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Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the meet-the-new-linux-star dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" has been released! Direct links for the US install iso or the US install torrent file." Update: 10/13 18:08 GMT by Z : Linux.com has a look at the release, in-depth.

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  1. released ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... or leaked?

    1. Re:released ... by ggvaidya · · Score: 4, Funny

      And it's not just the OS itself ... I've heard from certain "sources" that the source code for the entire operating system can be downloaded from them evil BitTorrent programs!

      Honest monopolists everywhere are cringing in their sleep ... somebody turn on the **AA-signal, quick!

  2. Wake me up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wake me up when the "Acneous Aardvark" version comes out, ok?

  3. Anyone can install Ubuntu... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but will you do it at the top of a mountain? Check out the Extreme Ubuntu Install Challenge!

    "On October 2, 2005, two good friends and I hiked up Middle Sugarloaf Mountain in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire. But this wasn't your typical hike; this hike had extreme geek value. For at the top of the mountain, I was going to install Ubuntu Breezy on my laptop.

    To my knowledge, no one has ever accomplished such a feat in history. Probably, this is because no one would want to. I'd like to change that. Ubuntu geeks of the world, I challenge you - where can you install Ubuntu in an extreme environment? Has Ubuntu ever been installed on a skyscraper window-washing scaffold? On an active volcano? While standing on your head the whole time? Just think of the possibilities!

    When you have a laptop, a mission, and no sense of social shame, anything is possible. What follows is one man's story of hardship and triumph, as he scales a mountain to install Ubuntu linux..."

  4. diet is important by rishistar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let this be a lesson - Keep your badgers away from beans!!!

    --
    Professor Karmadillo Songs of Science
  5. I think I'll hang on for Windy Stoat by iBod · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or some other flatulent mammal.

  6. They should do this like hurricanes... by StressGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    First Acneous Aardvark
    then Breezy Badger
    Carnivorous Caterpillar
    Dapper Dog (or Dudley Do-Right?)
    Enigmatic Elephant
    Fantasy Fox
    Giggling Giraffe
    *Then* Hoary Hedgehog .etc.

    --
    A goal is a dream with a deadline