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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.10 of the Ubuntu family of distributions.
Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy install and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.
Read more about the features of Ubuntu 7.10 in the following press releases:
Ubuntu 7.10 http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu710 Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-desktop710 Server edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-server710 Ubuntu family http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-family710
Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support
Ubuntu 7.10 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers. Users requiring a longer support lifetime on servers may choose to continue using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, with security support until 2011, rather than upgrade to or install 7.10.
Ubuntu 7.10 is also the basis for new 7.10 releases of Kubuntu and Edubuntu:
Kubuntu announcement http://kubuntu.org/announcements/7.10-release.php Edubuntu announcement http://www.edubuntu.org/news/7.10-release
To Get Ubuntu 7.10 ------------------
To download Ubuntu 7.10, or obtain CDs, visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu
Users of Ubuntu 7.04 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 7.10 via Update Manager. As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge. For further information about upgrading, see
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710
Find out what's new in this release with a graphical tour:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710tour
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On 10/19/07, Simon Green simon@simongreen.net wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.10 of the Ubuntu family of distributions.
I'm installing this at present. As a word of warning to others - check what it defaults to - even though I had NTFS on my hard disc it's default install was to install on WHOLE hard disk and erase all partitions. Ubuntu hasn't done this to me previously, so watch out and don't just click next, next, next....
Wow... I like that feature... Now, if they had worked on it so that it would keep all the data, emails, etc.etc, but replace the applications, like replace word, excel, p/pt with open office, that would be awesome :)
On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 11:37 +1300, Ian McDonald wrote:
On 10/19/07, Simon Green simon@simongreen.net wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.10 of the Ubuntu family of distributions.
I'm installing this at present. As a word of warning to others - check what it defaults to - even though I had NTFS on my hard disc it's default install was to install on WHOLE hard disk and erase all partitions. Ubuntu hasn't done this to me previously, so watch out and don't just click next, next, next....
On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 11:37 +1300, Ian McDonald wrote:
On 10/19/07, Simon Green simon@simongreen.net wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.10 of the Ubuntu family of distributions.
I'm installing this at present. As a word of warning to others - check what it defaults to - even though I had NTFS on my hard disc it's default install was to install on WHOLE hard disk and erase all partitions. Ubuntu hasn't done this to me previously, so watch out and don't just click next, next, next....
I would consider that a very serious BUG which is going to lead to many more 'linux ate my hard-drive' horror stories. Any idea why they changed the default?
On 10/19/07, Bruce Kingsbury zcat@wired.net.nz wrote:
I would consider that a very serious BUG which is going to lead to many more 'linux ate my hard-drive' horror stories. Any idea why they changed the default?
Perhaps just oversight in the testing/QA process?
On 10/19/07, Sam Douglas sam.douglas32@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/19/07, Bruce Kingsbury zcat@wired.net.nz wrote:
I would consider that a very serious BUG which is going to lead to many more 'linux ate my hard-drive' horror stories. Any idea why they changed the default?
Perhaps just oversight in the testing/QA process?
I would say so. Just installed it on a work laptop tonight and it respected the partitions on that...
On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 19:35 +1300, Bruce Kingsbury wrote:
On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 11:37 +1300, Ian McDonald wrote:
On 10/19/07, Simon Green simon@simongreen.net wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.10 of the Ubuntu family of distributions.
I'm installing this at present. As a word of warning to others - check what it defaults to - even though I had NTFS on my hard disc it's default install was to install on WHOLE hard disk and erase all partitions. Ubuntu hasn't done this to me previously, so watch out and don't just click next, next, next....
I would consider that a very serious BUG which is going to lead to many more 'linux ate my hard-drive' horror stories. Any idea why they changed the default?
Agreed... As much as I joked about the situation (re. my previous posting on this topic), it's not a good thing to happen, even if it happens every other time..
Man, it is so broken for upgrading... My nvidia drivers are just going haywire...
On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 11:37 +1300, Ian McDonald wrote:
On 10/19/07, Simon Green simon@simongreen.net wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.10 of the Ubuntu family of distributions.
I'm installing this at present. As a word of warning to others - check what it defaults to - even though I had NTFS on my hard disc it's default install was to install on WHOLE hard disk and erase all partitions. Ubuntu hasn't done this to me previously, so watch out and don't just click next, next, next....
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 21:35 +1300, Lindsay Druett wrote:
Man, it is so broken for upgrading... My nvidia drivers are just going haywire...
That would have something to do with them being proprietary and unsupported....
Thanks for the heads-up though, I'll try it out on a non-essential machine before upgrading anything important, most of my video cards are using the non-free nvidia drivers.
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 21:35 +1300, Lindsay Druett wrote:
Man, it is so broken for upgrading... My nvidia drivers are just going haywire...
On 20/10/2007, Bruce Kingsbury zcat@wired.net.nz wrote:
That would have something to do with them being proprietary and unsupported....
I did the change to 7.10 yesterday. No problems so far. To get the fancy graphics, the system insisted that I install proprietary driver for my Nvidia card - and warned me of the risks of doing so.
Getting just over 1000 fps from glxgears. Google Earth is running OK too. Have a problem with my scanner, but that developed before the change ... can scan in Windows but not Ubuntu, 6.10 (which is what I was previously running) or 7.10. Need to do more investigating of that problem ... which has been noted by others (getting "Invalid Argument" message).
Michael
On 21/10/2007, Michael McDonald mikencolleen@gmail.com wrote:
I did the change to 7.10 yesterday. No problems so far.
Now what's that about "famous last words". I pressed "send" and requested the system update (timezone data) then my screen went dim and the system failed to respond. Restarted X (Ctl/Alt/Bksp) and I'm back in business.
Michael
Small problem with the Medibuntu repositories: see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/155135
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 13:14 +1300, Michael McDonald wrote:
On 21/10/2007, Michael McDonald mikencolleen@gmail.com wrote:
I did the change to 7.10 yesterday. No problems so far.
Now what's that about "famous last words". I pressed "send" and requested the system update (timezone data) then my screen went dim and the system failed to respond. Restarted X (Ctl/Alt/Bksp) and I'm back in business.
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Mythbuntu 7.10 hasn't been released yet. I filed a bug report with Mythbuntu on Saturday, which they have since fixed It should be released by the end of the month.
-- simon
On 22/10/2007, Albert van Aardt albertva@igrin.co.nz wrote:
Small problem with the Medibuntu repositories: see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/155135
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