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Go! Ubuntu Linux 8.10, Intrepid Ibex - Installation Tips
Blog Comment Following your blog update, I downloaded Ubuntu 8.10 and then realised that I didn't know how to upgrade. In Ubuntu 7.10 the upgrade was offered during the update process. Not so in Ubuntu 8.04 as it is a long term support release.
[October 31, 2008, 6:57]
Ubuntu 7.10 Gibbon swings on the Asus Eee
Blog Comment Great to see Ubuntu running on this beast. Hey RupertG, Followed you here from eeeuser.com forums. I think I will go with Xubuntu for light-weighted'ness (hhahah an English scholar is totally having a heart attack over that one :P).
[October 27, 2007, 15:33]
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]
Weekend Success - Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Hi Jamie, did you get the Broadcom wireless working on Ubuntu 8.10? I gave up rather easily since I have a USB wireless device based on Railink which works a dream.
[February 15, 2009, 16:44]
Weekend Success - Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Hi Moley, Yes, after I installed Ubuntu it came up with the "hardware drivers" dialog, and gave me a choice between the "Broadcom STA" drivers and the public "b43" drivers. I have tried both, and they both seem to work, at least in my first...
[February 15, 2009, 19:27]
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex edges closer
News The Ubuntu project has made available an advance testing version of its popular Linux distribution, with the full 8.10, 'Intrepid Ibex' release scheduled to be released in October. Ubuntu developer Steve Langasek announced that the Alpha 5 version...
[September 8, 2008, 13:18]
Ubuntu details plans for 'Jaunty Jackalope'
News The Ubuntu project has detailed plans for the April 2009 version of its Linux distribution, continuing its habit of naming its software after animals by dubbing Ubuntu 9.04 'The Jaunty Jackalope'. The news comes as the project last week made...
[September 9, 2008, 9:21]
Vista versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I agree on all of the above, Vista is very sluggish, especially on start-up when compared to Ubuntu. Wonderful article. I think the problem really lies in all the extra junk Microsoft is trying to shove down your throat while trying to make you...
[October 22, 2007, 17:59]
Ubuntu cloud-computing components released
News Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, on Thursday announced two major components of its cloud-computing strategy. With the launch of version 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, Ubuntu Server Edition is available on Amazon EC2, while...
[April 24, 2009, 16:23]
Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) - Configuration Tips
Blog The following is a list of some of the common setup and configuration changes that I make whenever I install Ubuntu. Thunderbird: Ubuntu comes with the Evolution email and calendar manager program installed.
[October 31, 2008, 9:47]
Go! Ubuntu Linux 8.10, Intrepid Ibex - Installation Tips
Blog Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid Ibex, will be released. The simplest and most obvious way to get it is to go to the Ubuntu download page and select the version you need. However, if you are able to download via BitTorrent, you could go directly to the Ubuntu...
[October 30, 2008, 9:38]
Ubuntu lets loose 'Feisty Fawn'
News Canonical on Thursday released version 7.04 of Ubuntu Linux, nicknamed Feisty Fawn, but the company's website was unable to keep up with the demand for the software. The up-and-coming Ubuntu has yet to attain the commercially blessed status of Red...
[April 20, 2007, 15:45]
Get Set... (Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex)
Blog As Peter Judge has pointed out in his blog, tomorrow's Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) release is certainly not focused exclusively on improvements for mobile computing. Combine these two improvements with Ubuntu's extremely solid wired networking...
[October 29, 2008, 10:08]
Ubuntu gets more virtualisation-friendly
News The Ubuntu version of Linux is getting more virtualisation-friendly, but in a different way from its top rivals. Canonical on Thursday is releasing Ubuntu 7.04, also known as Feisty Fawn, sporting two newer virtualisation technologies.
[April 16, 2007, 15:36]
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]
Ubuntu Disk Problem
Talkback I'm new to Ubuntu,so I haven't progressed very far as yet. Somehow Ubuntu boot features remained on the disk despite partitioning with windows fdisk and reformatting. With 98 the installation stalled and an Ubuntu screen came up with "It is now...
[December 31, 2007, 17:28]
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's latest Linux will help debug crashes
News With its upcoming "Feisty Fawn" version of Ubuntu Linux due on 19 April, Canonical hopes to shed light on what happens when things go wrong. There are potentially millions of users of an application on Ubuntu, but they don't have a relationship...
[April 12, 2007, 8:38]
Ubuntu backer seeks open-source collaboration
News Ubuntu Linux backer Canonical has launched a beta version of its Launchpad service, part of an effort to make open-source programming methods a better match for Microsoft. Launchpad is a website that provides a foundation for Ubuntu's co-operative...
[April 10, 2007, 12:00]
Ubuntu Linux 5.10 review
Reviews The latest Ubuntu version, 5.10 (also known as the 'Breezy Badger'), was launched in October 2005, and -- from its name at least -- sounds an improvement over version 5.04 (a.k.a.the 'Hoary Hedgehog').
[November 24, 2005, 12:30]
