Ubuntu Forum Hacked by Sputn1k_, over 1.8 million email and password stolen

Ubuntu Forum Hacked by Sputn1k_ with over 1.8 million user email and password stolen by the hacker. Change your Ubuntu Forum password immediately.

Canonical, Linux based operating system Ubuntu distro lead developers admitted that its online forum not just defaced but also hacker accessed and stole the 1.8 million users data (username, emails and passwords) from Ubuntu forum database.

Message left by the hacker on the deface page:

"None of this "y3w g0t haxd by albani4 c3bir 4rmy" stuff.  Straight up, you dun goofed.  It's as simple as that" 

Website is still down after being hacked. While visiting the website, it redirect to annount.html page.

Canonical urged the users to change the password immediately belonging to Ubuntu Forum, although passwords were not stored in plain text. The company also added that Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other services were not affected.

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Download Ubuntu 13.04(Raring Ringtail), a new Ubuntu release with Updated Performance

Ubuntu 13.04 has been released with many enhancements and fixes as well as some important performance improvements. Where to download Ubuntu, What's new/changes/ in Ubuntu 13.04, You gonna finds these in this article!

Performance on lightweight systems was a core focus for this cycle, as a prelude to Ubuntu’s release on a range of mobile form factors. As a result 13.04 delivers significantly faster response times in casual use, and a reduced memory footprint that benefits all users, according to canonical.

This release also illustrates Ubuntu’s ongoing commitment to quality and dependability. Our kaizen approach to development as well as community engagement result in a high quality alternative for people worldwide, commented Jane Silber, CEO at Canonical. This release, our 17th on a regular cadence, meets the needs of enterprises, organisations, governments and communities looking for a secure and intuitive computing experience.

Key changes include:

• Faster Unity Desktop
• New Social Lens
• New Sync Menu
• Unity-style session dialogs
• Workspace item removed from launcher
• Updated Firefox, LibreOffice and File Manager, among others
• Linux kernel 3.8.8

What's New/Changes in Ubuntu 13.04:

• Unity has improved a lot with new window switching features, shutdown dialogs, new icons, default Sync Menu indicator etc
• Memory Optimization, fixed memory leaks and the memory usage has been be greatly reduced like by changing some processes from idle to exit.
• MTP support by default
• Intel SNA (2D acceleration for the Intel Linux graphics driver that improves the X.Org performance) by default
• a faster, more responsive desktop
• LibreOffice has Ubuntu AppMenu and HUD support by default
• simplified Software Updater
• a "tech preview" of Upstart User Sessions has been included by default

Download Ubuntu DVD/ISO images:
Grab the latest DVD ISO images of Ubuntu 13.04 here.

Direct Download Links:

For Desktop Ubuntu:  
PC (Intel x86) desktop Image
64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image
64-bit Mac (AMD64) desktop image

For Server Ubuntu images:
PC (Intel x86) server install
64-bit PC (AMD64) server install image
64-bit Mac (AMD64) server install image

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Ubuntu Phone OS Announced

Canonical today announced a new version of Ubuntu for Smartphone that is  designed specifically for smartphones to power everything from entry-level handhelds to "high-end superphones" that double as PCs. Now you would  see desktop PC in your smartphones.

The move by Canonical was long expected, although it is coming late to a market already dominated by the iPhone and Android-based devices. Ubuntu for phones isn't a whole new operating system. Instead, it is a "smartphone interface" for Ubuntu. This helps Ubuntu differentiate from other phone operating systems by Voltron-ing itself into a full-fledged PC when docked to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.

The Ubuntu interface will feature the following:

1. Deep content immersion—controls appear only when the user wants them.
2. A beautiful global search for apps, content, and products.
3. Voice and text commands in any application for faster access to rich capabilities.
4. Both native and Web or HTML5 apps.
5. Evolving personalized art on the welcome screen.

Ubuntu's founder, Mark Shuttleworth, said he was in talks with manufacturers for devices to be sold with the system pre-installed within the year. We must say, Ubuntu comes to the phone, with a beautifully distilled interface and a unique full PC capability when docked. 

You won't be able to get hold of pure Ubuntu phone until the end of this year or even early 2014, but an image for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be released in the coming weeks if you can't wait that long.

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