Ubuntu 10 times as popular as any other desktop Linux distribution?

The Wikimedia Foundation publishes monthly reports with a lot of useful information about the visitors to its various web sites (mostly Wikipedia). One interesting report shows the popularity of different operating systems. Not only does it show the number of visitors using Linux, but also it breaks down the Linux users by distribution. The below… Continue reading Ubuntu 10 times as popular as any other desktop Linux distribution?

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Monitor “out of range” when installing Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

On some computers, it seems that running the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) installer (the standard desktop installer) results in a blank screen and the error message “out of range.” (At least, that was the error message generated on one monitor. The message was generated by the on-screen display of the monitor itself, so results may… Continue reading Monitor “out of range” when installing Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

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