Do I really need a firewall, antivirus or antispyware for Ubuntu?

Ubuntu

It is quite  obvious  that most people who migrates from Microsoft Windows environment looks for an anti-malware. But is damn good reality that their is no practical need to install an antivirus or firewall. Not only Ubuntu but almost all Linux based operating system comes with all ports closed. So, If you are not installing [...]

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (and onward) will have five years support!

Ubuntu LTS support extended

According to the latest update published on Canonical blog  announced that Ubuntu 12.04 and further LTS versions will have 5 year extended support. The current Ubuntu LTS came with 3 years support. It could be good news for Ubuntu lover. This extended support will provide stability to computer manufacturers and is  beneficial  to all of [...]

You should must know this before downloading Ubuntu ISO

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is one of the best Linux  operating system which is nicely build and  available for free. It contains almost every software of our daily computing need. Ubuntu always has  at least  2 live versions which is officially supported. Canonical releases a new Ubuntu in every 6 months. It can be widely divided in two [...]

Install Google Chrome using .deb package on Ubuntu 11.10

ubuntu-chrome

Ubuntu is one of my  favorite  Linux flavour. Recently I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my computer. In Ubuntu 11.10 default web browser is Firefox 7 and Chromium is available in software center to install. But I have to install Chrome on multiple Systems, so i have downloaded the .deb package and installed it. There are [...]

Government Organisations are switching to Linux! Why not you?

Linux vs Windows

Not only in India but Russian Government is also switching to Linux operating system. They have announced that they will switch to Open source softwares by 2015. Earlier we have seen that supreme court of India has ordered to switch to Ubuntu (A Debian based Linux) instead of using a  proprietary  OS. According to a [...]