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Hoary Hedgehog Ubuntu 5.04 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the best-release-name-evar dept.

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. Remember guys... by _Hellfire_ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Leave your torrent clients open after you're finished.

    Let's not reduce Canonical's servers to smoldering piles of silicon over the next few days :)

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  2. Re:WTF? by MrP-(at+work) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    i'm a windows user (dont hurt me), and ive tried tons of linux distros over the past 10 years. ubuntu is the ONLY one that "just works".. everything of mine worked, it felt fast and clean. No spending hours trying to get it to work with my display, or trying to navigate the thousands of directories with multiple versions of applications that all do the same thing. Every distro ive tried just seemed so bloated and confusing, there was so much stuff i could never find what I wanted. But Ubuntu loaded right up, everything worked, it was super fast (i always wondered how people could use linux, it always seemed slower than a bloated windows install..but not ubuntu), i also like how theres only 1 gui to choose from. It's just fast/clean, and i may eventually switch to it

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  3. Re:Whacked names by makohill · · Score: 5, Insightful
    If you'd prefer, there's a version number as well. It's 5.04. They are important so other people can take us seriously.

    Fun codes names are so that we don't take ourselves too seriously. Much more dangerous IMHO. ;)