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Tag Archives: lucidrelease
Boot race video: Ubuntu 10.04 Vs Windows 7
sentvid passed me a linkto his admittedly “not very Scientific but end user perspective” boot race video that sees him pit clean installs of Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 against one another. It’s frivolous stuff but fun to watch. You don’t need to be a pre-informed charlatan psychic to know which one wins… Don’t forget [...]
Great Kubuntu 10.04 Setup Guide
I know we neglect Kubuntu users around these parts but maybe here’s something that may help placate those of you who are of the K-persuasion. Samuel Sarette has written a comprehensive guide to setting up Kubuntu 10.04 on his blog which anyone new to Kubuntu should check out. Just like our Ubuntu 10.04 guide it’s [...]
Press reaction to Ubuntu 10.04
With every release of Ubuntu the critical eye of the mainstream tech media falls upon Ubuntu. What have they had to say about our new feline overlord? Most fixate on the new lick of paint Lucid has, making extremely positive noises whilst doing so. Ubuntu prettier than a Mac Hugo Rifkind of The Times Online [...]
Don’t like an Ubuntu application? Swap It out with one of these alternatives
The default selection of applications in Ubuntu are great for most people but it would be foolish to think that one size fits all. To make it easier for you BLAH showing the most popular alternative to a default application…. install-on! This list is by no-means exhaustive or definitive but presents the best like-for-like replacements. [...]
Lucid Release In pictures: Ubuntu Cupcakes
These cupcakes are sure to get your mouth watering – and were all made in celebration of Ubuntu 10.04’s release earlier today. (Special points for them even being in the new Ubuntu brand colours!) Sadly I know not the name of the cake-smith who baked this bonny delights only the username of the person who [...]
Buy music from the UbuntuOne Music store & Help save the Iberian Lynx
Canonical, the financial backers of Ubuntu, are donating 50% of profits made from the sale of music via the UbuntuOne Music Store to the Iberian Lynx conservation organization ‘SOS Lynx’. Only 150 individual Iberian Lynx currently exist in the wild. Were it to suffer a further decrease in population and become extinct it would be [...]
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "The Lucid Lynx" released!
After a hectic 6 month cycle complete with controversy, last minute bugs and exciting new features, the latest Ubuntu release, 10.04 Long Term Support “Lucid Lynx” has been unleashed into the wild. What’s new? Boot speed: Noticeably quicker on almost any machine and super-fast on SSD-based machines such as netbooks, which means users can speed straight [...]
Ubuntu fixes 102 papercuts for Lucid
The papercuts project has fixed 102 papercuts for Lucid which is, if you passed High School maths, 2 more than the target! Yay! For those who don’t know what the papercuts project is all about: This project aims to improve user experience by: 1. Identifying 100 bugs that appear relatively easy to fix but that [...]
10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
If you’re going to be installing a freshly minted copy of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS later today or this weekend then the following list of 10 reader submitted post-install must-do’s will help ensure that you’re off to a flying start with your new OS. 1. Run Update Manager Just because you’ve installed the latest version of [...]
Ubuntu Manpages website first to reflect new branding
The Ubuntu manpages website appears to be the first “ubuntu.com” website to reveal the new branding which was announced a few weeks ago during the Lucid development cycle. You can see the rest of the proposed branding here and here. Keep an eye on http://www.ubuntu.com as it will undoubtedly change to the new look when Ubuntu [...]
Ubuntu 10.04 Manual released
The Ubuntu Manual team have today announced the availability of “Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04†– a comprehensive beginner’s guide aimed for users of all experience but which will be particularly beneficial to those relatively new to the Ubuntu OS. Features The guide is written in straight-forward language with an emphasis on showing the reader [...]
How are you updating to Lucid Lynx?
So, here we are, the night before. How will you be moving on to Lucid Lynx? Just an update from repository? Are you on the Release Candidate already? Will you be downloading a torrent as soon as it goes up? Staying up to start the download? Waiting a few weeks for the CD to ship [...]