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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."

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  1. Re:Firefox 3 Beta 5? Really? by snl2587 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This would be why I usually wait a month or so before I upgrade to the newest version of Ubuntu. I expect open-source stuff to have bugs but they fix most of them; it just takes little time. For now I'm hanging on to Gutsy until the rush dies down.

    As for the WPA password...did you check the Keyring settings? Chances are that a config file was modified, switching the default save setting...if I had to guess.

  2. New Icon by somegeekynick · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Slashdot should start using Ubuntu's symbol instead of Debian's. Oh and, I'm downloading via the torrent right now.

  3. Re:You can also get it shipped by dumeinst · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hope you donate to the project in this case

  4. legality, legality... by damn_registrars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Uh, yeah, except that: isn't it kind of ILLEGAL to download copyrighted stuff via torrents?
    Is...was....err....was that a joke?

    That could be either a joke or someone who is just underinformed. Being as torrents get the most attention (in the mainstream, at least) for illegal traffic, it shouldn't surprise anyone to encounter people who actually believe that all torrent traffic is illegal.

    And of course, there are copyrights involved with Ubuntu Linux. However most of them are more than a little bit more permissive than those on "Enter Sandman".
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    Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
  5. Re:Terrible. People should know about this! by Dragonslicer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not 20 -minutes- before the official announcement was made, anyone asking whether or not the ISO on the main page was indeed the final release (which it was) was banned. Anyone who posted a link to the ISO, the .torrent, or even the MD5SUM of any of the files was banned. This is because the files could potentially be modified at any time before the official release announcement. If you download a .iso file an hour before the official release, and that file gets replaced half an hour later because of some problem with the disc image, you're basically screwed.
  6. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by qualidafial · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just download the Alternate CD, burn, pop it in. This is a server installation, so it doesn't do anything when I "pop it in" other than mounting.

    Whatever happened to reading the release notes? I'm brand new to Ubuntu and Linux in general, so finding the release notes is a bit like finding the highway plans in the city building's 4th floor basement in a disused lavatory behind a locked door with a sign stating "beware of leopard." Eventually I found the release notes on ubuntu.com but it wasn't obvious where to find it, and it took some time just to navigate there due to the site being unreliable while it's getting the crap beaten out of it.

    I swear this is the last time during this upgrade cycle that I write anything to help people Given your bedside manner, I'd like that in writing.

    ..who haven't done their homework. I've been struggling to teach myself this shit for a long time, and despite trying very hard to learn on my own and use the available resources, I still get lost sometimes. So I ask questions from those who are likely to know. There's no need to be condescending.
  7. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by houstonbofh · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The scary part is that the OP believes this. That means the *IAA actually has the general public believing that torrents are illegal. Here we have proof positive that there is a legal use, as every 6 months the net gets a huge kick in the teeth from LEGAL downloads, but the general public doesn't believe it. Unless we fix that we have lost the war, regardless of the facts.

  8. Re:Started the download 20 minutes ago by qualidafial · · Score: 3, Insightful

    you post on Slashdot and run a server, so I assume you are interested in computers and capable of reading docs It's a hell of an extrapolation to assume that because I read slashdot and am interested in computers, that I would have the slightest idea where to look for the release notes, no matter how obvious that may seem to you.

    This is the, I dunno, 5th Ubuntu release I witness, and time after time people don't do the logical thing. I have spent countless hours on the mailing list to help them out, when all they would have needed to do is: http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+8.04+release or, god beware, go to http://www.ubuntu.com/ and follow the release announcement. I was a newbie too, but I tried to do my homework before asking other people for help. It's called courtesy. I spend time helping folks on mailing lists too, but rather than berating them for not reading the docs, I just give them the URL they need. Sometimes folks just have a hard time finding what they're looking for and there's no need to bite their heads off.
  9. Re:Kubuntu by AshtangiMan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe I'm the only one, but ITunes is a great music server, and I use it exclusively without ever having gone to ITunes Music Store. There is nothing about using ITunes that demands or requires DRM. ITMS does have most of it's music DRMed (or so I hear) but again this has nothing to do with ITunes the music player/organizer program.