Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.10
| From: | Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen-AT-ubuntu.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-announce-AT-lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.10 | |
| Date: | Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:37:32 +0200 |
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu - codenamed "Edgy Eft". The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. We consider this release candidate to be complete, stable and suitable for testing by any user. The final release of version 6.10 is scheduled for 26 October 2006 and will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers. Note that the current stable release (6.06 LTS) is a long-term support release, and so users requiring a longer support lifetime may choose to continue using that version rather than upgrade to 6.10. Before installing or upgrading to "Edgy Eft" make sure to read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyReleaseNotes Upgrade information for users of Ubuntu and Edubuntu 6.06 LTS -------------------------------------------------------------- * NOTE: This procedure upgrades your system over the Internet, which requires a large download of several hundred megabytes. * Because this is the Release Candidate, you need to invoke the update manager explicitly. To do this, press Alt-F2 (or open a Terminal using Applications -> Accessories ->Terminal) gksudo "update-manager -c -d" This step will not be necessary on the final release. * Make sure you are up to date - click the "Check" button. If you are connected to the network, Update Manager should now tell you about the 6.10 ("Edgy Eft") release * Further information about this upgrade procedure is given at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyUpgrades Upgrade information for users of Kubuntu 6.06 LTS ------------------------------------------------- * NOTE: This procedure upgrades your system over the Internet, which requires a large download of several hundred megabytes. * In Konqueror go to /etc/apt, right click on sources.list and choose Actions -> Edit as Root * Change all instances of dapper to edgy * Launch a console with KMenu -> System -> Konsole * In the console run: sudo apt-get update * In the console run: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and follow the prompts to upgrade * In the console run: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop python-qt3 python-kde3 and follow the prompts to install * Reboot your computer To Get the Ubuntu 6.10 Release Candidate CD ------------------------------------------- To perform a new installation or try out 6.10 "live" from CD, download the Ubuntu 6.10 Release Candidate (choose the mirror closest to you): Europe: Ubuntu: http://de.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ http://nl2.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ Kubuntu: http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ http://de.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ http://nl2.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ Edubuntu: http://de.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ http://nl2.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ Australia: Ubuntu: http://au.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ Kubuntu: http://au.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ Edubuntu: http://au.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ France: Ubuntu: http://fr.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ Kubuntu: http://fr.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ Edubuntu: http://fr.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ The Netherlands: Ubuntu: http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ Kubuntu: http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ Edubuntu: http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ Poland: Ubuntu: http://pl.releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ Kubuntu: http://pl.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ Edubuntu: http://pl.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ United Kingdom and Rest of World: Ubuntu: http://releases.ubuntu.com/6.10/ Kubuntu: http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.10/ Edubuntu: http://releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/6.10/ Please download using Bittorrent if possible. About The Release Candidate --------------------------------------- The purpose of the Release Candidate is to solicit one last round of testing before the final release. Here are ways that you can help: * Upgrade from Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Edubuntu 6.06 to the Release Candidate by following the instructions given above. * Participate in installation testing using the Release Candidate CD images, by following the testing and reporting instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Current Feedback and Helping -------------------- If you would like to help shape Ubuntu to better meet your future needs, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/ Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help turn this release into the best release of Ubuntu ever. Please report bugs through the Launchpad Malone bug tracker: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ More Information ---------------- Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a reputation for making things "Just Work" out of the box, a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the network, and professional technical support from Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the world. You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this preview release on our website, IRC channel and wiki. If you're new to Ubuntu, please visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/ Kubuntu is a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone. http://www.kubuntu.org/ The Edubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to schools, through its customised school environment. http://www.edubuntu.org/ To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list at: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- ubuntu-announce mailing list ubuntu-announce@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce
Posted Oct 20, 2006 9:57 UTC (Fri)
by callegar (guest, #16148)
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After installing dapper several people have reported their computers have failed to boot with the error 'real-time-clock stopped'
I am on the edge of getting a DELL machine and the following scares me. I couldn't find out the consistency of this bug, neither if it is ubuntu dapper specific or not. Apparently it is DELL specific and regards many of the recent laptops. From what I managed to find out if you are lucky you have the CMOS battery accessible and removable, so you can resuscitate your machine by unplugging and replugging the battery. If you are unlucky the machine is dead and needs to be resuscitated at DELL.
