Daily News Brief: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Goes Live
Daily News Brief: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Goes Live
Posted 04/24/2008 at 1:52pm
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New Ubuntu Release
A new version of Ubuntu became available today, 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron). The new version also introduces a new kernel, along with a laundry list of changes found here. If you already have a previous version of Ubuntu installed, follow the step-by-step instructions on how to upgrade to the latest release. Be sure to prep yourself with the UpgradeNotes.
Blind Technology
Curing blindness may still be a ways off, but researchers are getting ever closer to that goal. Just ask two British citizens, both in their 50s and both completely blind, who earlier this week received bionic implants. If successful, as it has been in previous trials in America, the renal implant recipients can expect limited vision that will allow them to navigate around obstacles and see objects. Get the full scoop here.
Intel's Atom Bombs, Fails to Woo Apple
If Intel had their druthers, every new iPhone would sport a low-power Atom chip inside, but Apple appears to have different plans. According to Forbes.com, Apple has agreed to buy PA Semi, a boutique microprocessor design company known for churning out sophisticated, low-power chips. Apple remains tight lipped about their plans for their newest acquisition, saying only "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not comment on our purposes and plans".
Is That a Keyboard in Your Pocket...?
Typing on a laptop can be uncomfortable if you're used to full sized keyboards, and lugging around the latter can prove unwieldy. What's a power user to do? He could adapt, for one. Or pick up a pair of " Beauty and the Geek" jeans by designer Erik De Nijs and creep out onlookers as you peck away at your crotch. Spanning across both legs sits an integrated keyboard, and speakers adorn both knees. But wait, there's more! A back pocket hides your mouse, and behind the front zipper sits a joystick. You're welcome!
Help! My Skype's Infected!
Not so fast, says Microsoft. Turns out that a buggy antivirus definition update released Friday mislabled Skype as a pop-up adware program called Win32/Vundo.gen!D. The buggy update, which affected Forefront Client Security, Windows Live OneCare, and Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner blocked Skype from running. Microsoft has since fixed the false positive with a signature update, version 1.31.9121.0.
Early Peak at HD 4580 and 4870
Are you a Radeon fan who also enjoys reading tech news in German? If so, have we got a treat for you! Hardware-Infos.com details AMD's upcoming HD 4850 and 4870 videocards, claiming a May release date for both. If your German's not up to snuff, check out a rough translation here. As always with unconfirmed reports, take this one with a grain of salt.
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evdng
June 29, 2008 at 12:17pm
vegahotstyle
I installed Ubuntu 8.04 in my PC running Windows Vista Home Premium. It is awesome.
I have no trouble with the installation at all, it is straight forward. Everyone should try it
So far I haven't experience a crash, this OS rock. I will recommended to anyone. It
comes with FireFox 3 wich is the faster and most safer browser in my opinion. I like to
to say that Ubuntu is easy to use, I think it is more easy than Windows Itself. I am not
an expert but I certain did a multi boot with Ubuntu with no problen at all. Anyway if you want to try
it, here is how I did it. First go to Computer Management and double click. you need to
say yes UAC permision, then double click Disk Management, in the right pane right click the c:\ Drive
the one that Vista is and choose Shrink to automatically make a partition space. You dont have to
format. Then you need a Ubuntu CD ISO...you can download from Ubuntu Website or visit this link
Http://www.apcmag.com....here you can also find details instruction in how to install Ubuntu and
a link to their Website okay! Once you have the Ubuntu CD inserted into the CD/DVD Drive and
restart the computer and it will boot from the Ubuntu CD and proceed with the installation, make sure
to select the partition space that you make before and follow instruction, it is straight forward.
mg48
June 25, 2008 at 6:59pm
I have gone to linux... so far so good, ummm, great!! Sure there are games to play on XP or Vista and I still may one day but the age is here to stay. I have tried Suse, Ubuntu, and a few others and they are perfectly fine. No crashed systems anymore. Once I had loaded printer drivers and the log on was impossible afterword, any user attempt!! It took 3 days of registry manupulation to gain access to my system, the process was daunting and most all of the software would not function. Long story short... these are maturing OS's and never really become safe from self destruction. It is not all the fault of the OS but being able to search a repository and know that what is going to be installed is safer, is enough for me. So far Linux has all that I need and I use all that I can find. So in closing, I do not have a broadcom wifi card which can be an issue, but one day this will be the OS to beat.
WindowsXP
April 29, 2008 at 11:48am
I really hope this works well with the PS3, although I heard this has some significant bugs in it.
Shalbatana
April 25, 2008 at 6:00am
...I know, and hey, more power to them. But I hope and pray to whatever God or Gods that we all may or may not believe in that these jeans don't catch on.
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Cat=funny.There's no time like the future.
Sithinious
April 25, 2008 at 5:08am
I had to check the calander, I thought I had warped back to April 1st...
Keith E. Whisman
April 25, 2008 at 2:50am
Hey Ubunto kicks ass. It actually installed from within Windows Vista Ultimate64bit.
This is one of the best distros that I have messed around with. Really having some fun here. Everyone should try Ubunto out. Awsome.
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