5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human

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arstechnica.com - 10/21/2009

5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human

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Today is the fifth anniversary of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. To celebrate the past five years of brown, we decided to have a look at five ways that Ubuntu has helped make the open source Linux operating system more human. By Ryan Paul | Last updated October 20, 2009 9:28 PM CT

phoronix.com - 10/23/2009

[Phoronix] Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Performance

— phoronix.com — There is just one week left until Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" will be released, but is it... worth the upgrade if you are running a netbook? From our testing of the development releases, it is most certainly worth the upgrade, especially when compared to ... (more) [Phoronix] Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Performance

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phoronix.com - 10/17/2009

[Phoronix] More AMD Radeon 5770 Linux Benchmarks

— phoronix.com — Earlier this week AMD launched the Radeon HD 5700 series GPUs using their Juniper GPUs as part... of the Evergreen family. We published Linux benchmarks of the Radeon HD 5750/5770 on Tuesday with our thoughts on these new mid-range graphics cards, but ... (more) [Phoronix] More AMD Radeon 5770 Linux Benchmarks

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phoronix.com - 10/19/2009

[Phoronix] NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 Review

— phoronix.com — Days prior to AMD's release of the ATI Radeon HD 5750 and Radeon HD 5770 graphics cards,... NVIDIA released their GeForce G 210 and GeForce GT 220 graphics cards. Both of these NVIDIA graphics cards are for low-end desktop systems, but part of what makes ... (more) [Phoronix] NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 Review

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