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Here is an interesting article about Linux popularity worldwide. The popularity was determined using Google search data. Aside from Linux itself, eight distributions were included in the survey: Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Debian, Red Hat, Mandriva, Slackware and Gentoo.
India, Cuba and Russia were the strongest users of Linux. The following were key observations on the different distributions:
- Ubuntu is most popular in Italy and Cuba.
- openSUSE is most popular in Russia and the Czech Republic.
- Red Hat is most popular in Bangladesh and Nepal.
- Debian is most popular in Cuba.
- Cuba is in the top five (interest-wise) of three of the eight distributions in this survey.
- Indonesia is in the top five of four of the distributions.
- Russia and the Czech Republic are in the top five of five of the distributions.
- The United States is not in the top five of any of the distributions.
Read more including cool graphs here.
Here is a screen shot of my Ubuntu desktop.
Follow the instructions here if you want a Mac-looking Ubuntu.
August 15, 2008 - A well-deserved appreciation for Ubuntu and its founder, Mark Shuttleworth. Read more on iTWire.
Ubuntu Hardy Heron does not include drivers for my printer, a Canon PIXMA iP1200. Worst, Canon does not provide Linux drivers for this model.
Fortunately, I found a compatible driver here. Follow these steps to install the printer driver:
(1) Add the driver to the software repository.
echo "deb http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takushi/ubuntu ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
(2) Update package headers.
sudo apt-get update
(3) Install the driver.
sudo apt-get install libcnbj-2.6 bjfilter-2.6 pstocanonbj
(4) Connect the printer and add a new printer using System >> Administration >> Printing. Click 'New Printer' and follow the instructions.
You should choose 'IP2200-Ver.2.60' from the driver list.
Ubuntu is quick and easy to install as shown in the step-by-step guide with screen shots I posted recently. Here are suggested tweaks after installation:
(1) Add Medibuntu to software sources. Medibuntu, short for 'multimedia, entertainment and distractions in Ubuntu' includes packages that are not included in the Ubuntu installation. You can install applications like Adobe Acrobat Reader, Google Earth, Skype and codecs (so you can play media in different formats, even Windows formats). Open Terminal and type in the following commands to enable Medibuntu in Hardy Heron:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
(2) Enable desktop effects. Go to System >> Preferences >> Appearance menu, click Visual Effects tab and choose 'Extra'.
(3) More eye candy. Install Compiz Fusion for more desktop effects including desktop cube and wobbly windows. Type in the following command in Terminal:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
You will find a new menu item in System >> Preferences >> Advanced Desktop Effects Settings after installation.
(4) Install Windows fonts. This enables familiar fonts to be used by applications. Open terminal and execute the following:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
(5) Flash and Java support. JRE and Flash plugin are essential for a full-on Internet experience. Type the following in Terminal to install Flash and Java support:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
