Planet Ubuntu NewsPosted by Peng on 10 May 2008
Alberto Milone, the developer of the Envy line of programs foe automating the installation of Nvidia and ATI graphics drivers, is working on the next upgrade for EnvyNG and would like some help from testers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 26 April 2008
As Ralph Janke points out on Planet Ubuntu, Thomas David had created an awesome thank you to everyone who contributed to Ubuntu Hardy. Awesome job, Thomas!
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Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 25 April 2008
Jabziz created a great movie-type poster promoting Ubuntu Hardy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 25 April 2008
I want one of these limited edition Hardy Heron tees! I don’t even care that they don’t have it in a girlie tee. Although now that I mention it why don’t they?
/me pouts, but still makes a note to order one as soon as possible. If not sooner.
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Posted by Peng on 23 April 2008
[Updated to correct the version of Firefox included in Hardy. My bad. - Peng]
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS “Hardy Heron” will be released tomorrow, and there are a lot of reasons to rejoice (DesktopLinux.com has a nice article on the new release). But before you accept that distribution upgrade there are some things you need to do. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 19 April 2008
The Massachusetts Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Team is getting ready to mark the release of Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 10 April 2008
Many of us who have been testing Ubuntu Hardy have found there’s a bug that leaves the NumLock setting off as it boots up, despite our having it turned on in our BIOS. I’m glad to be able to report that the fix for the bug has been released and we no longer need to use workarounds. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 21 March 2008
Ubuntu Linux has released the beta version of Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” with a number of improvements over Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 18 March 2008
While checking out the Ubuntu Live Stats site the last few days I came across some pages with great info for people who are new to Linux as well as a great checklist of things to do when upgrading. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 17 March 2008
I was finally able to do some hunting around Launchpad to find out why the numeric keypad on my keyboard “broke” once I got Ubuntu Hardy installed, and I was able to find a workaround for it. It’s also not a Hardy bug after all but a GNOME bug, and I’ve got both a workaround and bug links for all that need it. Read the rest of this entry »
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