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Seventeen months ago, on the 30th of October, 2008, Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 8.10, dubbed Intrepid Ibex. Features such as Linux kernel 2.6.27, Guest sessions, DKMS, X.Org 7.4, the BBC plugin for Totem, and the PAM authentication framework were all part of the Ubuntu 8.10 operating system. The default... |
30 March 2010 06:53 GMT |
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After our famous "How to Install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.10" guide and because the final versions of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 are out for some time now, we decided to create a new tutorial, about how to install the fresh and improved OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 on Ubuntu 9.04. However, ... |
9 May 2009 10:31 GMT |
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As everybody knows, KDE 4.2 was released this year at the end of January and it brings lots of improvements and new features/applications over previous versions. Today's tutorial will teach you, step by step, how to install KDE 4.2 on your existing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) installation. WARNING: Be aware tha... |
6 March 2009 16:11 GMT |
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Well, I don't really know how many of you have heard about the new notification system that was already implemented in the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), but because the current state of Jaunty is Alpha, I thought it would be a good idea to teach you guys how to install these very nice notifications in... |
24 February 2009 03:26 GMT |
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This tutorial is here because many of you have asked us to publish some instructions on how to revert our "Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Customization Guide." And, because that guide was quite long, we decided to post a new one. OK, so what is the goal of this tutorial? Very simple... to obtain a default Ubuntu 8.10 desktop. ... |
19 February 2009 08:00 GMT |
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On January 29th the Ubuntu developers announced the availability of a new important security update for the Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system (also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu). The update patches six security issues (see below for details) discovered in the Linux kernel packages of Ubuntu 8.1... |
30 January 2009 03:53 GMT |
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We are pleased to announce yet another Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, this time... with "super powers," called Super Ubuntu. The "super powers" of Super Ubuntu can be translated into the inclusion of applications, tools and technologies that are missing from a standard Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) installation. Amon... |
2 January 2009 08:21 GMT |
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Because many people complained a lot about the looks of the new Ubuntu OS and other major Linux distributions, and how they wanted a more eye-candy, professional desktop, we thought that the following tutorial would be a nice Christmas Gift for all of you Linux enthusiasts out there. Therefore, this step-by-step guid... |
28 December 2008 06:41 GMT |
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Based on Intrepid Ibex, here comes the final release of Kiwi Linux 8.12, a Linux distribution designed for workstations. The new version of Kiwi Linux brings many updated packages, new features, new languages and, on top of that, it includes the OpenOffice.org 3.0 open source office suite. Kiwi Linux 8.12 is also pa... |
18 December 2008 02:26 GMT |
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Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community proudly announced last night, on the official Linux Mint Blog, the final release of Linux Mint 6 (dubbed Felicia), a popular Linux distribution based on the Ubuntu operating system. Linux Mint 6 is a new and important step in the evolution of the Linux Mint OS, it is base... |
16 December 2008 08:57 GMT |
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Yet another stable version of the ATI/AMD Linux display driver was released last night, for both x86 and x86_64 architectures. With version 8.12, ATI Catalyst introduces early support for the Ubuntu 8.10 operating system, support SurroundView and support for ATI Stream Computing. Among other enhancements, we can noti... |
11 December 2008 02:19 GMT |
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On November 26th, Philip Newborough announced the third release of his fast and lightweight Linux distribution, CrunchBang 8.10.01, now based on Intrepid Ibex a.k.a. Ubuntu 8.10. CrunchBang is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and powered by Openbox. CrunchBang includes applications such as Epiphany, The GIMP, Pid... |
27 November 2008 17:01 GMT |
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The hard working team behind the UbuntuME (Ubuntu Muslim Edition) project announced today a new version of their Linux-based operating system. Ubuntu Muslim Edition 8.10 is based on Intrepid Ibex, also known as the Ubuntu 8.10 operating system. It includes only free applications, which have been changed in such a way... |
19 November 2008 10:50 GMT |
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Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community proudly announced last night, on the official Linux Mint Blog, the first release candidate of Linux Mint 6 (dubbed Felicia), which will be followed by a second one in about two weeks. However, if everything goes well with the testing of this first development release, the... |
11 November 2008 02:35 GMT |
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Welcome to our 19th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!Here’s what you can read about in this edition: the openSUSE team releases the fourth beta of the upcoming openSUSE 11.1 Linux distribution; Jesse Keating announces the Preview release of the Fedora 10 Linux; the third beta version of Amarok 2.0 arrives with a... |
10 November 2008 15:31 GMT |
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Welcome to our 18th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
Here’s what you can read about in this edition: Jeremy White loses a bet and gives CrossOver for free (for one day); Robert Shingledecker releases yet another minor bugfix version of Damn Small Linux 4.4; the most awaited Linux distribution arrives, Ubuntu 8... |
3 November 2008 14:11 GMT |
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A regression was discovered last night, right after the launch of Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), in the Linux kernel packages. Do not be alarmed, as this is not a security flaw! It's actually a bug in 2.6.27 Linux kernel packages. What happened? Well, long story short, the order of options in the TCP head... |
