Planet Ubuntu NewsPosted by Nanci Barthelmess on 24 April 2008
Yes, even I’m getting in on the “Pimp Hardy” bandwagon. I made the update myself a week ago and I’m finding Ubuntu Hardy an even better operating system than Ubuntu Feisty and Gutsy combined. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 26 March 2008
No, it’s not news that Firefox 3 has a release date, or that Firefox 3 Beta 5 is out (although that’s coming soon). No, this is the news that Firefox 2.0.0.13 is now out with security and stability updates for users on the Linux, Mac OSX and Windows platforms. 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 8 March 2008
I meant to post this a few days ago, but Ubuntu has released Alpha 6 of Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron.” Plus if you’re looking for some good financial management software for Linux I may have a program you are looking for. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 5 March 2008
Last month I wrote that walkerk had written another script for upgrading the Ubuntu Kernel from the Gutsy kernel to the one being used for the development of Ubuntu Hardy, but I wasn’t making that upgrade just yet.
Today I finally downloaded and ran the upgrade script and it’s amazing how simple it was for me. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 27 February 2008
[Corrected the program name in the post title. D'oh! - Peng]
Yesterday Mozilla released another security and stability update for their email client, making Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 now available. Due to some security fixes, this upgrade is strongly recommended for all Thunderbird users. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 21 February 2008
Back in September I posted about a way to use the kernel from the then in development Gutsy Gibbon version of Ubuntu. You can now get the kernel for the Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” thanks to instructions on the Ubuntu Forums. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 9 February 2008
While many of us are working on Firefox 3, Mozilla is still making Firefox 2 as good as it can be, and that includes fixing security issues. Firefox 2.0.12 came out yesterday to fix a directory transversal issue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 30 November 2007
Wednesday I posted that Mozilla had released Firefox 2.0.0.10 but there were some pretty biug bugs that popped up that they were going to fix quickly. Today they fixed them and released Firefox 2.0.0.11. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Peng on 28 November 2007
Sorry for the delay on posting this, but Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.10, calling it a stability update, but in fact a pretty big bug has been fixed in it. Read the rest of this entry »
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