Tag: linux
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Much Ado About Natty
Some quick screenshots from Natty Narwhal which I have been tinkering with since December. Still in Alpha so only use it you are comfortable with your system self-destructing routinely, though it makes the daily updates even more exciting because you never know what will happen when you reboot. The big change this release cycle is…
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Ubuntu 11.10 Will Be Dreamy
The naming of cats is a difficult matter It isn’t just one of your holiday games. – T S Eliot, The Naming of Cats The announcement has been and the project name for the next Ubuntu release revealed as (drum roll) Oneiric Ocelot. Below our benevolent dictator for life, Mark Shuttleworth, explains what helped him…
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10.10.10 – The Rise of the Maverick Meerkat
Today marks the release of the latest evolution of the Ubuntu operating system, 10.10 The Maverick Meerkat. Over the summer I have given the Meerkat a few test drives as it developed through the alpha, beta and release candidate stages. Usually I would have jumped in during the beta testing and stuck with it until…
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The Name is Meerkat, Maverick Meerkat
Image via Wikipedia The codename/mascot for the October 2010 release of Ubuntu has been announced as the ‘Maverick Meerkat’ and Mark Shuttleworth is hinting at shaking things up a bit and aiming for the perfect 10 once the LTS is out of the way in April. Many will be happy to live with the Lynx…
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Time for the Ibex to Graze: Ubuntu 8.10 End of Life
Image by louisvolant via Flickr October 2008 saw the release of Ubuntu 8.10, codename Intrepid Ibex, but from 30th of April 2010 its support period ends. Users are recommended to upgrade their machines still running this version of Ubuntu before this time. This comes as we will see the release of the next LTS version…
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