In the story relating to release upgrades for Ubuntu, below the end-of-life table for the Ubutu Releases from the Ubuntu Wiki – just to have it all in one place; I’m only including the LTS (long-term support) editions, as these should be the only ones deployed on live production systems. In the meantime, Maverick Meerkat is due in October 2010, supported for 2 years. (more…)
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Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) LTS is out
2010
04.29
04.29
They’ve passed their RC status and have moved into full Long-Term Release for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx — local mirrors are still showing the RC version, but it’s out!
What’s new?
- F-Spot replaces the GIMP
- PiTiVi video editor added
- GNOME 2.30
- New themes: Ambiance and Radiance
- New wallpaper
- Linux kernel 2.6.32
- New nVidia hardware driver
- Gwibber social media application
- Faster boot time, with a different look and feel on the bootsplash screen
- Ubuntu One adds contacts and bookmark sharing
- Ubuntu One music store integrated into Ryhthmbox
- Ubuntu Software Center 2.0
I’ve only played with the 10.04 Server edition so far, and the faster boot time is definately a big win (though some regressive network driver support still needed to be ironed out – hopefully sorted for the final release…)
Yay!!! Well done, guys!! Thanks for a new, even more sparkly LTS!
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS now in beta
2010
03.20
03.20
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (beta) now out...
Ubuntu 10.04 went beta yesterday afternoon, with downloads at http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/, otherwise from the download mirrors. Lucid Lynx, as it’s called, enjoys LTS support (ie 5 years out the box).
This version promises as a better (and faster) boot experience, new themes, version 2.6.32 as the Linux kernel, Firefox as default browser — with default browser page changed to Yahoo! (that’s new!) nVidia hardware support using open source drivers has improved, and a whack of new features for the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud have been included. (more…)