Has anybody some recent information about it?... Maybe it is fixed but the fix received too little publicity.
Posted Oct 20, 2006 12:15 UTC (Fri)
by jarto (guest, #3268)
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I'm trying to install the release candidate of Edgy Eft on my 1 GHz/128MB test computer. Despite its low specs, it runs the previous version of Ubuntu pretty decently. I noticed that there's no possibility any more to choose installing without booting to the live cd. The problem is:
It's now 18 minutes since I started booting this computer with the live cd.
Can you please bring back a fast way of installing Ubuntu.
Posted Oct 20, 2006 12:36 UTC (Fri)
by ewan (guest, #5533)
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That would be those.
Posted Oct 20, 2006 13:31 UTC (Fri)
by callegar (guest, #16148)
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What I am referring to is a problem where parameters of the real time clock in some part of the chipset get corrupted to the point that it becomes impossible to boot _any_ operating system, so that the computer becomes completely useless (no way to activate _any_ operating system, it gives a bios error at start up.).
At this point, if you are lucky and the CMOS battery is accessible, you unplug that, you plug it again, the CMOS data is reset and your computer is alive again.
A slightly less lucky option is that you can send your computer to service and after 1 week you get it back alive again... (possibly paying for the service).
So, apparently it is a very critical thing, although I don't know the "statistical impact" of it.
Posted Oct 20, 2006 14:15 UTC (Fri)
by madscientist (subscriber, #16861)
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That's why Ewan was not responding to your post, but rather to Jarto's post.
Posted Oct 20, 2006 16:38 UTC (Fri)
by b7j0c (guest, #27559)
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Posted Oct 20, 2006 16:56 UTC (Fri)
by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
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http://launchpad.net/products/mutt/+bugs
(Launchpad is seriously difficult to use so I may not have been looking in the right place)
Mutt is in Ubuntu core so, I agree, I would expect someone to at least look at your report.
Posted Oct 20, 2006 18:51 UTC (Fri)
by b7j0c (guest, #27559)
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https://launchpad.net/bugs/65821
i did mark this as impacting mutt
i tried to indicate that the was against edgy BETA
i agree launchpad needs work, but i appreciate you answering me here
Posted Oct 21, 2006 2:02 UTC (Sat)
by beoba (guest, #16942)
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Has anybody some info about how 6.10 poses with regard to the following problem?Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.10
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source...
The error prevents the computer entering bios setup or booting from a cd so is fairly fatal.
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I reported this also in the Ubuntu forums:No way to select install from the start menu :-(
The Release Candidate includes [...] alternate text-mode installation CDs
No way to select install from the start menu :-(
Sorry, the bug I was mentioning is actually not that one.No way to select install from the start menu :-(
> Sorry, the bug I was mentioning is actually not that one.No way to select install from the start menu :-(
i found the 6.10 BETA to be slow(er) and buggy in ways that dapper drakeAnnouncing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.10
did not exhibit. in particular, mutt imaps access exhibits bugs that dapper
did not and debian etch does not. while i posted a bug to launchpad
regarding this (and flagged it as a security issue, since a secure layer is
failing), no one has commented on it. now i don't want to be narcissistic
and presume the entire world must solve my problems, but no one has even
commented on this bug to tell me to get lost, and this is an app many linux
users use on a daily basis. i find this somewhat troubling, ubuntu seems to
be marching toward a release with some major issues still open.
Maybe I'm not understanding... How does slowness indicate a security issue? I could not find a bug resembling your description...?Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.10
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/mutt/+bugs
the slowness was just an observation, not the actual bug, which describesAnnouncing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.10
how mutt (and sasl?) have problems accessing imaps hosts:
I'm typing this from said RC. Except for a lack of jfsutils when I formatted / as jfs (leading to a lot of exciting errors when it tried to run fsck during bootup), the install has otherwise been fine.Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 6.10