In my previous post, I described loading five different Linux distributions onto my new Acer Aspire 5. In this post, I will add four more. But first I would like to add a bit more information about ...

I recently picked up an Acer V5-131 at a good price here in Switzerland. In my previous two posts about it I have described configuring and upgrading Windows 8, and installing openSuSE, Fedora and ...

Ubuntu: Want to try out the latest build of the next Ubuntu release with almost no hassle at all? TestDrive is a one-shot tool that downloads, virtualizes, and keeps daily Ubuntu builds up to date.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' will use OpenJDK 25 as its default Java version. Although an expected change since OpenJDK 25 is a long-term support ...

Are you a cutting edge Ubuntu user that's been using Precise Pangolin since it was made available December 1? If you are, you'll want to try out the just-released Unity 5.0. It's an absolute test ...

The Canonical Platform Server team has developed a solution for testing OpenStack on Ubuntu. The JavaCruft blog goes into deep detail about the setup. The scope of the work: Per-commit testing of ...

I frequently download the latest Ubuntu daily build and set up a fresh install in a virtualized environment so that I can test software that I’m developing or evaluate the status of Ubuntu development ...