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Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Beta Released

Posted by Zonk on from the enjoy-your-irritable-deer dept.

vivaoporto writes "The Beta version of the popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu 7.04, was released today. Codenamed Feisty Fawn, the CD images can be downloaded from the Canonical Servers, and the final version is due to be released next month. Get it while it's hot! Read more about it on the official wiki."

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  1. download speeds... by crazyjeremy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm at 130KB/s before this news goes public... I wonder how for it will go down after the story hits the front page...

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    1. Re:download speeds... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      How about now? Please keep us up to date. It's riveting.

  2. How does this compare by Tim_F · · Score: 2, Funny

    How does this compare to the amazing OpenSUSE 10.2?

    1. Re:How does this compare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Basically it's about 3.18 less.

      I'm hoping SuSe gets turned all the way up to 11. That'd rock!

    2. Re:How does this compare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      One big difference is that when you use Ubuntu, you are not supporting Microsoft's effort to undermine Linux. Alas, SuSE users cannot make the same claim.

    3. Re:How does this compare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, the names have achieved greater stupidness. I'm waiting for Foetid Fart before I switch.

  3. Damnit... by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I still haven't managed to give away all those 6.06 CDs I got from ShipIt!

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  4. new name, please! by fakeid · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's hard enough for me accept the name "Ubuntu", let alone their release names. I wonder if they could have a contest to actually make the version names somehow worse. I'm sure I would get a lot of street cred with the other IT guys when I tell them I run "Feisty Fawn". I'll have to make sure to wear my neckerchief...

    1. Re:new name, please! by Stanistani · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's okay - the next release is 'Grungy Gerbil' - much more street cred.

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    2. Re:new name, please! by AP2k · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just wait till the release after the next: Ubuntu Hungry Hippo

  5. Re:still a long way to go by Knara · · Score: 4, Funny

    Er... yeah, cuz Windows *never* gives cryptic error messages.

  6. Re:still a long way to go by mhall119 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Congratulations, you've just invented Synaptic.

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  7. Re:DD by mastershake_phd · · Score: 2, Funny

    my guess is that it will start with a 'G'

    Gnarly Gnome, Gestating Grinch, Glad Gestapo, Gooey Goonie, Garish German, Garnished Goat, Global Geese....

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  8. Rejected Names by Billosaur · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somnolent Squirrel

    Crank Cardinal

    Lecherous Lemming

    Aromatic Alpaca

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  9. The "G" version... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next release will be "Gaping Goatse". It will give an entirely new meaning to "Open Source"...

  10. Re:still a long way to go by ArsonSmith · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unbuntu to powerful for your old one?

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  11. Re:Will my hardware work? by /dev/trash · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear it would be easier to buy weed if it weren't illegal.