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Hoary Hedgehog Ubuntu 5.04 Released
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on Fri Apr 08, 2005 08:31 AM
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from the best-release-name-evar dept.
Simon (S2) writes "Ubuntu
Linux 5.04, code name 'Hoary Hedgehog', is now available. It offers the
following new features: Simple and fast Installation, live CD's for Intel x86, AMD64 and PPC, GNOME 2.10.1, Firefox 1.0.2, first class productivity software, and X.org 6.8.2. Read the announcement and the complete release notes. Quick download links for the i386 architecture: ubuntu-5.04-install-i386.iso.torrent (587MB) and ubuntu-5.04-live-i386.iso.torrent (625MB). Install CD and live CD images for AMD64 and PowerPC computers are also available." Kubuntu is out in a new release as well. Screenshots available of the Kubuntu release. Update: 04/08 14:21 GMT by Z : Made the direct ISO links torrents.
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Torrents man (Score:5, Informative)
Its only through lawful and fair use of the technology that its not going to be attacked as a p2p mechanism. It was created for distribution of Linux isos, sue it for that.
And it saves the Ubuntu team some bandwidth
Installs:
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.04/ubunt
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.04/ubunt
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.04/ubunt
Live CD:
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.04/ubunt
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.04/ubunt
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.04/ubunt
-Shepy
Re:Torrents man (Score:4, Insightful)
That said, I've got the torrent for both i386 and PPC going, can't wait to finally get this installed. I've run the dev builds of this on and off at different points, and it had definitely been shaping up to be a great, useful distribution.
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Ubuntu rocks (Score:5, Informative)
Download the torrent [ubuntu.com]
New stuff include
Stuff people are going to bitch about
OSDir has published a lot of screenshots of Ubuntu [osdir.com].
Oh and if you are interested to know if your laptop or other piece of hardware is supported, some info can be found in the wiki on the Hardware support [ubuntulinux.org]-page
Primary mirrors
Other mirrors
Australia [planetmirror.com] Canada [usherbrooke.ca] Croatia [carnet.hr] Czech Republic [ubuntu.cz] France [ovh.net] Germany [rfc822.org] Germany [kgt.org] Ireland [heanet.ie] Italy [mirror.garr.it] Lithuania [litnet.lt] Namibia [polytechnic.edu.na] Netherlands [stuwww.uvt.nl] Norway [uninett.no] Portugal [glua.ua.pt] Portugal [fe.up.pt] South Africa [is.co.za] Spain [aditel.org] Switzerland [switch.ch] United Kingdom [ubuntu.com] United Kingdom [mirrorservice.org] United Kingdom [hands.com] United States [tds.net] United States [umn.edu] United States [opensourcemirrors.org]
Re:Ubuntu rocks (Score:4, Informative)
Graphical installer has been moved to the next release as has some other nice hci improvments like a boot splash
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Whacked names (Score:4, Insightful)
And people wonder why the corporate world is leery of linux.
Re:Whacked names (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Whacked names (Score:5, Funny)
"Microsoft Windows"
now, please tell me if you think those names somehow indicate that the respective products are desktop computer operating systems.
"Ubuntu hoary hedgehog" makes just as much sense as "Apple OSX Tiger" or even "Microsoft Windows Longhorn".
Acutally, I take the names to mean:
Tiger - endangered species in (some) parts of the world
Longhorn - the bull(y) of the market
Hedgehog - secure from predators and perhaps fond of cheese chili dogs and/or blue in colour
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Re:Whacked names (Score:5, Insightful)
Fun codes names are so that we don't take ourselves too seriously. Much more dangerous IMHO. ;)
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Re:Whacked names (Score:5, Insightful)
Hey, I just grabbed a kernel off kernel.org and copied some packages off a redhat box. Got a few from the suse box as well, and I think the same libc works with both, might get a segfault or two. I'm still working on some manpages. I'm calling it "Global Enterprise Management Linux", GEM for short. Pretty slick, eh? That just exudes stable and corporate, no?
The name is whimsy. The distribution is solid. If you can't look past whimsy, you have no understanding of Linux, and should not be planning a Linux strategy.
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Torrents (Score:3, Informative)
Install CD:
i386 torrent [ubuntu.com]
amd64 torrent [ubuntu.com]
powerpc torrent [ubuntu.com]
Live CD:
i386 torrent [ubuntu.com]
amd64 torrent [ubuntu.com]
powerpc torrent [ubuntu.com]
Yes, Mr. CEO, we're going with Hoary Hedgehog (Score:5, Funny)
They will even send you FREE CD's (Score:5, Informative)
Re:They will even send you FREE CD's (Score:5, Interesting)
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Remember guys... (Score:5, Insightful)
Let's not reduce Canonical's servers to smoldering piles of silicon over the next few days
Re:Remember guys... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Remember guys... (Score:5, Funny)
Then you are not allowed to install Ubuntu at all.
