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Posted Sun, 2005-10-16 10:49 by WinMark
I ordered Ubuntu 5.10 CDs maybe two weeks ago. Now I logged in again (under https://shipit.ubuntu.com) to see the status and there is no entry under "Previous requests you made".
Does that mean the CDs are already on its way or is my request lost and therefore I'll have to request the CDs again?
Posted Thu, 2005-10-13 16:01 by Friedrich
Do you want to have a look at the brandnew Ubuntu 5.10? Please have a look at our screenshot section.
If you have a nice Ubuntu desktop, you might want to upload screenshots there as well.
Posted Thu, 2005-10-13 14:12 by Subsonix
You can download Ubuntu 5.10 DVD Covers here: http://www.pegasus.rutgers.edu/~pax/.
Just print them out and put it together with your Ubuntu CD/DVD in an empty DVD case.
Posted Thu, 2005-10-13 10:37 by WinMark
My Acer Travelmate 291LMi always has troubles with the graphics under Linux (at least when first installing). As I bootet Ubuntu 5.10, the graphical welcome screen within GRUB was not visible. When I continued the installation with ENTER, the screen went black forever.
Then I tried the boot parameter "linux vga=771". With that it works just fine, as with most Linux distributions. Maybe you have the same problem under some notebooks and it helps you.
Posted Thu, 2005-10-13 08:14 by Friedrich
There are installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures.
You can download Ubuntu 5.10 here: http://www.ubuntu.com/newsitems/release510
The DVD images are available here (BitTorrent only): http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/5.10/release/
The major new features are:
* Thin Client Integration: Ubuntu is the first distribution in the world to include deeply-integrated thin client technology. This allows you to deploy Ubuntu in large scale networked environments or, for example, in classrooms, with a lightweight Ubuntu image booting over the network. All Ubuntu management tools work for the thin client image as well as for the server.
Posted Tue, 2005-10-11 10:06 by Friedrich
some Ubuntux artwork on a french site: http://www.tatane.com/index.php/ubuntux-ubuntu-artwork
Thanks for that! Although I'm not sure the author knows this site :)
Posted Fri, 2005-10-07 10:23 by Friedrich
please have a look at Launchpad.
Bug #1 in upstream ubuntu: "Microsoft has a majority market share" and there's a neat description to fix it :)
Posted Thu, 2005-10-06 19:38 by Friedrich
Ubuntu 5.10 will be released on October, 13th. In exactly one week :)
Today also the release candidate (RC) came out and can be downloaded on the Ubuntu website or via BitTorrent. The supported plattforms are x86, AMD64 and PowerPC. This is definitely the last version before the final version.
Take care: the CD images are bigger than 650 MB, so you should use at least 700 MB CD-Rs.
There can still be ordered CDs for the final version for free, see http://www.ubuntux.org/node/92.
Posted Thu, 2005-10-06 11:51 by WinMark
There are some nice easter eggs in apt-get and aptitude.
type
1. sudo apt-get moo
and
2. sudo aptitude moo
no easter eggs in this one? don't trust the message. try the parameter -v.
if the program still claims to have no easter egg inside, try the parameter twice. or even more than twice? you'll find out :)
Posted Wed, 2005-09-28 11:21 by Neonightmare
Hey Guys
I tried very hard to install Java and Azureus on my machine. Then I found a Post on the internet with good packackes for ubuntu
http://tamir.nooms.de/wiki/doku.php
there you can get Java...
then i get azureus 64Bit für Linux from sourceforge.org.
Uncompress, untar, move to /opt/azureus chmod 777 and starting with ./azureus
and the last thing, i made a link on my startmenu
http://www.ubuntuusers.de/viewtopic.php?t=593&highlight=startmenu
for azureus...
have fun!!
Posted Sun, 2005-09-25 18:58 by WinMark
I have the new (great!) iPod nano. The iPod and iPod mini are being supported by amaroK, but the nano doesn't seem to be supported yet (because it is brandnew). At least, I don't know how to handle it in amaroK 1.3. Does anyone know how to use the iPod nano with Ubuntu?
Posted Sun, 2005-09-25 17:03 by Friedrich
The final version of Ubuntu 5.10 is expected to be released in October. At that time, Canonical will mail pressed CDs free of charge. To receive a complimentary copy of the Official Breezy Badger CD -- or a handful of them to give to your friends, your school or LUG -- place your request at http://shipit.ubuntu.com/. Remember that these CDs won't ship until after the final release in October.
Posted Wed, 2005-09-14 21:19 by Friedrich
"Edubuntu is a version of the Ubuntu operating system suitable for classroom use. As an educator you'll be able to set up a computer lab, or establish an online learning environment, in an hour or less -- then administer that environment without having to become a fully-fledged Linux geek." That's what the official website says about Edubuntu.
If you're interested, please have a look at an interesting review about it on Tuxmachines.
Posted Sun, 2005-09-11 17:33 by Subsonix
Yesterday I installed the Ubuntu 5.10 preview. Runs perfectly, just like 5.04 did :)
Gerenally said it looks a little bit better now, and there are lots of new program versions. And of course Gnome 2.12. Please leave a comment, what experiences you made with the preview.
Another question:
will Ubuntu 5.10 be released on 13th October? Or what is the exact release date for the final version?
Posted Fri, 2005-09-09 16:18 by Friedrich
We offer some screenshots of Ubuntu 5.10 preview in our image gallery.
The preview looks similar to Ubuntu 5.04, the changes are mainly not optical. But there are lots of new programs and program versions, so the new version will surely be very attractive.
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