Hoary Hedgehog Ubuntu 5.04 Released

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.

Yes, Mr. CEO, we're going with Hoary Hedgehog

[Anonymous Coward]

to base all your company's infrastructure on. Doesn't that just give you the warm fuzzies?

Hoary Hedgewhat Ubun-who?

[Quiet_Desperation]

I'm getting to old for all this. I can even grok the names anymore. What happened to the days of "Visi-Calc" (a visual calculator) or "Draw" or "Write" or... I'm sorry. I'm approaching 40. :(

The Reverend Cleo Says....

[mehaiku]

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

Jackass Linux

[AtariAmarok]

"As well as the elephants and lions on the street corners and the aardvarks and jakkalse"

How is that last one pronounced?

$699 plus fines

[tepples]

It was created for distribution of Linux isos, sue it for that.

Only SCO would sue it for that :-)

Re:WTF?

[dont_think_twice]

Actually, Ubuntu was actually a scheme by the Gentoo user community to get rid of the fanboys. We figured that if we could create a distro that had an even more obscure name than Gentoo, all of the fanboys would flock to it so that they could stay l33t. It seems to have worked perfectly.

Re:Hoary Hedgewhat Ubun-who?

[iGN97]

It's amazing that your post even ended up on slashdot.org and not website.com.

their codenames are the best!

[drunken dash]

Don't you just *love* Ubuntu's codenames?

Last release: Warty Warthog
This release: Hoary Hedgehog
Next release: Breezy Badger

hahaha, they're just so... different!

Re:WTF?

[Oliver Aaltonen]

If this was truly a ploy by the Gentoo user community got rid of all the fanboys, then who's left? ;)

Re:Ubuntu Love

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, Ubuntu first appeared just slightly over 6 months ago, think you're a little confused there.

Re:their codenames are the best!

[beattie]

How long until we get "Wascaly Wabbit"?

Re:Whacked names

[radoni]

"Apple Macintosh"

"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

Re:Whacked names

[Waffle Iron]

And people wonder why the corporate world is leery of linux.

That's right, they prefer to deal only with enterprise-class partners with names like Yahoo! and Google.

Re:Yes, Mr. CEO, we're going with Hoary Hedgehog

[Anonymous Coward]

All your company base are belong to Hoary Hedgehog

Re:Remember guys...

[Minna Kirai]

What if your ISP prohibits you from acting as a server?

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.

Re:Remember guys...

[the way, what're you]

What if your ISP prohibits you from acting as a server?

Then you go back to washing dishes...