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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the might-be-time-for-a-topic-icon dept.

SDen writes "Bang on target, the new version of Ubuntu Linux is available for our downloading pleasure. Amongst various changes it sports updates to the installer, improved networking, and a new 'Mobile USB' version geared towards the blossoming netbook market. Grab a copy from the Ubuntu website, and check out Linux Format's hands-on look at the Ibex."

6 of 482 comments (clear)

  1. GNU? by incripshin · · Score: -1, Troll

    How is this classified as GNU? I for one get pissed off any time anybody says 'GNU/Linux'. It really shows off RMS's ego that he shoves his own project in front. Anybody who listens to that nutjob has some issues.

  2. Re:The power of p2p? by ShieldW0lf · · Score: -1, Troll

    yes, i know there are direct downloads, i was commenting on the statement of 'using the power of p2p'.

    Not everyone comes from a primitive culture like yours, you know...

    When normal people make statements that amount to "I'm not going to send data packets in that electric current running from my house. I might want to save them for later." with a straight face and expect to be taken seriously, clearly, the culture is not particularly sane and rational.

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  3. Re:Is PulseAudio still there? by malevolentjelly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you seriously blaming my hardware for problems with Ubuntu? Like Ubuntu is perfect, but my standard desktop hardware is just flawed? Boy I'd love to hear that from Canonical.

    They were integrated card readers in an HP Desktop, for one. Windows didn't seem to have any issues understanding it. Furthermore, I'm comparing the ubuntu compositor performance on my GeForce 6200 LE to how it ran in Vista and Mac OS X. I mean, if it runs better in Vista, what is their excuse?

  4. Ubuntu !linux. by ilikenwf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Everyone outside of people like those here in the know have the issue of associating Ubuntu with Linux, as Microsoft is trying to associate Windoze with PC's.

    There are other better, faster, more customizable distros...Ubuntu is just a stepping stone between Windoze and Linux.

    Next comes Archlinux or a similar distro, followed by possibly Gentoo or Slack.

  5. Re:But will the wifi work? by DerWulf · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you really want linux forget wireless, 3d graphics and most likely sound.

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  6. Re:But will the wifi work? by DerWulf · · Score: 0, Troll

    troll? Yeah, I'd be sad too if my fav operating system didn't support these basic functions :)

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