Ubuntu 6.10 Released
Woot woot! Fire up those cd-burners and get installing!
Archives for Ubuntu
Planning for Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
Planning for Ubuntu 7.04 – the “Feisty Fawn”
> In that spirit, the release will be be code named “The Feisty Fawn”.
Nice one. =)
Edgy Release Notes
EdgyReleaseNotes – Ubuntu Wiki
Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) has reached Release Candidate 1. Woot!
I’ve been running it on my desktop machine for a few weeks, without any problems at all. The upgrade was almost smooth as well, just had a bit of python hassle.
Compiz on ATI X300 using AIGLX and Dual Screens!
I used the default Xorg 7.1 that ships with Edgy, and Compiz & friends from Quinnstorms Edgy repositories.
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
[...]
Angelic Penguins: SLED Menu For Ubuntu (Uslab) Now In Repo
Angelic Penguins: SLED Menu For Ubuntu (Uslab) Now In Repo
Schweeet!
Ubuntu Dapper Drake Released
My OS of choice has finally left beta and entered stable. Download Ubuntu 6.06 LTS here:
United States:
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/6.06/
Europe:
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (Sweden)
http://fr.releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (France)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.06/ (All)
Rest of the World:
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Ubuntu Dapper Drake RC 1
The first release candidate version of Ubuntu Dapper Drake is available. The main focus of the RC is to test upgrading from Breezy Badger, and the process has been integrated into the update-manager. It does require a few hundred megabytes of downloading unless you grab the CD from one of the following mirrors:
United [...]
Picasa for Linux
Picasa
Google has released Picasa for Linux, and even provides a .deb for Ubuntu. Installing it is as easy as downloading the archive from the above link, and typing the following in a terminal:
sudo dpkg -i /home/erlends/picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb
It contains a copy of Wine and Gecko, so it comes at 21M, but it looks just like the windows [...]
Sun flirts with Ubuntu: ZDNet Australia
Sun flirts with Ubuntu: ZDNet Australia: News: Software
> At JavaOne, both sides say they really like each other — suggesting a role for Ubuntu’s upcoming “Dapper Drake” operating system on Sun Microsystems’ servers.
> Ubuntu Linux got a ringing endorsement from Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz on Tuesday in San Francisco. In turn, Ubuntu project founder Mark [...]
Sun Recasts Java Licensing for GNU/Linux and OpenSolaris Communities
Sun Recasts Java Licensing for GNU/Linux and OpenSolaris Communities
> SAN FRANCISCO, JAVAONE CONFERENCE, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator and leading advocate of Java™ technology, today announced that Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 5 is now available for redistribution by GNU/Linux and OpenSolaris(SM) operating system distributors under the new [...]