By default, Ubuntu installs a program called an "X11 server" to start up automatically when the computer boots. This server cannot be removed or deactivated without making the computer almost totally unusable.
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Annonce de la sortie de Ubuntu en français (Score:4, Informative)
Please install! (Score:5, Interesting)
I emplore all Slashdotters to at least have a brief look at Hoary. It really is the "Mutts nuts"!
Distrowatch (Score:5, Informative)
Seen the Distrowatch [distrowatch.com] ranking?
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Re:Distrowatch (Score:5, Interesting)
It'd make sense that the 6 month number would be a bit off as Ubuntu is on a twice-a-year release schedule, with the first release having been 6 months ago now. (The version numbering scheme is Ubuntu Year.Month, hence Ubuntu 5.04).
So while Distrowatch may not be the best indicator of a distribution's popularity, it certainly seems to indicate that Canonical and crew are onto to something here.
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DVD Torrent Links (Score:5, Informative)
amd64 - http://torrent.ubuntu.com/dvd/20050407.3/hoary-dv
i386 - http://torrent.ubuntu.com/dvd/20050407.3/hoary-dv
KDE and Gnome (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:KDE and Gnome (Score:5, Informative)
the ubuntu and kubuntu packages are meta-packages that install whichever desktop you want.
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Gnome 2.10? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Gnome 2.10? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Gnome 2.10? (Score:5, Insightful)
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Real question (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Real question (Score:5, Informative)
1) Grab a root console (Applications->System Tools->Root Console) and type the password for the first unprivilidged account on your system.
2) vi
3) Replace the lines that are marked thusly:
deb http://ubuntu.../ [ubuntu...] warty main
and type this instead:
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu [ubuntu.com] hoary main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu [ubuntu.com] hoary main restricted
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu [ubuntu.com] hoary-updates main restricted
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu [ubuntu.com] hoary-updates main restricted
(ignore Slashdot's anti-goatse domain display feature)
Note: this may be as simple as replacing every instance of warty with hoary - but I'm not sure.
3) Save the file (ie esc
4) type apt-get update
5) type apt-get dist-upgrade
6) Wait for everything to download, cross your fingers nothing breaks and enjoy.
disclaimer: it's late at night. I may have missed something...
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A desktop candidate? (Score:3, Interesting)
I will be doing my eveluation too, but I will go with a somewhat biased mind I have to admit. If the Kubuntu folks have not trimmed down: for KDE - sane defaults and for GNOME - making it easier to do common desktop stuff, this will be just another distro.
I wonder whether they will be considering autopackage ahref=http://www.autopackage.org/ [slashdot.org]http://www.autopa ckage.org/>. Anyone know about this?
Re:A desktop candidate? (Score:4, Interesting)
My PC was dual booting win98 2nd edition, and winxp sp2. I have two hardrives: a 30 GB with C: (fat32) and D: (fat32), and a 120 GB with G: (fat32), H: (fat32), and I: (60GB). Win98 was installed to C:, and winxp to D:, but I had xp's apps installed also to C: and I:.
I had installed xp, from within 98, and said not to upgrade, and allow me to specifiy where, so I had a boot menu saying 1) win98 or 2) winxp.
First, I went into xp control panel, admin utilities, computer stuff, hardrives and deleted the H: partition so that it became Free Space. (very important step, if you want xp to be happy, as opposed to just letting linux delete the partition)
Then I put the Ubuntu cd in, and rebooted to my bios and told it to boot from my cd drive. It did, and I went through the install routine. It saw my disks, and the free space, and I created my required linux partitions. (1GB logical swap space at end of the free space, and a primary linux ext2 filesystem with the rest of the free space). It then finished in about 15 mins and rebooted into Ubuntu.
Everything worked perfect. I was on the net, my Pentax camera icon appeared when I hot-plugged it into USB. I had a Hercules GF3 nvidia vid card, so of course it did not do 3D yet, but it was running 2D nicely. I had to run two commands and it configured itself to do 3D. I tested it with id Software's free huge game Wolfenstien Enemy Territory 2.60, and it was better than in Winxp. The frame rate seems higher, and my ping is way better. Next I tried the Gaim messenger program, that Ubuntu installed. I typed in my ICQ number and password, and *ding* there were my buddies both on and offline. Next I tried Evolution, nice but to slow to load, so: www.google.com-->"ubunto thunderbird" and then downloaded a .deb file and installed it from the command line, and its really nice.
For me, I am done. I was lucky to be in a state where my main game was available on linux, so I went for it, and boy am I happy. Sure my 5 year old will still boot to winxp for his 50 games, and my wife for her game, but if I happen to get wine running, then that will stop.