31 October 2008 03:38 GMT |
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After six alphas, a beta and a release candidate, Ubuntu 8.10 is here, today (October 30th), available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it's my greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Intrepid Ibex. It all began on February 20th, when Mark Shut... |
30 October 2008 09:30 GMT |
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Welcome to our 17th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
Here’s what you can read about in this edition: The first maintenance release of PC-BSD 7.0 (Fibonacci Edition) brings a 64-bit variant; Canonical opens up the ShipIt service so you can order CDs with Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), free of charge; the Linux ... |
27 October 2008 04:01 GMT |
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I guess everyone already knows that OpenOffice.org 3.0 will not be available (sad, I know) for the Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10), because the developers did not have enough time to test it, and they will introduce it later this year. Therefore, Ubuntu 8.10 ships with OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 and, if you want to use the new... |
25 October 2008 07:06 GMT |
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The release candidate version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for launch in late October this year, arrived a few hours ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the beta release, which brought Fir... |
24 October 2008 02:32 GMT |
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One week is left until the final release of Ubuntu 8.10 and, if you are anxious to get your hands on some nice CDs with the Intrepid Ibex, then you should pre-order them right now from Ubuntu's ShipIt service, FREE of charge. They have started taking the orders a few minutes ago, so hurry up!If you want to count... |
22 October 2008 02:44 GMT |
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Welcome to our 15th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!Here’s what you can read about in this edition: The Amarok team releases the second beta of Amarok 2.0 music player; Puppy Linux reaches version 4.1 and Barry Kauler steps down as leader; new Fedora 9 Re-Spins are released; Mandriva Linux 2009 is finally here;... |
13 October 2008 04:47 GMT |
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Mark Shuttleworth promised a new and breathtaking theme for the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system, but until now we saw a dark and ugly one (NewHuman, also known as DarkRoom) introduced in the first alpha release, which disappeared in Alpha 4 and was replaced by an up-to-date version of the classi... |
11 October 2008 04:13 GMT |
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The beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, arrived a few minutes ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the sixth alpha, which brought Firefox ... |
2 October 2008 15:05 GMT |
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The sixth and final alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few hours ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the fifth alpha, wh... |
19 September 2008 01:53 GMT |
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Welcome to our 10th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition, you can read about: the new release of PC/OS, which introduces Flock and Audacious; MidnightBSD 0.2.1 includes improved support for new hardware devices; Fluxbox 1.1.0 arrives after 11 months of development; KDE 4.1.1 comes with performance improve... |
9 September 2008 03:02 GMT |
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Delayed one day, the fifth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few hours ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the fourth a... |
5 September 2008 23:54 GMT |
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The fourth alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few minutes ago and, as usual, we intend to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 8.10 development. Compared with the third alpha, which bro... |
14 August 2008 08:50 GMT |
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Welcome to our 4th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition, you can read about the replacement of Automatix, our exclusive first look at NimbleX 2008, the new features brought by Dell on its selected computers powered by Ubuntu 8.04, the HAMMER filesystem introduced by the new version of DragonFly BSD and th... |
28 July 2008 03:18 GMT |
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The third alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few minutes ago. Even if it doesn’t come with any significant modification, compared with the second alpha, which brought just a handful of software updates, we ... |
25 July 2008 03:08 GMT |
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Welcome to our 2nd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly! In this edition:[tablec][row][col]■ Distribution of the Week: wattOS■ Rack-Soft Introduces VoipNow Hosted■ Available Now: Damn Small Linux 4.4.3■ Mandriva 2009 Alpha 2 Screenshot Tour■ GoblinX Standard 2.7 Launched■ Ubuntu 8... |
14 July 2008 02:12 GMT |
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The second alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few hours ago. Even if it doesn’t come with any significant modifications, compared with the first alpha, which brought a brand new theme (completely redesigned... |
12 July 2008 02:04 GMT |
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The first alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was announced a few days ago. Even if there aren't big changes compared to the final version of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, released on April 24th, 2008, the Alpha 1 of Intrepid brings a b... |
2 July 2008 05:19 GMT |
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Ladies and gentlemen, dear geeks, the time has come to introduce to you the perfect operating system for your tiny and fancy Asus Eee PC portable computer, the Ubuntu Eee 8.04! Being based on the Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) and compatible with its repositories, the Ubuntu Eee operating system is optimized for the Asus ... |
16 June 2008 02:16 GMT |
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The Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex) development initiated on May 1st and will conclude on October 30th 2008, with the final release. Without any further introduction, let's have a look at the release schedule:June 12th, 2008 - Alpha 1 releaseJuly 3rd, 2008 - Alpha 2 releaseJuly 24th, 2008 - Alpha 3 releaseA... |
5 May 2008 01:55 GMT |
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