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Lubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin is finaly here. -  Lubuntu  is a lightweight Linux operating system based on Ubuntu but using the LXDE desktop environment in place of Ubuntu's Unity shell and GNOME desktop. LXDE is touted as being "lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient". Lubuntu received official recognition as a formal member of the Ubuntu family on 11 May 2011, commencing with Lubuntu 11.10, which was released on 13 October 2011 Like Xubuntu, Lubuntu is intended to be a low-system-requirement, low-RAM environment for netbooks, mobile devices and older PCs - but tests show it can use half as much RAM as Xubuntu, making it an attractive choice for installing on older hardware being refurbished for charitable distribution. The name Lubuntu is a portmanteau of LXDE and Ubuntu.LXDE stands for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, while the word Ubuntu means "humanity towards others" in the Zulu and Xhosa languages. Features: Based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment Pcmanfm...(linuxlandit)

This is the Ubuntu Font Family. -  The Ubuntu Font Family are a set of matching new libre/open fonts. The development is being funded by Canonical on behalf the wider Free Software community and the Ubuntu project. The technical font design work and implementation is being undertaken by Dalton Maag. Both the final font Truetype/OpenType files and the design files used to produce the font family are distributed under an open licence and you are expressly encouraged to experiment, modify, share and improve. The typeface is sans-serif, uses OpenType features and is manually hinted for clarity on desktop and mobile computing screens. The scope of the Ubuntu Font Family includes all the languages used by the various Ubuntu users around the world in tune with Ubuntu's philosophy which states that every user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice. So the Ubuntu Font Family project will be extended to cover many more written languages. Facts and figures The Ubuntu Font Family is a...(ubuntulandblogspot)

Ubuntu Restricted Extras: The First Thing You Should Install On Ubuntu. -  Install Java, Flash, every codec you’ll ever need and much more, all at once. It’s heavily proprietary, but Ubuntu Restricted Extras is probably the first package you should install in Ubuntu. Are you a new Ubuntu user? You might soon notice that a lot of things don’t work out of the box. You cannot listen to MP3 files or watch most movies; even DVDs. Browsing the web means doing so without Flash and Java, and certain websites don’t look right because the fonts are different. That’s where Ubuntu Restricted Extras comes in. A collection of software Ubuntu can’t legally bundle with Ubuntu, this package is easy to install and makes your computer capable of a staggering number of things. You’ll get Java, Flash, a staggering number of codecs, all the familiar default fonts from Windows and the ability to open RAR files. Windows users need special tools, such as Ninite, to install this amount of software at once. Ubuntu users need only install one package from their repositories:...(ubuntulandblogspot)

Installare Ubuntu One su Kubuntu, Xubuntu e Lubuntu 12.04 -  Una delle novità (che ha fatto felici molti utenti) che sono approdate con Ubuntu 12.04 Precise LTS, è il nuovo client per Ubuntu One completamente rivisitato e scritto in Qt.Le motivazioni che hanno portato al passaggio in Qt di Ubuntu One sono molte, in primis una maggiore integrazione non solo con Unity (anche la versione 2D) ma anche con gli altri ambienti desktop, tra questi sopratutto Kubuntu.Anche se non presente di default sulle derivate di Ubuntu, possiamo installare con molta facilità Ubuntu One; basta semplicemente digitare da terminale:Leggi il resto dell'articolo...(ferramroberto)

Windows Neptune is the project of developing the most famous of Microsoft operating systems that... -  Neptune was the codename for a version of the Windows operating system that was under development by Microsoft during 1999. It was based on Windows 2000 and was scheduled to be the first consumer version of Windows to be built on NT code, to replace the Windows 9x series. In early 2000, Microsoft merged the team working on Neptune with that developing Windows Odyssey, the upgrade to Windows 2000 for business customers. The combined team worked on a new project codenamed Whistler, which was released at the end of 2001 as Windows XP. In the meantime, Microsoft released another home user DOS-based operating system called Windows Me. Only one alpha build of Neptune, 5111, was released to testers under a non-disclosure agreement, and later made its way to various beta collectors' sites and virtual museums. Also, there were at least two other builds, which were Build 5000, which was released to very few people, and Build 5022. Build 5000 is very heavily debated. In the early...(worldofwindows)