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Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Launched

Posted by Soulskill on from the almost-to-the-finish-line dept.

tuXx writes "On Thursday, Canonical rolled out the official release candidate of its upcoming Ubuntu OS version 10.10, codenamed Maverick Meerkat. The release announcement has a feature list, and a review of the RC is up at ITWorld. It's available for download at the Ubuntu wiki site. If all goes well, the stable release is planned for Oct. 10th."

9 of 172 comments (clear)

  1. 10.10 by Shikaku · · Score: 2, Funny

    On 10/10/10!

    Whoo!

    1. Re:10.10 by arndawg · · Score: 5, Funny

      On 10/10/10!

      Whoo!

      Fixed that for you. Stupid americants putting the month first.

    2. Re:10.10 by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Funny

      So compile t_time as a 64 bit signed int.
      293 billion years should be enough for everyone.

    3. Re:10.10 by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Funny

      FAIL on me, I meant time_t.

      t_time is when you have biscuits.

    4. Re:10.10 by Jorkapp · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's also the time you start wearing a gold chain, grow a mohawk, and start pitying fools.

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    5. Re:10.10 by nebaz · · Score: 2, Funny

      10/10/10? Isn't that the date of Jesus's barmitzvah?

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    6. Re:10.10 by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

      And it got you modded Flamebait.

      Someone around here is apparently REALLY sensitive about their #defines...

  2. Re:narcoleptic newt by cbhacking · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait... you want a computer that just randomly enters sleep mode on you?

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  3. Re:Server management by mutube · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is more central to a server installation than managing services?

    A beard?

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