I upgraded my Ubuntu installation in my laptop Acer Travelmate 8204 from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10. It’s an upgrade and not a fresh installation. I had both Ubuntu and Kubuntu 8.04 installed in my laptop and I set Kubuntu as default and was using that for the past few weeks to test KDE 4.1. [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 upgrade
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24 September 2008 |
6:15 |
Ubuntu |
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Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6 released
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19 September 2008 |
6:13 |
Ubuntu |
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Ubuntu has released their 6th and final alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10. Along with lots of bug fixes, alpha 6 also contains
new features to Samba 3.2 includes:
clustered file server support
encrypted network transport
ipv6 support
better integration with the latest version of Microsoft Windows™ clients and servers.
Intrepid alpha-6 features a new pam-auth-update tool, which allows simple management of [...]
Ubuntu has released their 6th and final alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10. Along with lots of bug fixes, alpha 6 also contains
new features to Samba 3.2 includes:
clustered file server support
encrypted network transport
ipv6 support
better integration with the latest version of Microsoft Windows™ clients and servers.
Intrepid alpha-6 features a new pam-auth-update tool, which allows simple management of [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 4 released
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15 August 2008 |
6:37 |
Announcement, Ubuntu |
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Ubuntu team has released their 4th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Some of the new features in this release includes
Encrypted private directory:
The idea is to provide a default location for users to securely store sensitive data using filesystem encryption.
home/username/Private for each user, permission 700 and an ecryptfs mountpoint. To test this, [...]
Ubuntu team has released their 4th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Some of the new features in this release includes
Encrypted private directory:
The idea is to provide a default location for users to securely store sensitive data using filesystem encryption.
home/username/Private for each user, permission 700 and an ecryptfs mountpoint. To test this, [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Alpha 3 released
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25 July 2008 |
9:51 |
Ubuntu |
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Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Alpha 3 has Xorg 7.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.26-4.11. This is an alpha version, so it’s not suitable for regular use. Here are some of the known bugs in alpha 3:
When using manual partitioning and configuring crypt+LVM, the partitioning will [...]
Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Alpha 3 has Xorg 7.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.26-4.11. This is an alpha version, so it’s not suitable for regular use. Here are some of the known bugs in alpha 3:
When using manual partitioning and configuring crypt+LVM, the partitioning will [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha1 released
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30 June 2008 |
6:43 |
Announcement, Ubuntu |
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Ubuntu team has released the 1st alpha of Ubuntu 8.10, code named Intrepid Ibex. As of now, the alpha 1 contains re-merging of changes from Debian and the upgrade of the Linux kernel to a pre-release version of 2.6.26. Alpha 1 does not have a live CD. You have to use alternate installer to install [...]
Ubuntu team has released the 1st alpha of Ubuntu 8.10, code named Intrepid Ibex. As of now, the alpha 1 contains re-merging of changes from Debian and the upgrade of the Linux kernel to a pre-release version of 2.6.26. Alpha 1 does not have a live CD. You have to use alternate installer to install [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex release schdule
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5 May 2008 |
6:23 |
Ubuntu |
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Here is the tentative release schedule of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.
June 12th - Alpha 1
July 3rd - Alpha 2
July 24th - Alpha 3
August 14th [...]
Here is the tentative release schedule of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.
June 12th - Alpha 1
July 3rd - Alpha 2
July 24th - Alpha 3
August 14th [...]
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 5 released
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23 February 2008 |
10:29 |
Ubuntu |
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Ubuntu has released the 5th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.04. I was going to upgrade to aplha 5 thinking they would have fixed the bugs that existed in alpha 4, but alpha 5 carries the same bugs plus a lot more. I’ll now wait till beta is released before upgrading.
Here are some highlights of [...]
Ubuntu has released the 5th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.04. I was going to upgrade to aplha 5 thinking they would have fixed the bugs that existed in alpha 4, but alpha 5 carries the same bugs plus a lot more. I’ll now wait till beta is released before upgrading.
Here are some highlights of [...]