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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:Started the download 20 minutes ago by MonsterTrimble · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And ladies and gentlemen, that is why I won't be be 'apt-get dist-upgrade' until next week. I swear, Ubuntu get's the world's worst slashdotting twice a year. I could download the alternate, but meh, I'm not that concerned. As a side rant, last week I installed the Kubuntu 8.04 Remix RC, and after two hours I retreated to 7.10. I have no doubt Ibex will be awesome, and I might even upgrade sooner to KDE4, but as of right now, it's not so good.

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  2. Firefox 3 Beta 5? Really? by FooAtWFU · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I'm not the kind to diss a distro over most things, but does it actually ship with a beta web browser? (Or is that just an option the user can add?) There's a few things F3B5 just doesn't quite do yet (mostly relating to extensions). I wouldn't want it to be my only choice available via the package manager, or anything.

    (Note that I don't use Ubuntu or plan to use it any time in the very near future, so I really have no idea how easy it'd be to swap things out.)

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  3. Re:Slooow! by desmondhaynes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Its as if the whole world is at it! And I chose the most obscure download site! :) Guess everyone did that! :( -- TechWatch Ok, got the whole file. Give you a tip. Go to the ones where people are sleeping - I chose .tw enjoy. I am going to be busy now! :) Will send some screenshots soon! TechWatch
  4. You can also get it shipped by old_skul · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Instead of doing the bittorrent dance, I started having the disc shipped to me. You can order whatever you need from https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ - they do a great job of getting the discs shipped, free of charge, in a lot less time than what they indicate on the site.

    I ask for 25 discs at a time, put a pile of them on my desk at work, and they're gone in a week. Here, have a Linux, it's free.

  5. I Want My First Personal Linux Machine by Colonel+Korn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm running XP at home. I've got two large hard drives, not in a RAID. Were I to download this Ubuntu release, would it be easy to set up dual-booting? What's the best way to do that, assuming I don't want to upset by Windows install in any way? Would I need to use FAT32 on a drive to make it visible to both OSs? Is there a robust method to at least read NTFS in Linux? Would it make sense to install on a USB memory stick or an external hard drive?

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