

The 3.5 Linux kernel :
As usual with Ubuntu, the Linux kernel shipped with the new release is updated, to a tweaked kernel based on the 3.5.3 upstream version. Key Linux kernel 3.5 features include: improved support for DisplayLink monitors and the hybrid graphics technologies mainly found in notebooks; performance monitoring support through uprobes; and the elimination of the cause of the 'leap second' bug. There's also improved support for FireWire hard disks, while the move to X.org's X Server 1.13 should deliver a general improvement in graphics performance.

Unity 6.6 : Two of the biggest changes in Quantal Quetzal, already introduced in Beta 1, are the addition of the Unity Dash preview feature and the removal of the Unity 2D shell to simplify Unity development.

The Ubuntu developers have been busy porting the OpenGL compositing manager, compiz — and therefore the Unity shell — to GSettings, the GNOME high-level API for application settings. As a result, Unity 2D has been dropped because the metacity patches won't be ported, and Unity 2D isn't maintained to port from gconf to GSettings.

New Dash, More suggestions :
New online results have been added to Unity Dash. Entries in the Dash search bar now generate results from Amazon and Ubuntu One in a 'More suggestions' category in the Dash display. For example, typing in 'Fir' (en route to 'Firefox') also generates hits for a Kindle Fire and, among other odd results, various music download links via the Ubuntu One cloud service.

Following the addition of game, book and magazine recommendations to the Ubuntu Software Centre, this further move 'to the dark side' of commercialisation has already provoked a strong response. Mark Shuttleworth has responded to the criticisms in a blog posted on 23 September.

Canonical's motivation for adding online scope to the appropriate lenses is that any Amazon purchase made via Ubuntu's servers generates a small percentage of revenue for Canonical through the affiliates programme, helping to fund further Ubuntu development.

The most recent news on this feature suggests that the final release may include an easy way to turn it off.

Software Updater :

The Software Updater has been simplified and removed from the System control menu (accessed through the gear icon at the extreme top right of the display). Software Updater is now treated like any other application and is accessed via Dash. On launching, rather than requiring the user to initiate checks by clicking on a Check button, Software Updater now immediately checks for updates. The status display is simpler and smaller and shows just a moving status bar. With checks complete, details of the available updates are displayed. By default the technical descriptions of the updates are not shown. To install any available updates, users must confirm by clicking the Install Now button.

This status display appears immediately the Software Updater is launched. Clicking Stop gives access to the Settings button without waiting for completion of the update process.

Once the update process has completed, the list of available updates is displayed.

This message appears once the update process completes. The update settings can be accessed from here.

The tabbed update settings (titled 'Software Sources') dialogue loses the Statistics tab, but now includes an Additional Drivers tab. Additional Drivers no longer appears in the System Settings panel.

Messaging menu :

If there are no messaging related applications installed, such as Gwibber or Empathy, the Messaging menu now hides. Chat status is displayed via a new indicator at the bottom right corner of the Messaging envelope icon.
New versions for the bundled applications :

A new Linux distribution release is always an opportunity to update to more recent versions of the bundled applications. In Ubuntu 12.10, for example, LibreOffice is incremented to version 3.6.1.2 and — although it's not installed by default — GIMP to version 2.8.

Conclusion :
The indications from Beta 2 are that the release of Ubuntu 12.10, scheduled for 18 October, may make more of a splash than initially expected. According to the release schedule, further development freezes with the second beta, from which point only bug fixes and polishing should occur before the final release. However, there may be further adjustments to features such as the Amazon results for Dash search. Look out for our review of the final release in October.

Posted by Unknown Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Five Best Things Coming In Ubuntu 12.10 Linux

Summary: Ubuntu 12.10 has just gone beta, here's what we have to look forward to in this forthcoming popular Linux distribution.

Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions around and the next version, 12.10 aka Quantal Quetzal, has just gone beta. Here's what looking to to be the new Ubuntu's best features so far.

5) Unity Previews

In the Ubuntu Unity desktop, when you get a file, you get a lens that automatically open the file in the appropriate application. So, for instance, if you click on a document file, LibreOffice will open it, if you click on an image, Shotwell, will pop it open for you and so on.

What's new and improved in Ubuntu 12.10 is that you can now right click on files. Besides the usual more detailed information for the file from doing this that you get from most operating systems, you get a ”Preview Pane” for its content type. For instance if you right click a song in Unity's Dash display, you the album artwork and music player controls. This is a handy little feature.

4) Online account and Web service desktop integration.

Ubuntu has long integrated social network accounts, such as Facebook and Twitter, into its desktop. In this version, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is also adding Web applications to its desktop. So, for example, Ubuntu's message indicator can be set to alert you when new mail arrives in your Gmail account.

