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Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 Benchmarks: Is Ubuntu Getting Slower?

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:36:52 -0500

Phoronix: "Ubuntu 7.04 was certainly the Feisty Fawn for performance, but based upon these results perhaps it would be better to call Ubuntu 7.10 the Gooey Gibbon, 8.04 the Hungover Heron, and 8.10 the Idling Ibex."

Preview: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, GNOME 2.20

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:52:11 -0500

Just like Eugenia yesterday , I also upgraded my laptop's Ubuntu Feisty installation to Gutsy a few days ago.

Dell Shipping Five Hardy Heron Systems

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:03:05 -0500

Desktop Linux: " Dell is shipping two new laptops with widescreen LCD displays and Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) operating systems with DVD playback. Additionally, the largest U.S. PC maker has started offering Hardy Heron on three models previously available with the earlier Gutsy Gibbon Ubuntu release."

Ubuntu (7.10) Gutsy Gibbon Applications Menu won’t open

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:35:28 -0500

this came in handy when I couldn't open my applications menu after filling up my hard drive

Boxee port of XBMC & social media player goes Ubuntu Linux!

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:41:59 -0500

Boxee released their Ubuntu Linux port for 7.10 and 8.04 (Gutsy Gibbon and Hardy Heron) versions today. Sign up for their alpha at boxee.tv or ask your friends who have been using it on OS-X to add your email to their friends list within the boxee website. It's an all-format media player with social ties. That means it tweets, friendfeeds, etc!

Reinstall Ubuntu but keep your home folder

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:19:27 -0500

I started with Feisty Fawn, and after upgrading once Gutsy Gibbon came out, I decided I never wanted to go through that pain again. That was, until I discovered that you could move your /home folder and all of its contents to another hard drive. I was thrilled.

Installing Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) into a LG R405

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:00:40 -0500

I have previously blogged about Installing Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) into a LG R405. I have now updated the system up to Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) and have some remaining issues

Distorted Sound in Hardy Heron!

admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:06:57 -0500

I have moved from Gutsy Gibbon to Hardy Heron and suddenly found that my sound output was distorted. Temporarily, reducing the volume of PCM and then increasing it was the solution I followed, as I was busy with pimping Hardy Heron.

Aggiornare Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon all’ultima vers. 8.04

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:54:48 -0500

Which path should you follow? Should you take advantage of Ubuntu's package manager and use it to upgrade your system to the latest 8.04 Hardy Heron release, or should you download a CD or DVD ISO image and do a clean install? Common wisdom says that doing a clean install is the better, safer course of action.There may be a little extra work invo

Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron Upgrade

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:03:53 -0500

A major upgrade of your OS is always a leap of faith. In this case my upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) to 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) was a smooth transition with no worries. Here is a video capture of my upgrade of the OS. [Watch]