Ubuntu's Gutsy Move
InternetNews.com
Ubuntu Linux and its corporate sponsor Canonical claim to be ready for the enterprise challenge on the desktop and the server. Ubuntu's 7.10 release, code-named Gutsy Gibbon, includes a slew of updates to both the server and the desktop tha...
Next, Microsoft Will Release An Even Worse Operating System To Jack Up ...
Tech Dirt
And, FYI, I run Ubuntu Gutsy on my laptop, and I love it. However, newer versions have a critical incompatibility with my video chipset which does not allow standby or hibernate. I have found no solution in ...
Sharing Files Between Windows and Linux
PC Magazine
Ubuntu's new Gutsy Gibbon distro includes the driver in the Synaptic Package Manager. Samba (also found through Synaptic) is designed to provide file and print services to all SMB clients, including Microsoft Windows. It functions primarily...
Living free with Linux: Round 2
Computerworld Australia
See here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas example: search for qgis (a great, simple GIS software). Choose qgis (the top one) then choose your Ubuntu version (I use intrepid, you have installed gutsy). Now select these 2 lines. (the deb h...
OS Wars: The Battle for Your Desktop
PC Magazine
... tech support to friends and family, even if they don't consider themselves tech gurus. How do they choose between Mac "Leopard" (Mac OS 10.5.1 after the first automatic update), Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista (pre-Service Pack 1), and Ub...
Apple fanboys vs. Microsofties: A scientist's verdict
CNET News
I currently use Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu Gutsy (haven't updated it yet). I had Vista Ultimate on another PC but I sold that, not because I thought Vista was bad (because honestly, Apple users are exaggerating its problems, especially the ....
Ubuntu's 'Hardy' Cozy With Windows
InternetNews.com
Ubuntu also puts out regular releases with shorter support periods of 18 months; the last such release was the Gutsy Gibbon release, which debuted in October of 2007. While an LTS release has a longer support term than a regular release, it...
The Windows 7 name game, continued
ZDNet Blogs
Buyers neither know nor care that XP and Vista are 5.1 and 6.0, just as Ubuntu users don’t really care which kernel number is represented by Gutsy Gibbon or Hardy Heron and Mac users don’t need to know that Leopard is OS X v10.5. By switchi...