april 24

April 24, 2001, 07:40 PM - Unix Insider - Contents Q: What is OpenBoot? When you turn on a Sun workstation, the firmware in the boot PROM is executed immediately.

A technology revolution started today. Most people don’t know about it. In fact, most folks won’t hear about today’s events for another five to seven years.

But circle April 24, 2008 on your calendar. A decade from now, historians will say today was the day Ubuntu Linux reached its tipping point — especially on servers.

Here are five reasons why.

Linux Ubuntu installation on PCs sold by Excimer and NT Computer is to be launched within the nearest month.

Consequently, Ubuntu sales in Russia might reach 300 thousand units. Ubuntu 8.04 released on April 24, 2008 is more likely to be preinstalled.

Linux.com: "The next red-letter day for Ubuntu fans will be April 24, when Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long Term Support) arrives..."

The next red-letter day for Ubuntu fans will be April 24, when Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long Term Support) arrives.

Mark Shuttleworth, the CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, guarantees that the next version of the popular Linux distribution will make it on time, with something for enterprise, desktop, and Internet users.

Two weeks from today, the next version of Ubuntu should be available for download; the scheduled release date is April 24.

A few significant bugs still remain and it would be interesting to see how one, in particular, is tackled.

April 24 will be a red letter day for the Ubuntu project. It will be three-and-a-half years since the experiment began and the release that day of Hardy Heron, as version 8.04 is known, will be a defining moment.

This could well be the release that either makes or breaks the project.