On October 18th, Ubuntu 12.10, the latest and greatest version of this popular Linux distribution arrives. On the eve of its arrival, it's looking pretty good, but it's far from flawless. Those are ...

Today, Canonical has released version 12.10 of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, codenamed “Quantal Quetzal” after a ridiculously awesome-looking bird. Quantal represents the start of a new two-year ...

Write this down: Ubuntu 12.10, the late-year arrival from Canonical’s six-month standard release factory, marks the first new release within the company’s current long-term support cycle. Got it? Good ...

Ubuntu's convention of using an adjective and animal that start with the same letter to name new versions of its brand of Linux has come up against its biggest challenge yet — the letter Q. Thankfully ...

There’s never any shortage of excitement and anticipation surrounding the major updates to Ubuntu Linux that arrive twice each year, and Thursday’s brand-new release is no exception. This time, ...

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 ...

Naming conventions are rarely dull in the world of Linux distributions, and Ubuntu Linux is no exception. “Warty Warthog” started it all off, of course. Now, with recent examples including “Natty ...

Ubuntu remains one of the most popular desktop Linux operating systems around. But over the past few years the developers have annoyed a fair number of long-time users by switching the default desktop ...

Under the hood, 12.10 will be shipping with some incremental upgrades, like the 3.5.4 Linux kernel which will be powering some Gnome 3.6 apps and libraries. While the full Gnome shell isn't present in ...

It’s been a few years since Canonical stopped using the GNOME desktop environment for Ubuntu Linux and instead switched to its own Unity user interface. While Unity has come a long way in the last few ...

Here’s how you can install Rcconf in Ubuntu 12.10 to control startup services. Rcconf runs only in the terminal. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in the following command, then hit Enter: sudo ...

Quantal is the first release after a long term service release (LTS), which means we're seeing the first of new features Canonical will polish up through the next two years. Here is some of the new, ...