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Ubuntu 8.04 Released

Posted by timothy on from the ok-ok-we-get-it dept.

Nate2 writes "The Hardy Heron has taken flight: it's the second LTS (Long Term Support) release of the world's most popular distro. New features include the Wubi Windows installer and Firefox 3 beta 5. Grab a copy here, and check out Linux Format's overview of the release."

33 of 678 comments (clear)

  1. Whats that sound I hear? by Aranykai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its as if thousands of bittorrent peers suddenly started connecting at once.

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    1. Re:Whats that sound I hear? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, it's the sound of UbuntuDupe firing up his keyboard to remind everyone how lousy his Ubuntu experience was.

    2. Re:Whats that sound I hear? by WwWonka · · Score: 5, Funny

      Its as if thousands of bittorrent peers suddenly started connecting at once.

      Comcast filters...engage.

    3. Re:Whats that sound I hear? by getto+man+d · · Score: 5, Funny

      These aren't the .ISOs you're looking for.

    4. Re:Whats that sound I hear? by Gewalt · · Score: 2, Funny

      UbuntuDupe, is that you? it's ok, really, you don't have to post anon just to make fun of yourself.

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    5. Re:Whats that sound I hear? by qualidafial · · Score: 5, Funny

      I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if thousands of apt-get repositories had cried out in pain, and were suddenly silenced.

  2. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by Syncroswitch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Torrents don't work at work...

  3. Re:I can't understand Firefox3 beta5 by claytonjr · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, they will support FireFox3, whether beta, rc1, rc2, final...

  4. Re:Firefox 3 Beta 5? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    AFAIK, since this is a LTS (Long Term Support) release, they went with the beta Firefox so there wouldn't be major shocks when Mozilla stopped updating 2.x and Ubuntu updated everyone to 3. agreed. and even mozilla says its ready for prime time ... and for me Beta is just another name.
  5. No, Hairy Hadron. by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it's Hairy Hadron, which is actually a new kind of subatomic particle predicted by stringy-hair theory. It's the particle that makes hippies and geeks smell the way they do. It can also give you telapathetic powers. People will know you're pathetic before you even walk into the room.

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    1. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by Slashidiot · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hairy Hardon? C'mon, be serious, this is slashdot!

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    2. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by RayMarron · · Score: 3, Funny

      I thought the codename for that release was "patchouli".

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    3. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

      Man, fucking patchouli. The only substance known to man that can make BO smell WORSE. It's like it highlights the BO, circles it and draws little arrows pointing to it, just in case you missed it.

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    4. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by damn_registrars · · Score: 3, Funny

      I thought the codename for that release was "patchouli". Gesundheit!
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    5. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 2, Funny

      You totally miss the point.

      You wear the patchouli. Some women go "Ewh, gross!". Some like it.

      The ones that like it will still have sex with you when you just came off a marathon coding session and haven't had a shower in a while.

      Those are the ones you want to go out with.

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    6. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's what chain smoking is for...

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    7. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Someone gave me a tube of hemp-based, patchouli-scented skin lotion once. Thanks. Not only do I have still dry skin, but now I smell like a freakin' hippie from 20 yards away. I couldn't even walk into a coffee shop without someone inviting me to recite poetry.

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    8. Re:No, Hairy Hadron. by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, she's all right. Drags her teeth a bit though...

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  6. Re:Anonymous Karmawhoring! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If everybody is getting their Linux on, who is manning the internet?!?!

  7. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's it like when the world revolves around you? Do you get dizzy?

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    which is totally what she said
  8. Re:Slooow! by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Give you a tip. Go to the ones where people are sleeping

    This is Linux, not Windows. Try to download from someplace where it's noon.

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
  9. Re:Kubuntu by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 5, Funny

    (or kan't) run Gnome... Kant runs Gnome, as explained in his Critique Of Pure Usability.

    Kant uses BitTorrent because he asserts that one should download such that the protocol for one's download may scale to serve all downloaders simultaneously.

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  10. Re:Anonymous Karmawhoring! by dmcgk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Theo DeRaadt?

  11. NEW? by 800DeadCCs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hell, I just upgraded to 7.04 last week.
    Seriously.

    (Box had been un-networked for 8 months).
    I'll wait a month or so; never install day 0... wait until a few more zeros are in the number.

  12. Re:Kubuntu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...all their resources go to making polishing Gnome. Boy, I wish I got paid for polishing my Gnome.

    Sorry, the stage was set with all the Hairy Hardon references
  13. Re:Firefox 3 Beta 5? Really? by advocate_one · · Score: 2, Funny

    but for a supposedly 'hardy' long term support release it's still pretty buggy for me. Sound in Flash stopped working yesterday

    some people would consider that to be a bonus...

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  14. Re:Kubuntu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    For those of you that can't run Gnome or KDE, don't forget Xubuntu! (http://www.xubuntu.org). For those of you who can't run XFCE, there's CP/M!
  15. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Psh... a guy named somersault talking about dizziness. Theres gotta be humor in there somewhere.

  16. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by MontytheMooch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Torrents don't work at work... Funny...neither do I...
  17. Re:Kubuntu by kellyb9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    For those of us who can't run Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or Xubuntu - don't forget about Window 3.1.

  18. Wubi! by PastaAnta · · Score: 2, Funny

    "There is a new installation option for Windows users. Wubi allows users to install and uninstall Ubuntu like any other Windows application."

    So now I can install Ubuntu with Wine?

  19. Re:Anonymous Karmawhoring! by R3N3G4D3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet, Pirate bay offers a pirated verison of Ubuntu? I'm in!

  20. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 2, Funny

    Was it worth 3 replies to prove that you're a dickhole, or couldn't you just have kept it as part of your self-righteous, nerdling mystique and let us ponder the possibility of it?