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Hoary Hedgehog Ubuntu 5.04 Released

Simon (S2) writes "Ubuntu Linux 5.04, code name 'Hoary Hedgehog', is now available. It offers the following new features: Simple and fast Installation, live CD's for Intel x86, AMD64 and PPC, GNOME 2.10.1, Firefox 1.0.2, first class productivity software, and X.org 6.8.2. Read the announcement and the complete release notes. Quick download links for the i386 architecture: ubuntu-5.04-install-i386.iso.torrent (587MB) and ubuntu-5.04-live-i386.iso.torrent (625MB). Install CD and live CD images for AMD64 and PowerPC computers are also available." Kubuntu is out in a new release as well. Screenshots available of the Kubuntu release. Update: 04/08 14:21 GMT by Z : Made the direct ISO links torrents.

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  1. Yes, Mr. CEO, we're going with Hoary Hedgehog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    to base all your company's infrastructure on. Doesn't that just give you the warm fuzzies?

    1. Re:Yes, Mr. CEO, we're going with Hoary Hedgehog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      All your company base are belong to Hoary Hedgehog

  2. Hoary Hedgewhat Ubun-who? by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm getting to old for all this. I can even grok the names anymore. What happened to the days of "Visi-Calc" (a visual calculator) or "Draw" or "Write" or... I'm sorry. I'm approaching 40. :(

    1. Re:Hoary Hedgewhat Ubun-who? by iGN97 · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's amazing that your post even ended up on slashdot.org and not website.com.

  3. The Reverend Cleo Says.... by mehaiku · · Score: 5, Funny

    To create the best Linux brew
    We must join the very top two
    To prevent any illusion
    Of brand name confusion
    Call it MandrivaGNU/KUbuntu

  4. Jackass Linux by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny
    "As well as the elephants and lions on the street corners and the aardvarks and jakkalse"

    How is that last one pronounced?

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  5. $699 plus fines by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    It was created for distribution of Linux isos, sue it for that.

    Only SCO would sue it for that :-)

  6. Re:WTF? by dont_think_twice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, Ubuntu was actually a scheme by the Gentoo user community to get rid of the fanboys. We figured that if we could create a distro that had an even more obscure name than Gentoo, all of the fanboys would flock to it so that they could stay l33t. It seems to have worked perfectly.

  7. their codenames are the best! by drunken+dash · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't you just *love* Ubuntu's codenames?

    Last release: Warty Warthog
    This release: Hoary Hedgehog
    Next release: Breezy Badger

    hahaha, they're just so... different!

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    Enjoy an e-piphany
    1. Re:their codenames are the best! by beattie · · Score: 4, Funny

      How long until we get "Wascaly Wabbit"?

  8. Re:WTF? by Oliver+Aaltonen · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this was truly a ploy by the Gentoo user community got rid of all the fanboys, then who's left? ;)

  9. Re:Ubuntu Love by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dude, Ubuntu first appeared just slightly over 6 months ago, think you're a little confused there.

  10. Re:Whacked names by radoni · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Apple Macintosh"

    "Microsoft Windows"

    now, please tell me if you think those names somehow indicate that the respective products are desktop computer operating systems.

    "Ubuntu hoary hedgehog" makes just as much sense as "Apple OSX Tiger" or even "Microsoft Windows Longhorn".

    Acutally, I take the names to mean:

    Tiger - endangered species in (some) parts of the world
    Longhorn - the bull(y) of the market
    Hedgehog - secure from predators and perhaps fond of cheese chili dogs and/or blue in colour

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    SIGERR: laziness exceeds quota
  11. Re:Whacked names by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 2, Funny
    And people wonder why the corporate world is leery of linux.

    That's right, they prefer to deal only with enterprise-class partners with names like Yahoo! and Google.

  12. Re:Remember guys... by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if your ISP prohibits you from acting as a server?

    Then you are not allowed to install Ubuntu at all.

    By default, Ubuntu installs a program called an "X11 server" to start up automatically when the computer boots. This server cannot be removed or deactivated without making the computer almost totally unusable.

  13. Re:Remember guys... by the+way,+what're+you · · Score: 2, Funny
    What if your ISP prohibits you from acting as a server?
    Then you go back to washing dishes...
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