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Ubuntu Linux Live CD Release

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the try-before-you-install dept.

tola writes "The Ubuntu development team have reached their first milestone in the production of the Live CD version of the upcoming release of Ubuntu codenamed 'Hoary Hedgehog.' This edition features a completely redesigned system for creating Live CDs. While some people have tried rough previews, this is the first proper milestone for the live CD version. Anyone, especially folks who are using our previous release (4.10 'Warty Warthog'), are encouraged to try this out. The Live CD runs completely off of the CD and will not touch any of the data on your hard drive so is a fantastic way to get a preview of new features in the upcoming Ubuntu release without upgrading your system. ISO images for i386, AMD64 and PowerPC can be downloaded from Ubuntu."

16 of 334 comments (clear)

  1. AMD65? by El+Cubano · · Score: 3, Funny

    AMD65

    Is this the competitor to Intel's VIIV?

  2. AMD65? by shweazel · · Score: 4, Funny

    It runs on an AMD-65? I'm impressed!

  3. Re:AMD64 + 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    AMD64++

    Cool!

  4. Always one better... by Psychotext · · Score: 4, Funny

    AMD 65, because 64 bit was so 2004.

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  5. Damn! I just upgraded! by flamechocobo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I have to get a 65 bit chip. Fuck you AMD, you stupid money mongers.

  6. AMD 65? by adam31 · · Score: 3, Funny
    The AMD VIV? Now I see what intel's thinking with the VIIV.

    Or maybe it's supposed to be the AMD VI0V, and Intel decided to make it one more... you know, so people would be "Hey look, this one goes to II"

  7. AMD 65!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    omg AMD 65 LOLWTFBBBQ!

    Look at me, I love to post things that 10 people already posted!!!!11!

    A mistake on Slashdot? Why I never...

  8. Linux Website Points To AMD65 by ocip · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot has a scoop on the new AMD65. According to this article at slashdot, the website has not-so-hidden clues that suggest the coming of the AMD65 very soon.

  9. Ubuntu Got Me Fired! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Recently I was asked for my expert opinion (IT admin for 5 years) on the architecture for our new groupware solution for inter-office communications. My boss told me the current plan was Windows Server with Sharepoint and SQL Server.
    Well, normally I would just go along with it and quietly get my paycheck, but this time I had been inspired by recent Slashdot postings about the power of open source. I had done some studying up on my own, too.

    So when my boss put the question to me, I responded with "That could work, but I'm thinking Ubuntu Warty Warthog or Debian Woody, with Derby 0.9 database and of course X-Bitch client to keep in touch".

    Well, now I'm unemployed just like you all and I'm looking for a job. All I know is, nobody ever got fired for buying Dell and Microsoft. Damn slashbots... a curse on you!

    1. Re:Ubuntu Got Me Fired! by jag164 · · Score: 4, Funny

      # tar zxf humor-0.01-beta.tgz
      # cd humor-0.01-beta
      # ./configure
      # make
      # sudo make install
      Go ahead and try it out now...
  10. *hog by Kell+Bengal · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm just waiting for releases 'roady roadhog', 'grimey groundhog', and "boundy hog-tied-hog".

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    1. Re:*hog by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm guessing that their first production release is going to be 'horny toad'.

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  11. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  12. named after Ron Jeremy??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    'Hoary Hedgehog.'

  13. Too bad it's based on cloop by ploppy · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to the Ubuntu liveCD wiki the liveCD still uses the cloop (compressed loopback) system to compress the filesystem on the CDROM. This is a pity because most new liveCDs are now using SquashFS which is faster and compresses better.

    This is disapointing for me because I both use Ubuntu and I'm the author of Squashfs :-)

    1. Re:Too bad it's based on cloop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm sure all five people who give a shit about this are just outraged.