Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for [Fri Dec 6 2024]

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The Wubuntu main desktop is very Windows-like... Right down to the nag screen asking for your money.

Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for

A third-party Kubuntu remix with a severe identity crisis

 
 

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Chinese clouds target small and medium enterprises in APAC in search of growth

Smaller buyers see deep discounts and suddenly worry less about regulatory issues

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Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels

Louisiana facility's three natural gas turbine plants to churn out 2,262 MW

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Vodafone and Three permitted to tie the knot – if they promise to behave

Merger will create third large operator in UK mobile market

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Beijing wants Chinese outfits to seek alternatives to US silicon

And American components may be in short supply as Middle Kingdom bans rare earth exports

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NATO tests aquatic drones to protect cables, coastlines

Floating the idea of a robot navy

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Numerix, Leading Provider of Capital Markets Technology, Migrates to AWS with RapidScale

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Performance benchmarks: A pocket guide

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Microsoft: Another Chinese cyberspy crew targeting US critical orgs 'as of yesterday'

Redmond threat intel maven talks explains this persistent pain to The Reg

Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds

Damage likely limited to those running bots with private key access

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British hospitals hit by cyberattacks still battling to get systems back online

Children's hospital and cardiac unit say criminals broke in via shared 'digital gateway service'

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BT Group confirms attackers tried to break into Conferencing division

Sensitive data allegedly stolen from US subsidiary following Black Basta post

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Ransomware hangover, Putin grudge blamed for vodka maker's bankruptcy

Stoli Group on the rocks in the US

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Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American

OpenAI chief says he doesn't think Elon will unleash political powers to zap AI competition

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Canada commits $1.4B to sovereign compute infrastructure as it joins the AI arms race

Project includes hundreds of millions of loonies for a national supercomputing facility

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Windows 11 24H2 rolls out to more devices – with a growing list of known issues

Compatibility holds persist as gamers face black screens

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FreeBSD 14.2 wants to woo Docker fans, but still struggles with Wi-Fi

Another buzzword box ticked: OCI-compliant containers

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Wish there was a benchmark for ML safety? Allow us to AILuminate you...

Very much a 1.0 – but it's a solid start

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Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for

A third-party Kubuntu remix with a severe identity crisis

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Google DeepMind touts AI model for 'better' global weather forecasting

Bases predictions on historical data, instead of solving physics equations

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Broadcom makes U-turn on plan to serve top 2,000 VMware customers itself

Now wants to work with 500 and lean more on partners to defend against migrations – which Dell says are on the cards

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Offbeat

Arianespace's Vega C delayed after gantry throws a tantrum

Euro rocket stuck on the ground for another day

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Temporary printable tattoos could be the future of EEGs

Boffins' big brainwave of using custom skullcaps to capture, er, more brainwaves

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