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There is a root password but it isn't really documented anywhere.

Nononono, how often do we have to dispel this myth! If people like you would do their homework before talking, it would probably already have died. From /etc/passwd:

root:!:13456:0:99999:7:::

From "man shadow":
"If the password field contains some string that is not valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in, subject to pam(7)."

So, effectively, the root account is disabled and no password exists that would let you in. Before writing about sudo and root in Ubuntu again, please read this :)

The server is a bit slow right now, but you can find a PowerPC (as well as IA-64 and PlayStation 3) image at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease/

Here are the torrents for Xubuntu: http://torrent.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/feisty/ release/

All of the versions of ubuntu were released at the same time.

Jim

Not quite, it costs exactly $0 to get Ubuntu delivered. (https://shipit.ubuntu.com/)

It is strongly recommended to not simply alter sources.list and do a dist-upgrade.

The supported upgrade method is to simply use Upgrade Manager (you know, the GUI tool). If you're upgrading a headless server, there are upgrade instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/.

The Ubuntu release includes a version that runs on the Playstation 3, using Sony's official support of running an "other OS" on the platform.

People can run all the usual Ubuntu packages, and use the open source to port code to the PS3's 6 onchip DSPs for extreme graphics and supercomputing that's about 1000x faster than x86.

I don't know what the heck it does, but AFAICT the vast majority is codecs, flash, java. This site (updated for Feisty) has explained what to do for a very long time, and they instructions are not that complicated, you would have learned something, your system would not be broken, and overall you might have saved time (if your system does break now). Keep smiling :)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for PC (Intel x86) computers

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for PC (Intel x86) computers

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for PC (Intel x86) computers

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for 64-bit PC (AMD64) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent - Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/7.04/re lease/xubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent - Alternate install CD for PC (Intel x86) computers

> Hungry Hungry Hippo

Unfortunately, Microsoft has trademarked that for Vista.

So version 9 (aka 8.04) will likely be called "Horny Hyena"
(see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames )
in honor of all the funny porn-loving developers that work on Ubuntu.

Here's a copy of the updated U-bum-to logo:
(see http://blog.levhita.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/07 /ubuntu-logo.jpg )

Well you should have listened to all those people that scream "Don't do it, it sucks ass and will break updates!" when anyone mentions Automatix. However, Ubuntu users have formed an Automatix rescue team that AFAIK took care to test and fix the update scenarios that this pile of shit fucks up. I guess it should just work. In any case, read:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/704

In case of trouble ask here http://www.getautomatix.com/forum/

Well you should have listened to all those people that scream "Don't do it, it sucks ass and will break updates!" when anyone mentions Automatix. However, Ubuntu users have formed an Automatix rescue team that AFAIK took care to test and fix the update scenarios that this pile of shit fucks up. I guess it should just work. In any case, read:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/704

In case of trouble ask here http://www.getautomatix.com/forum/

In fact, you do not need to change any config file. Just launching upgrade-manager will warn about the new release and drive you through the upgrade process.

Man, is it so fucking hard to go to ubuntu.com and click Release Notes? http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/704

-c is only needed if you upgrade from 6.06 LTS (Dapper) to 6.10 (Edgy), since by default, LTS releases will only upgrade to the next LTS release.
-d is wrong since it is there to force an upgrade to a development version, which 7.04 (Feisty) isn't anymore.

To do an upgrade correctly, follow the instructions here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

I downloaded 7.04 about a week ago when it was still tagged as Beta. Does anyone know if anything has changed since then or do I have an up-to-date version?

user@ubuntu:~$ md5sum ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
e296e3468358789904097fc8df29609a ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso

I was very impressed. I'm not very knowledgeable about Linux but this version makes me want to make the jump from Windows.

One link seems to be missing from your post: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
(Up to now, the Feisty upgrade instructions were at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgrades , but this URL now forwards you to the new one.)

One link seems to be missing from your post: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
(Up to now, the Feisty upgrade instructions were at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgrades , but this URL now forwards you to the new one.)

for everyone with macs, IBM servers and playstations.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease

Torrents

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-powerpc.iso.torrent
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease/ubuntu-7.04-alternate-powerpc.iso.torrent

for everyone with macs, IBM servers and playstations.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease

Torrents

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-powerpc.iso.torrent
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease/ubuntu-7.04-alternate-powerpc.iso.torrent

for everyone with macs, IBM servers and playstations.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease

Torrents

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-powerpc.iso.torrent
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/re lease/ubuntu-7.04-alternate-powerpc.iso.torrent

Based on the torrent tracker stats over a 10 minute interval, the total data being transferred for all Feisty Fawn releases is 5 gigabits per second - and rising quickly!

And the number of people downloading via http/ftp is no small number.

That is a LOT of bandwidth being used!

Links for Kubuntu torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

Links for Kubuntu torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

Links for Kubuntu torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

Links for Kubuntu torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-alternate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/kubuntu- 7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

• Kubuntu
• Edubuntu

• Xubuntu

Try the homepage now. We've simplified things and will update the mirror list frequently until the excitement dies down.

Please note that if you use Ubuntu now, you can update very easily, but don't use dist-upgrade. Instead:

Before you start

        * You can only directly upgrade to Ubuntu 7.04 ("Feisty Fawn") from Ubuntu 6.10 ("Edgy Eft") (see UpgradeNotes)
        * Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 6.10 before you upgrade
        * The latest version of Update Manager (0.45.2) must be installed before you upgrade. Otherwise, you will receive an Authentication failed error. See [WWW] here for instructions how to check if you have the required version.

Note: If you have a version of Ubuntu which was released before Ubuntu 6.10, please see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation/UpgradeFromOld Version for information on how to upgrade.

Network upgrade for Ubuntu desktops (recommended)

You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure.

      1. Open System -> Administration -> Update Manager
      2. A button on the top of the window will appear, informing you of the availability of the new release
      3. Click Upgrade
      4. Follow the on-screen instructions

The release was officially announced on the mailing list moments ago. Here is the link:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/ 2007-April/000102.html

The file's been up for several hours at:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/
and:
http://frei.ubuntu.com/feisty/

The file's been up for several hours at:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/
and:
http://frei.ubuntu.com/feisty/

Hmm.. google impaired:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesys temHowto
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/net/libnss-ldap
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/admin/libpam-lda p
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

Hmm.. google impaired:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesys temHowto
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/net/libnss-ldap
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/admin/libpam-lda p
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

Hmm.. google impaired:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesys temHowto
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/net/libnss-ldap
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/admin/libpam-lda p
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

Hmm.. google impaired:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesys temHowto
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/net/libnss-ldap
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/admin/libpam-lda p
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba

And those torrent options are....

ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-amd64.iso.torrent

And those torrent options are....

ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-amd64.iso.torrent

And those torrent options are....

ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-amd64.iso.torrent

And those torrent options are....

ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso.torrent
ubuntu-7.04-server-amd64.iso.torrent

Neither the Website nor the repos know of this, yet... And yes, I ran the Update Manager with -c.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.

Thanks for the info. The Swedish mirrors also appear to be working decently.

http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Also, here are the torrents:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-altern ate-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-deskto p-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-server -sparc.iso.torrent

No PPC releases at the moment, though.