What is Ubuntu?

Linux for Human Beings

"Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". Ubuntu also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.
A picture of the Circle-of-Friends Ubuntu login screen.Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too!
The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Philosophy: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.
These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from traditional proprietary software: not only are the tools you need available free of charge, you have the right to modify your software until it works the way you want it to.

The Linux Kernel Archives Mirror System

To improve access for everyone, a number of sites around the world have provided mirrors of this site, which may be faster to use than the master archive itself. Please see http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/ for information about how to connect to a participating mirror site. To guard against Trojan mirror sites, all files originating at the Linux Kernel Archives are cryptographically signed (http://www.kernel.org/signature.html/) . If you are getting a message that the verification key has expired, please see this link (http://www.kernel.org/signature.html/) .

More Information
There is much information about Linux on the web (http://www.kernel.org/links.html/) .

Reporting Linux Kernel bugs
Please see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html/ if you want to report a Linux kernel bug. Bug reports sent to the kernel.org administrators will be ignored. There is now a bugzilla setup at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ . Currently this is for reporting kernel version 2.6 bugs only.

Source : The Linux Kernel Archives , the primary site for the Linux kernel source, but it has much more than just Linux kernels. This site is operated by the Kernel.Org Organization, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, with support from the following sponsors. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds; legal notice : (http://www.kernel.org/legal.html) .
Protocol & location:
HTTP = http://www.kernel.org/pub/ FTP = ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/ RSYNC = rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/

New to Linux?

If you're new to Linux, you don't want to download the kernel, which is just a component in a working Linux system. Instead, you want what is called a distribution of Linux, which is a complete Linux system. There are numerous distributions available for download on the Internet as well as for purchase from various vendors; some are general-purpose, and some are optimized for specific uses. We currently have mirrors of several distributions available at http://mirrors.kernel.org/ , as well as a small collection of special-purpose distributions at http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/ . Note, however, that most distributions are very large, so unless you have a very fast Internet link you may want to save yourself some hassle and purchase a CD-ROM with a distribution; such CD-ROMs are available from a number of vendors. The Linux Installation HOWTO has more information how to set up your first Linux system.

China ungguli kegiatan spam di Asia

China menjadi negara utama di Asia dalam kegiatan spam, mengatasi Korea Selatan bagi tempoh akhir suku tahun lalu (Oktober hingga Disember) dengan mencatat 22.3% daripada keseluruhan spam yang dipantau SophosLabs. Mengikut senarai 'Dirty Dozen' SophosLabs, spam daripada China meningkat 150.6% dalam tempoh kurang 2 tahun. Dalam senarai itu, spam daripada Korea Selatan mencatat penurunan 9.7%, meletakkannya di tempat ke-3. Amerika Syarikat (US) walaupun mencatat penurunan dalam spam tetapi masih kekal sebagai negara utama spam dengan 24.5%. Penurunan itu berdasarkan kepada penguatkuasaan dan perundangan yang dilaksanakan, terutama dengan mengenakan denda kepada mereka yang terbabit.

Windows XP pelbagai bahasa

Microsoft (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (Microsoft), anak syarikat Microsoft Corporation, akan memperkenalkan Windows XP Starter Edition (XPSE) pelbagai bahasa menjelang Jun tahun 2006. Windows XPSE akan muncul dengan 4 bahasa, iaitu Bahasa Malaysia, Inggeris, Mandarin, dan Tamil. Edisi Bahasa Malaysia diperkenalkan tahun lalu. Edisi baru sistem kendalian Microsoft akan menampilkan lebih 20 penambahbaikan sistem, antaranya ialah kenaikan taraf daripada antara muka satu bahasa kepada antara muka pelbagai bahasa. Hal ini akan membolehkan pengguna komputer peribadi (PC) memilih untuk menggunakan salah satu daripada bahasa itu. Kemunculan Windows XPSE dalam bahasa tempatan akan menjadi pendorong utama dalam usaha menggalakkan masyarakat Malaysia meneroka teknologi, seterusnya mempertingkatkan keupayaan individu dan menyumbang kepada pertumbuhan ekonomi. Windows XPSE baru ini akan juga dipasarkan dengan buku panduan permulaan yang mengandungi 13 bab tutorial video untuk membantu mereka yang baru mula menggunakan sistem ini dan fail "My Support Help" yang menyediakan bantuan grafik serta rancangan pembelajaran bagi pengguna. Sementara itu, bagi pelanggan yang membeli Windows XPSE versi Bahasa Malaysia boleh menaik taraf sistem mereka kepada versi baru secara percuma. Microsoft sedang bekerjasama dengan beberapa rakan kongsi tempatan untuk mengeluarkan PC khusus pada harga RM1,288 yang dilengkapi Windows XPSE dengan pilihan 2 permainan pendidikan Disney, Microsoft Encarta dan Microsoft Works 8.0 .