Ubuntu 9.04 “The Jaunty Jackalope” on April 2009
The news comes as the project last week made available an advance testing version of its Linux distribution, Ubuntu 8.10, the “Intrepid Ibex,” which is scheduled for release in late October.

“As we approach the launch of Ubuntu 8.10, it’s time to create space for future plans… [Jaunty] [...]

Ubuntu’s latest version, Hardy Heron was released last night.
It features GNOME 2.22, a new version of the Nautilus file manager, Linux kernel 2.6.24, PolicyKit, Firefox 3 Beta 5, Brasero (A CD/DVD burning application), Transmission BitTorrent client, World Clock Applet, Vinagre remote desktop (VNC) client , Uncomplicated Firewall, Totem movie player with a YouTube plugin that [...]

If you did not partition the existing windows hard drive for Ubuntu and disconnected the one with Windows installed during the installation and installed ubuntu on a separate hard disk, you will run into this boot problem of XP not showing up in the Linux boot loader (GRUB) and will have to add the Windows [...]

Found this simple Vi tutorial for the Vim text editor [Ubuntu/Linux] quite useful..
It covers everything from the basics like inserting text for noobs to advanced file manipulations using vi and customizations. You could also check out the developer, Bram Moolenaar’s vim home page, where you can also find a lot of other vim sites and [...]

Seamus7 over at QueerVisions have eight 4096×1024 PNG images for use as Skydomes on Beryl..
1. Mystery Mountain

2. Cloudy Moon

3. Bucolic Beauty

More at Compiz Fusion Skydomes 4096×1024
and Beryl-Project Forums

Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to make Ubuntu config. easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that aint provided by the default desktop environment.

Features of Ubuntu Tweak:

View Basic System Information (Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
GNOME Session Control
Show/Hide/Change Splash screen
Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or [...]