Ubuntu 7.04 released

Ubuntu 7.04 released

Marcel Klum on 19 April 2007 - 14:50 · 28 comments & 13404 views

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#1 softgil on 19 Apr 2007 - 15:04

Other "sister" distributions are also available: Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu.

Also, it seems that with the introduction of v7.04, the PowerPC (Apple iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5) architecture is no longer supported. Just browse into their mirror download sites and no mention whatsoever to it.

My 2 cents.

(1 reply) #2 Kreuger on 19 Apr 2007 - 15:23

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Also, it seems that with the introduction of v7.04, the PowerPC (Apple iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5) architecture is no longer supported.

Dude it was just released. They probably don't have all packages ready yet. I didn't read anywhere about them dropping support.

Kubuntu.org working for anyone?

#2.1 +ckempo on 19 Apr 2007 - 15:29

It isn't supported anymore, but there are images available - you're just on your own if you run into problems.

#3 ]SK[ on 19 Apr 2007 - 15:27

I only installed 6.10 about 5 days ago

Updating as we speak.

#4 MegaRainX on 19 Apr 2007 - 15:29

Its well worth the update. I beta tested this wonderful little fawn and I have to say, good job. Sure, there are a number of glitches still to be worked out, but for most people it won't matter. This baby is hot.

#5 rIaHc3 on 19 Apr 2007 - 15:49

Damn it; I just burned 6.10 a few weeks ago.

#6 v0ltage789 on 19 Apr 2007 - 16:39

Can't believe they still haven't fixed the RT2500 Wireless problems, the bug has been around since the first beta...

#7 semifamous on 19 Apr 2007 - 17:00

Alternative download links: Ubuntu torrents

#8 gohankid77 on 19 Apr 2007 - 17:57

The servers seem to be slow, probably due to all of the downloading.

#9 GZT on 19 Apr 2007 - 18:47

It's a very good release. World of Warcraft (along with most Windows software) runs *almost* out of the box on Wine now. Proprietary drivers and basic Compiz are very easily enabled now, and the system seems rock solid overall.

Other than a couple of little nags on the KDE side, I'm happy with this release.

#10 Viper_Maniac on 19 Apr 2007 - 19:35

Awesome. Downloading now via torrents.

(2 replies) #11 ranasrule on 19 Apr 2007 - 21:42

any Kubuntu torrents ?

#11.1 advancedboy on 20 Apr 2007 - 01:44

A few posts above you actually, there was a site linked to torrent.ubuntu.com:6969.

http://preview . tinyurl . com / 2lqagy

rm the spaces and it's a direct link, or go there youself

#11.2 ranasrule on 20 Apr 2007 - 03:09

Quote - (advancedboy said @ #11.1)

A few posts above you actually, there was a site linked to torrent.ubuntu.com:6969.

http://preview . tinyurl . com / 2lqagy

rm the spaces and it's a direct link, or go there youself

thanks

(6 replies) #12 MajinDark on 19 Apr 2007 - 22:19

Even the torrents are really slow. I wonder if it'll be faster to just download and install K/Ubuntu 6.10 and update.

#12.1 souldreamer on 19 Apr 2007 - 23:03

No. I have feisty installed and i can't use apt-get. The servers are sooooooooo slow.

#12.2 DJ_Myth on 19 Apr 2007 - 23:08

Should've updated lastnight like I did

#12.3 souldreamer on 19 Apr 2007 - 23:11

Or had the beta installed like me

#12.4 EchoNoise on 20 Apr 2007 - 00:36

Or run a cron job for apt-get dist-upgrade every 2 hours, like I did

#12.5 MajinDark on 20 Apr 2007 - 00:43

Well I'm trying to get the 64-bit version, which I guess isn't seeded as well. I'm only getting 90 KB/s, which is really slow for a Linux distro.

#12.6 advancedboy on 20 Apr 2007 - 01:47

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Or run a cron job for apt-get dist-upgrade every 2 hours, like I did

A bit overkill, ya think? I have my cron job to nightly (8:00pm).

(3 replies) #13 LOC on 20 Apr 2007 - 00:57

To bad my X-Fi still won't work with Linux, gg Creative!

#13.1 ranasrule on 20 Apr 2007 - 13:27

how can LINUX expect to become a viable option on the desktop if there isnt support for such a widely used pieces of hardware ?

#13.2 Nate Boom on 20 Apr 2007 - 13:40

Good question. But does the blame rest on the driver developers, or on Creative for not making their own drivers or even helping the alsa developers.

From the alsa website:

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Completely new architecture. Creative actively preventing support due to no datasheets being released to ALSA developers. Reverse engineering work not started due to lack of time.

#13.3 ranasrule on 20 Apr 2007 - 13:51

Quote - (Nate Boom said @ #13.2)

Good question. But does the blame rest on the driver developers, or on Creative for not making their own drivers or even helping the alsa developers.

From the alsa website:

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Completely new architecture. Creative actively preventing support due to no datasheets being released to ALSA developers. Reverse engineering work not started due to lack of time.

oh dont get me wrong....the blame certainly goes to Creative....but is people like you and me who suffer

#14 Kreuger on 20 Apr 2007 - 01:20

Everything's gonna be slow with everyone trying to grab the update

(1 reply) #15 cork1958 on 20 Apr 2007 - 09:23

Very good Linux distro. I tried it for about a year. Not good enough support for cd burning for me to stick with Linux. Burn WAY to many cd's, to be burning coasters. Nice to see they were pretty much right on time with this update.

#15.1 markjensen on 20 Apr 2007 - 16:40

k3b has provided an easy-to-use interface, and solid burns.

Not sure what hardware you have that gave you such problems...

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