tpor_again Share Posted October 30, 2008 http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ Link to post Share on other sites
afusion Share Posted October 30, 2008 http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ It's Professor Dumbledore! Hopefully 9.04 will get rid of the bloat Ubuntu has been stacking up. Pre-Ordered a disc for PC Link to post Share on other sites
darren89 Share Posted October 30, 2008 It's Professor Dumbledore! Hopefully 9.04 will get rid of the bloat Ubuntu has been stacking up. +1 yeah. its finally released. however, hopefully 9.04 would even been better. :) Link to post Share on other sites
Phixion Share Posted October 30, 2008 Finally, I expected it to be released at midnight GMT! :( Link to post Share on other sites
PL_ Veteran Share Posted October 30, 2008 Is it me or has it not hit the repositories yet? Ubuntu says I'm up-to-date. Link to post Share on other sites
megamanXplosion Share Posted October 30, 2008 Seeding (ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso torrent) :) Link to post Share on other sites
Setnom Share Posted October 30, 2008 Ubuntu kick ass! Right now, it's running from my 4 gigs USB drive! No liveUSB for me, it's a real Ubuntu installation. Link to post Share on other sites
markjensen Veteran Share Posted October 30, 2008 Is it me or has it not hit the repositories yet? Ubuntu says I'm up-to-date. Just did a sudo apt-get update and nothing new yet. If my 7.10 -> 8.04 experience is any indication, the repos will be a bit slow on the first day, anyhow. Those are direct http connections, not torrents, so server load will be incredible in the first couple of days. Link to post Share on other sites
Googintosh Share Posted October 30, 2008 I had just installed 8.10 RC a few days earlier. I tried gskudo "update-manager -c" and it said I was up-to-date as well. This is just a matter of the repositories being updated right? Link to post Share on other sites
tsupersonic Share Posted October 30, 2008 Just installed it. It's very fast, but I can't download anything since the repos are being hit hard. Link to post Share on other sites
Unobscured Vision Share Posted October 30, 2008 Runs very nicely for me. A few nags with older Metacity themes, but it's decent. Link to post Share on other sites
fix-this! Share Posted October 30, 2008 ill be waiting until the 1st of the year to install, let them work the bugs out a bit. whats the new features anyways ? change log maybe ? is wireless more supported ? how about syncing with a wm pda ? Link to post Share on other sites
Max Veteran Share Posted October 30, 2008 Trying Xubuntu 8.10 out now on an old PIII 833Mhz/256MB box. Seems a bit slower installing than 8.04. Link to post Share on other sites
afusion Share Posted October 30, 2008 I ordered Intrepid Ibex Gnome and KDE once it arrives there should be some proper updates by then. I just wish they included flash 10 but it's non-free.. geh freakin licenses Link to post Share on other sites
MysticGr Share Posted October 31, 2008 A few guides for anyone intrested. :D How to install KDE 4 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Installation Guide How to install Linux on Windows using VirtualBox Link to post Share on other sites
James7 Veteran Share Posted October 31, 2008 I am downloading now. I have been using 8.10 for a month though. But I want the full proper ISO as I want a new computer to put it on. Link to post Share on other sites
Quillz Share Posted October 31, 2008 I'm running 8.10 right now in a virtual machine. It's really nice. I actually haven't used Ubuntu since 7.04, and it's great to see all the progress that's been made in just over a year. Ubuntu keeps getting better and better. I will probably do an install on my Dell XPS M1330, as a native install will run better and let me use the Compiz-Beryl effects. The only thing I don't like about Ubuntu is the default setup. I much prefer doing a minimalistic setup, as seen below. But that's the great thing about Linux in general. You can set it up and get it customized to exactly what you want. I like my Linux setups to look like the glory days of Windows 95/98. Link to post Share on other sites