Technically adept users can also use the application programming interface (API) and an integration script engine to make their own desktop applications.

3) Ubuntu One adds file sharing

Ubuntu One, Ubuntu's built-in personal cloud storage, ala Apple's iCloud and Windows 8's SkyDrive, now includes an easy-to-use file-sharing mechanism, Share Links. With this you can send friends and co-workers a Web link to a file you want to share with them. Of course, they still need your authorization to access the file, but it's still a handy, built-in way to share files.

2) Ubuntu moves to Python 3.

While like any Linux, you can write any program you like in any language that strikes your fancy, Ubuntu recommends “using Python. Many important parts of Ubuntu are already written directly in Python, and we work to make every important API and framework within Ubuntu available from Python.”

In this upcoming version, Kate Stewart, the Ubuntu Release Manager , announced, that “The Ubuntu desktop has begun migrating from Python 2 to Python 3. Most Python applications included in the desktop is now using Python 3, and most Python modules that are included by default are available for both Python 2 and Python 3.” In other words, if you want to develop for Ubuntu's, especially for its Unity and Head Up Display (HUD), you should be doing it in Python.

1) Unified Unity desktop

For graphics, Ubuntu is moving to a new X.org X Window stack. This include the new x.0rg 1.13, and updated X libs and drivers. On top of this, Ubuntu is consolidating its 2D and 3D versions of the GNOME 3.x-based Unity desktop. What all this should mean is that Ubuntu's desktop performance, especially on higher-end systems, should be faster.

Ubuntu is also using GNOME's Nautilus 3.4.2 as its fundamental file manager. This is not the newest version of Nautilus.

In the past, Ubuntu had always used GNOME's newest tools even while rejecting its default desktop, the GNOME shell, in favor or Unity. Not this time though. Like other Linux distributions, Ubuntu's developers have gotten tired of GNOME's increasingly out-of-touch Linux desktop development efforts.

The final version of Ubuntu 12.10 is scheduled for release on October 18, 2012. If you want you can give the new Ubuntu a spin today. You cannot, however, run or install Ubuntu 12.10 beta from a standard CD, The minimum Ubuntu test image, at about 800MB, is too big for an ordinary 700MB capacity CD. So, instead you'll need to use a DVD or a USB stick to play with the Ubuntu beta.

Posted by Unknown Monday, September 10, 2012

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1: Preview

Summary: The first beta build of Ubuntu 12.10 drops Unity 2D, retains Nautilus 3.4 and adds a new Dash preview, a Photo lens and new centralised Online Accounts management.

Canonical made the first beta of Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) available for download on 6 September — a major milestone en route to the final release on 18 October. Two of the biggest changes to the free and open-source (FOSS) operating system are the addition of the Unity Dash preview feature and the removal of the Unity 2D shell. This rationalises Unity development, making it more efficient and presenting users with just one Ubuntu Unity shell. As expected, the Nautilus file manager sticks at the more feature-rich version 3.4, rather than adopting the most recent GNOME version; the beta also includes a new Linux kernel based on the 3.5.3 upstream version.

A Technical Overview of the beta can be found on the Ubuntu Wiki, which contains instructions on how to upgrade to the beta now (at your own risk) should you wish to get a foretaste of what to expect in the final release. Alternatively, a fresh install can be performed using one of the CD images of the beta, which are available for download from the Ubuntu image page.

A right click on any icon displayed in Dash opens the Unity preview for that selected item. The preview mode has left and right scroll arrows for movement to adjacent items, and each preview offers buttons tailored to suitable further actions depending on the previewed item.

Dash gains a new 'Photo lens', which, as well as having the new Preview mode, allows integration with Online Accounts, if enabled.

The Ubuntu One Control Panel gains a new tab, Share Links, along with a search function.

A new sign-on for Online Accounts centralises their management. Online Accounts can be accessed via Dash or from the System Settings.

Ubuntu Greeter gets a graphics makeover for the shell select and log-on dialogues — with, for example, more rounded corners.

Changes to the graphical elements result in a more refined appearance for the Ubuntu default theme, with thinner slider bars and rounded corners on the 'square' check boxes.

Along with these improvements to the user interface and operating system, the beta includes new versions of many of the most popular applications, such as version 3.6.1 of the LibreOffice productivity suite and — although it's not a default install — the new GIMP 2.8.

As expected, this beta release signals no huge changes for Ubuntu 12.10, but rather refinements that should make using the final version more enjoyable and rewarding. There are still a few more changes to come, so stay tuned.

Posted by Unknown Monday, September 10, 2012