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Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Final Release
Blog As well described in an article by David Meyer here on ZDNet UK, Canonical released Ubuntu 9.04, known as "Jaunty Jackalope" (as time goes by, I find myself less and less enamoured with the naming system.
[April 24, 2009, 9:18]
Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Final Release
Blog Comment If you are considering only Ubuntu releases, this is now quite easy, and I have done it a number of times - for example, this is how I have tried out UNR (Netbook Remix) several times. In the Ubuntu System / Administration menu, on 8.10 you will...
[April 28, 2009, 11:59]
Ubuntu Karmic Koala gets release candidate
News Canonical, sponsors of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, issued the release candidate for the Karmic Koala version on Thursday. Karmic Koala, or Ubuntu 9.10, is the first version of the operating system to have cloud-computing functionality...
[October 23, 2009, 12:55]
Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty Jackalope' Release Candidate
Blog The Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.04 was made available yesterday, and I have now installed it on all four of the laptop/netbook systems here. As usual, it is just really good. Installation is smooth, easy and fast, and contrary to some grumbling...
[April 17, 2009, 17:19]
Ubuntu: and another thing…
Blog I resintalled Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop Edition yesterday, because I need to set up a LAMP web server to be able to work on web sites on my ThinkPad X60S laptop. It only occurred to me this morning that I didn’t have to do any configuration.
[July 16, 2008, 12:55]
Dell: Ubuntu PCs still available
News Dell has denied that it will no longer offer Ubuntu on Inspiron systems sold in the UK, and has maintained that a problem which meant that some customers were unable to buy the software pre-installed has now been fixed.
[November 9, 2007, 10:57]
Ubuntu chief sees benefits in Oracle Linux
News Oracle has the ability to support Linux, and doing so could have "tactical value" for the database company, the founder of Ubuntu Linux — and a potential Oracle partner — said on Friday. It's becoming more and more of a commodity," Mark...
[October 23, 2006, 9:35]
Ubuntu 9.04 Snaps Desktop Visaster
Blog I installed Ubuntu 9.04 and set all 3 of the Linux partitions manually. A definite upgrade for Visaster is Ubuntu 9.04 on the same hardware. Visaster and Ubuntu, with Ubuntu as default. Ubuntu 9.04 on it has done some pretty things I hadn't seen...
[July 18, 2009, 22:31]
Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Final Release
Blog Comment Ubuntu says to reinstall it. What was your experience with Grub when you used EXT4. Did you do that? I had problems with being locked out of my computer when I used Ext4, with Windows XP and Windows 7 already installed and booted by Grub previously...
[April 25, 2009, 0:24]
openSuSE stumbles, Ubuntu shines
Blog On the other hand, Ubuntu really shone this afternoon. It was dead easy with Ubuntu. I tried loading openSuSE 11.0 on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110 over the weekend. It's an AMD Turion 64-based system, and of course it seemed to load just fine.
[July 15, 2008, 9:21]
Ubuntu announces Hardy Heron
News The next major version of the Linux distribution Ubuntu has been announced, with the release date scheduled for April 2008. In line with Ubuntu's tradition of alliterative, sequentially alphabetical release names, the version, 8.04, will be called...
[August 30, 2007, 11:33]
Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Final Release
Blog Comment thanks , jw.i had actually forgotten about the netbook remix version of ubuntu jj *blush*! thankfully, ubuntu are very clear with their instructions on how to create a bootable USB of UNR, so saturday morning was spent mostly DL'ing the .img file...
[May 5, 2009, 13:43]
Vista versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I hope one day the final barriers that hold ubuntu/linux back will be overcome though. Games (good games) don't run on ubuntu. Popular software that is a must in this era of business computing is not available for use on ubuntu.
[October 22, 2007, 5:06]
Ubuntu 7.10 Gibbon swings on the Asus Eee
Blog Comment Asus EeePC con… Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10! Nice work, Rupert! I've dedicated in my blog a post (in italian language) for your phenomenal job! very nice! Post: Blog: http://zeirus.wordpress.com
[October 28, 2007, 8:00]
Ubuntu update hit by six-week delay
News New versions of Ubuntu Linux have been released at a steady six-month intervals, but project founder Mark Shuttleworth is considering a six-week delay to improve the reliability of an important new version.
[March 14, 2006, 9:05]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - User Interface Pro/Am Opinions
Blog I'm going to take a look at the Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 desktop and user interface. This is a condensed merge of the upper and lower panels of the standard Ubuntu Gnome desktop. As for pre-loaded applications and utilities, UNR has a lot more...
[June 25, 2009, 11:19]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - An Acid Test
Blog At the end of last week I got the opportunity to start an "Acid Test" of the latest Ubuntu Netbook Remix. That confirms my skepticism about those who say Ubuntu (and others) "make it easy" to install Flash (and other packages) when necessary - I...
[June 23, 2009, 9:57]
Ubuntu gets desktop support for small businesses
News Canonical has launched support services for individual and small-business users of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. The company, which sponsors Ubuntu, already sold helpdesk services for enterprise users.
[August 3, 2009, 15:19]
Fair is Fair - Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Blog Ok, so I realized that if I'm going to be fair about this, in addition to trying Moblin on the nettop, I really should try the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR). It looks to me as if what they have done is tried to retain the majority of the "standard...
[June 10, 2009, 20:43]
Linux Mint: Ubuntu plus stuff you probably want
Blog I thought it might be just another Ubuntu derivative, but it's more than that, and I'm impressed. Although it is based on Ubuntu (currently using 8.10, of course), Linux Mint has its own desktop theme, menu system, package manager, update manager...
[April 9, 2009, 14:03]