yjwong Share Posted October 31, 2008 Just updated using the Alternate CD from Ubuntu 8.04 (: Couple of things to iron out with the switch from the "fglrx" (ATI proprietary) to "radeon" (Open Source ATI driver) driver. Good to know that the "radeon" driver now supports Compiz out of the box with my ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. Mine is obviously not the default interface. And I'm glad that Ubuntu 8.10 supports 3G devices out of the box now (mine's a Huawei E220), so I no longer need the Vodafone Mobile Connect Driver for Linux. Have further 405 updates to download o_o So far so good (: If you would like to know how to upgrade from the Alternate CD (in case you don't have an Internet connection and you don't have a blank CD-R/RW to spare), here's how. mount -t iso9660 <path to ISO image> /cdrom -o loop gksu /cdrom/cdromupgrade That's it (: Link to post Share on other sites
TruckWEB Share Posted October 31, 2008 Why did they include OpenOffice 2.4 ?? 3.0 is out now and I don't even see it in the Add/Remove software... Link to post Share on other sites
Denholm Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thanks for the heads up (Y) Been looking forward to the final release. Link to post Share on other sites
ScorpioRGc1 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Hadn't touched Linux in years, and am somewhat interested in playing with Ubuntu 8.10 some, but I have a couple of quick questions: 1. Is the WUBI installation option found on the ISO? (As I said, I'm just looking to experiment a bit with it, not heavy or serious use yet) 2. What's the difference between Ubuntu, Edubuntu, and Kubuntu? Which should I get? Thanks in advance. :) Link to post Share on other sites
Aahz Share Posted October 31, 2008 (edited) I was pleasantly surprised to find that my obscure built-in USB wireless device (laptop) was installed and working perfectly when no amount of futzing could get the thing working in 8.04. Needless to say Intrepid Ibex has solved my one outstanding hardware issue and has now secured a permanent place on that machine. It's nice because now I can actually show-off Ubuntu to people without being tethered to a wired connection. It's kind of a hard sell when everything works wonderfully except for the internet which, of course, is a deal-breaker for most no matter how much I explain that it's because of it being weird laptop hardware. I'm sure that this is a silly question but is there an official DVD image which contains all version of Ubuntu? (Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xbuntu and in x86 and x64 flavors?) The thought being to burn a one-size-fits-all disc which I can pass around to fence-sitters. Hadn't touched Linux in years, and am somewhat interested in playing with Ubuntu 8.10 some, but I have a couple of quick questions:1. Is the WUBI installation option found on the ISO? (As I said, I'm just looking to experiment a bit with it, not heavy or serious use yet) 2. What's the difference between Ubuntu, Edubuntu, and Kubuntu? Which should I get? Thanks in advance. :) 1. Yes WUBI is there. 2. Ubuntu uses Gnome for its GUI, Edubuntu is the college-arific (educational) flavor of Ubuntu, and Kubuntu uses KDE for its GUI. There's also Xubuntu which uses XFCE for it's GUI which is a lower resource interface. It really comes down to personal preference save the flavors which actually use different sets of applications (like Edubuntu). They can explain it way better there but basically if you just want to check things out in their default state then use Ubuntu but know that those other interfaces are usually a few clicks away anyhow. (you can install Ubuntu with gnome and then install KDE as well and switch back and forth between them...it all depends on how you'd like it to look/feel really) I prefer Ubuntu's default flavor so I'm going to recommend that but it's only because Xbuntu felt bare and Kubuntu felt like a toddler made the GUI so I'm a bit biased. ;) Edited October 31, 2008 by Aahz Link to post Share on other sites
markjensen Veteran Share Posted October 31, 2008 #1, I am not sure. #2, Ubuntu is a Gnome interface, standard desktop apps. Kubuntu is a KDE interface, standard desktop apps. Edubuntu is a Gnome interface, with a collection of "education"-based apps that might be typical for a school computer intended for use by kids. You can use any of the apps found in one distro in any other (I can use the educational apps in Kubuntu, and use full OpenOffice in Edubuntu, for example) Link to post Share on other sites
Behemoth Share Posted October 31, 2008 A fellow Greenvillian! Wubi can be downloaded separately here - Wubi -markjensen beat me to it! Link to post Share on other sites
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