Update : Since this was written Sunbird 0.7 has been released. The package in the Ubuntu repository is 0.5. Here are steps for manually installing the latest. Manually Installing Sunbird 0.7 Download the latest version of Sunbird at Mozilla. “Save to Disk” Unpack the archive into the /opt folder. (sudo tar -C /opt -xjvf ~/Desktop/sunbird-*.tar.bz2)… Read More »
I’m sure everyone in the world now knows that Ubuntu 7.10 final has been released today. I am not going to take the time to outline all the details that I’m sure you’ve read elsewhere. What I do want to do though is make sure that everyone can find a link to the bittorent links. … Read More »
So I’ve spent the last few evenings building a local Ubuntu repository mirror for localized network installations. While installing a machine today I noticed a new option within the partitioner. Encryption! The installer now lets you select partitions to be installed as encrypted, and also a guided partitioner that will create encrypted LVM partitions. I’ve… Read More »
Those of you that are long time readers may remember my previous article on Saving Bandwidth With Multiple Machines Using Apt-Cacher. With the next Ubuntu release coming down the pike in just a few weeks I wanted to revisit this article for those of you that will be upgrading via aptitude. If you have multiple… Read More »
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.10 and its variants, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Codenamed “Gutsy Gibbon”, 7.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. Ubuntu 7.10 on the desktop features a cutting-edge graphical experience with composited… Read More »
I was just tooling around with aptitude (aptitude ftw!) and found something I hadn’t seen before. Did you know aptitude has a built-in game of minesweeper? Check it out. Launch aptitude from the command line: aptitude (the game doesn’t need sudo) Hit ctrl-t for the menu. You’ll see minesweeper mentioned on the first menu. You… Read More »
I recently re-installed my machine using the latest Ubuntu 7.10 alpha “Tribe 5”. There are some things that I thought the public would like to hear about, and also a few bugs I found and submitted. If you are able to duplicate the bugs please follow the links and offer any additional information you can.… Read More »
I installed a second machine the other day with Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy” Tribe (alpha) 4 release. Based on my initial positive experience on my other machine I thought I’d give it a try. Well, so far so good–things are running great. I love having new features. I think I may just consider running perpetual alpha… Read More »
I wanted to give another update on my Gutsy testing. I now have two of my laptops running Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” and they are both working just fine so far. I have been consistently submitting the bugs that I find (and thanks to all the rest of you doing the same!) Again, nothing to… Read More »
I wanted to drop in my two-cents about the Feisty release and give a job well done to all developers, testers, etc. This is, again, what looks to be a very solid release and I’m happy to be part of this community. For those of you that have been trying to download you’ve probably noticed… Read More »