With Ubuntu 8.04 being the second LTS (Long Term Support) release it is also possible to upgrade from LTS to LTS releases. This means upgrading Ubuntu 6.06 to Ubuntu 8.04. I have tested this in a previous post, “Dapper 6.06 to Hardy 8.04 Direct Server Upgrade“, which you might also be interested in (that post… Read More »
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server. Codenamed “Hardy Heron”, 8.04 LTS continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. We consider this release candidate to be complete, stable, and suitable… Read More »
I figure I’d join the band-wagon too, but I’ll use *readable* $() vs the absolutely unreadable-horrible-habit `. (Yes, that is a `. What? You can’t tell what character that is? Yeah, neither can I when you use it in your code! Its a back-tick and shouldn’t be used because its unreadable!) christer@007:~$ history | awk… Read More »
The other day I thought I’d give the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to 8.04 LTS direct upgrade path a try on my Ubuntu 6.06 server. It ran smoothly (over ssh no less), until I ran into one bug at the end. I reported it, with a reply back the next day. Two days later it has… Read More »
After going through my feeds for the morning I thought I’d post a reminder about April Fool’s. Geek’s love April Fools. Don’t believe anything you read today! The way I see it, if the news is still around tomorrow and the next its likely valid, otherwise its an April Fool’s joke. I’ve seen some pretty… Read More »
The release of the next Ubuntu LTS (8.04 “Hardy Heron”) is just around the corner and as a community of Ubuntu members its our responsibility–nay, our obligation— to celebrate! What are you planning to do for the greatest release to date? If you’re part of a LoCo Team (you know who you are!) you need… Read More »
I’m generally not one to advertise bugs but this has been my pet bug since upgrading to hardy and using Firefox 3b. I have been putting up with the issue, but I’d *really* like to figure out a fix for it. I’d be very interested in any feedback the rest of the community can suggest. … Read More »
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS, the second maintenance release of “Dapper Drake”. This release includes updated Server installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architectures. About Ubuntu ———— Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy install and regular… Read More »
There was some discussion the other day in #ubuntu-us about some people having issues using the default repository for fetching updates. I mentioned that they might want to use a local repository mirror instead. I’m lucky enough to have an ISP that mirrors Ubuntu repositories (Xmission ftw!!). You may not be so lucky, but there… Read More »
While the /tmp folder is not a place to store files long-term, occasionally you want to keep things a little longer than the next time you reboot, which is the default on Ubuntu systems. I know a time or two I’ve downloaded something to /tmp during testing, rebooted after making changes and then lost the… Read More »