Overall, here are my ending thoughts:
- I love it - I used Symantic Package manager to auto upgrade everything and then wolf stopped working. - I gotta learn how to back it all up so I can experiment - I'm converted. - It rox - Gnome is nice. I'll try KDE too, but I did a year ago, and not see any reason to worry, its not like the debian packages aren't smart enough to install dependant stuff if required. ie) I installed a cd burn program, and it needed KDE resourses, and they were installed automatically. - I tried debian last week, and could not get it to gui no matter what install options I picked, but am glad that forced me into Ubuntu. - Mepis and Kubuntu sound cool too... - I think people who complain about GIMP are too used to Windows. It behaves like old Unix Motif/CDE programs.
GRIN! This is so ready for the desktop. I'm doing grampa, and gushing about it to my engineering, and gaming friends and they are all like: "oh good, show me how, I can't stand trying to run pirated windows these days"
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The Reverend Cleo Says.... (Score:5, Funny)
To create the best Linux brew
We must join the very top two
To prevent any illusion
Of brand name confusion
Call it MandrivaGNU/KUbuntu
Instructions to upgrade warty to hoary (Score:5, Informative)
If this goes as easily as most of my past debian upgrades, I will be running Hoary in about 30 minutes
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Gratis Shipped CDs (Score:5, Informative)
DVD Install Images (Score:4, Informative)
Ubuntu 5.04 now provides images for installation from DVD. The DVD install image includes all supported packages, including those Not installed by default.
Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Install/live DVD [ubuntulinux.org]
The combined install/live DVD allows you either to install Ubuntu permanently on a computer, or (by entering 'live' at the boot prompt) to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all. There are three images available, each for a different type of computer:
Install/live DVD for AMD64 computers (BitTorrent download) [ubuntulinux.org]
Install/live DVD for Intel x86 computers (BitTorrent download) [ubuntulinux.org]
Install/live DVD for PowerPC computers (BitTorrent download) [ubuntulinux.org]
Questions (Score:4, Insightful)
Other issues I had as a linux noob (I've used it at work, just never installed it) included annoyances like lack of support for mp3's and java.
Excuse me, but if you want a distro to become mainstream and you ship it with a music player, it shouldn't just vomit out "mp3 is not a recognized format" - it should tell you exactly how to make it work and where to find out the background on why it doesn't work out of the box.
Making mp3s was simple compared to getting java and Eclipse installed, but I'd rather buy a Mac than have to go through that again.
I still have that partition free though...
Re:x.org vs XFree86 (Score:3, Insightful)
Considering that it started out as a simple fork of XFree86, you shouldn't expect a big difference between the two.
Re:WTF? (Score:5, Informative)
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the big deal is (Score:5, Insightful)
lots of people love debian but wish stable weren't so old and testing were more... stable.
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Re:WTF? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:WTF? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:WTF? (Score:5, Informative)
For that reason alone, I recommend it to newbies.
Finkployd
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Re:WTF? (Score:3, Informative)
Another good thing is Ubuntu's code of conduct, which basically ensures a friendly community. The Debian community was notoriously hostile, while peop
Re:WTF? (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:Ubuntu on Distrowatch Hit List (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Hoary Hedgewhat Ubun-who? (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Does the LiveCD write anything to the hard disk (Score:3, Informative)
No, it does not. I suspect he had a problem with our first prerelease install CD, not with the Live CD that was seperate from his Live CD issues. In any case, the Live CD code is all new now and no, it will not write anything to disk or torch your MBR.
Re:Minimum requirements? (Score:5, Informative)
If you install Ubuntu (Hoary or Warthog), then hit 'Esc' after the reboot to choose to start up in 'safe mode' (no gnome startup). Then log in as user and run 'aptitude'. When it asks you to run as root just type in the user password, there is no root password. Type '/' and search for 'xfce' and press '+' to select, then 'g' to go and download and install. The quit aptitude and 'sudo reboot' (which may ask for the user password).
At the graphical login screen. Click on the 'Session' option and choose XFCE.
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Re:their codenames are the best! (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:I may switch from Gentoo (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm flabbergasted. You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Look, I'm not going to argue about source-based vs. binary-based distros or Ubuntu vs. MEPIS or whatever. I have no idea what you are talking about, man!
Maybe you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how Debian-based distros works. They have this cool concept of "Package Management." It's been around for a while, you should ask Google about it (or maybe you prefer AltaVista or Hotspot). The general idea is that you ask the package manager to get a package, and the package manager gets the package and all its dependencies! WOW!
Maybe you tried a Debian-based distro once, and hadn't taken time to understand how to use it. You were in the pre-apt RPM mindset of looking around for a
You want to argue about source-based vs. package-based, or crazy optimizer flags for SUP3R-1337 FAST binaries (that load
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Re:Ubuntu as a server platform? (Score:4, Informative)
The advantage is that the software is recent but reasonably well-tested, will have security updates for the core (non-universe) packages, and can be upgraded in six months to the next version. It solves the Debian problem of choosing between old stable or broken testing / unstable. It's also completely free and has a good social contract along the lines of Debian. The development process seems reasonably open and the community is pretty strong, especially considering the young age of the distro.
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