Ubuntu Archive

Ubuntu Releases Colony CD 2

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-01 Ubuntu 26 Comments

Colony CD 2 is ready. This is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Breezy development cycle, as images that are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD-build or installer bugs, while representing very current snapshots of Breezy. You can download it here.

Ubuntu – A New Approach to Desktop Linux

Eugenia Loli 2005-06-21 Ubuntu 73 Comments

Greg Taylor reviews Ubuntu Linux and gives it a 10 out of 10 in his 4-page review.

Adelstein on Ubuntu Linux

Guest post by Sam Hiser 2005-06-13 Ubuntu 59 Comments

The rapid rise of Ubuntu Linux tells an interesting story. You may find this article helpful in understanding this Linux phenomenon.

Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Colony 1 Released

Submitted by Jeff 2005-05-18 Ubuntu 43 Comments

The first development release of Ubuntu Linux 5.10, code name "Breezy Badger", is now available for testing. Colony CD 1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Breezy development cycle, as images that are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD-build or installer bugs, while representing very current snapshots of Breezy. Screenshots are available. If you're interested in following changes as we further develop Breezy, have a look at the breezy-changes list. Bug reports should go here.

A glance at Kubuntu

Submitted by Sean O\'Brian 2005-05-08 Ubuntu 59 Comments

A quick glance at the PPC version of Kubuntu's LiveCD. Some screenshots too of this Ubuntu derived distribution.

One day at Ubuntu Down Under

Guest post by Michael Salcher 2005-05-04 Ubuntu 40 Comments

Ubuntu Down Under (UDU) was the third Ubuntu conference and was held in Sydney, Australia. The first was held in Oxford, United Kingdom and the second one in Barcelona, Spain. The conference went for a whole week, starting on Monday 25th of April.

Interview with mark Shuttleworth

Submitted by Francis 2005-04-29 Ubuntu 24 Comments

An interesting interview with Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu can be found at linuxworld australia.

Ubuntu Linux: Free and Fabulous

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-27 Ubuntu 46 Comments

The 'Hoary Hedgehog' release of Ubuntu Linux is here, and the Free Agent likes what he sees.

Ubuntu 5.04 Review

Guest post by Christian Paratschek 2005-04-25 Ubuntu 39 Comments

Welcome back to another issue of my reviews of Linux distributions. Not really surprisingly, this time I decided to take a close look at the second version of the most popular Debian offshoot, Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu's performance probably was the biggest surprise that 2004 had in store for Linux users. Just 9 months ago, almost noone even knew that there was a new project underway, but then things went really fast: after a preview version in mid-September, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, released version 4.10 in October. Being based on Debian, Ubuntu has a solid base and, despite not being supported officially, all the (18.000) Debian packages available. Ubuntu 4.10 proved to be a decent operating system (especially for a first try) and had overall pretty positive reviews (here's mine).

Review: Kubuntu 5.04 “Hoary Hedgehog” and Interview

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-21 Ubuntu 27 Comments

Review is here and the interview with its developers is here.

Linux in Government: Linux Desktop Reviews, Part 6 – Ubuntu

Submitted by Tom Adelstein 2005-04-19 Ubuntu 45 Comments

This article in Linux Journal focuses on Ubuntu and positions it as an enterprise player. Will English speaking North Americans accept it as a viable product? Certainly, it has appealed to the emerging world's economies and in short order - less than one year.

48 Hours with Ubuntu 5.04

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-13 Ubuntu 81 Comments

Here's another, a bit long-ish, review of Ubuntu 5.04.

Upgrading Warty to Hoary

Guest post by Carlos Fenollosa 2005-04-11 Ubuntu 14 Comments

I'll try to explain my experience on updating Ubuntu 4.10 Warty to 5.04 Hoary. I've been a Debian user for some years, and updated the system at least twice (Woody -> Sarge -> Sid) with apt-get dist-upgrade. I followed exactly the Hoary release notes with Synaptic, but life isn't always a path of roses, and there are some glitches that need to be solved. Discover which ones

Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog Review

Submitted by Scrivs 2005-04-09 Ubuntu 94 Comments

Ubuntu Linux 5.04--the "Hoary Hedgehog" release--came out on Friday, April 8. Is there a reason it's #1 on distrowatch.com? Or is it not all it's cracked up to be? Read here to find out.

Ubuntu Hoary 5.04 And Kubuntu Hoary 5.04 Released

Submitted by Thom Holwerda 2005-04-08 Ubuntu 135 Comments

eXpert Zone was the first to announce the release of Ubuntu and Kubuntu Hoary 5.04. "Very fresh from the ubuntu-announce mailinglist: Ubuntu Hoary 5.04 has been released! Ubuntu Hoary 5.04 features Gnome 2.10, X.org 6.8.2, faster boot process, better power management, and much, much more. Read the release notes for the complete list, and download either the live CD or the install cd here, available for various architectures. In conjunction with this release, the Kubuntu team is proud to announce the first official release of Kubuntu Hoary 5.04, featuring KDE 3.4. Download Kubuntu here."

Mark Shuttleworth Answers At Length

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-05 Ubuntu 47 Comments

Mark Shuttleworth is an astronaut, entrepreneur, activist, and now chief of Debian-and-GNOME based distribution Ubuntu Linux. Read his interview at Slashdot.

Ubuntu Linux 5.04 release candidate

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2005-03-30 Ubuntu 71 Comments

The release candidate of Ubuntu Linux 5.04 is available.

Ubuntu 5.04 Preview Released

Submitted by Philipp Esselbach 2005-03-10 Ubuntu 53 Comments

A preview of Ubuntu Linux 5.04 has been released. This release comes with GNOME 2.10 which was released yesterday.

Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog Put to Test

Guest post by Garret 2005-02-26 Ubuntu 46 Comments

Ubuntu is supposed to be a very user friendly distro. I guess the real test, as far as I was concerned, was to see how my wife (a computer neophyte) and my 6 year old son would do. My wife just sat down, opened FireFox and went to Ebay without noticing she wasn't in Windows. Read the full review at GUILinux.com.

Ubuntu: could do with a bit more work

Guest post by Neil Lucock 2005-02-22 Ubuntu 109 Comments

I'd better start by admitting that I'm a fan of KDE. It's not because it works like Windows, but for the quality of the tools available. However, a GUI is just a way of doing something and I think I've been a bit dismissive of the Gnome desktop up to now. I read a few reviews of Ubuntu, looked at their web site and decided to have a look. I wanted a general purpose (desktop) distribution and an opportunity to get to know the Gnome utilities.