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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support).
This release incorporates the Desktop Edition and the Server Edition. The
Server Edition can be used on physical servers, on Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud
(UEC), and on Amazon's EC2 public cloud. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS
continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest
open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux
distribution.
We are also pleased to announce Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition, which is not a
long-term support release.
Read more about the features of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in the following press
releases:
Desktop and Netbook editions
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-edition
Server edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-10.04-server-edition
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will be supported for three years on desktops and five
years on servers. Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition will be supported for 18
months.
Thanks to the efforts of the global translation community, Ubuntu is
available in 29 languages. For a list of supported languages and detailed
translation statistics for these and other languages, see:
http://people.ubuntu.com/~dpm/ubuntu-10.04-translation-st...
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is also the basis for new 10.04 releases of Kubuntu,
Xubuntu, Edubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu:
Kubuntu http://kubuntu.org/news/10.04-lts-release
Xubuntu http://xubuntu.org/news/10.04-release
Edubuntu http://edubuntu.org/news/10.04-release
Mythbuntu http://mythbuntu.org/10.04/release
Ubuntu Studio https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/10.04release_notes
To Get Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
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To download Ubuntu 10.04, or obtain CDs, visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu
Users of Ubuntu 9.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 10.04 LTS via
Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
Users of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS may wish to wait for 10.04.1 LTS, due in July 2010,
before upgrading.
As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of
charge.
We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document
caveats and workarounds for known issues. They are available at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004
Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004overview
If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel, on the Ubuntu Users
mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:
#ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
Ubuntu Netbook Edition on ARM
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The ARM optimised variant of Ubuntu Netbook Edition comes with a lightweight
application selection tailored specifically for ARM deployments, including a
web-based office and mail solution and a launcher that works with and
without graphics acceleration.
Helping Shape Ubuntu
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If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/
About Ubuntu
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Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, netbooks
and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A
tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an
incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.
Professional services including support are available from Canonical and
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 29, 2010 20:12 UTC (Thu) by Buzzy (guest, #32769) [Link]
Its not my number one, but they bring Linux to a group of people who might not use it otherwise!
Great job and congrats to the team!
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 4:56 UTC (Fri) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]
But what difference does it make if these people don't really care what they use as long as it just gets them to their facebooks?
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 6:34 UTC (Fri) by Buzzy (guest, #32769) [Link]
Out of 100 Ubuntu users one of them will get involved. Out of 20 of those one will start to make useful contributions...
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 8:07 UTC (Fri) by jond (subscriber, #37669) [Link]
so that's one useful contribution per 2,000 users? ouch.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 8:22 UTC (Fri) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]
Well, I guess it's better than nothing. As Greg KH pointed out in http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=3385088017824733336 , they are at the end of the ecosystem - there is not much to do, given bugs are let being timed out or are already fixed long in upstream and updates don't get included. I guess it's because all the enthusiastic developers are working... upstream or on other distros!
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 11:15 UTC (Fri) by dark (subscriber, #8483) [Link] Well, Buzzy said "will start to make useful contributions", not just one contribution :)It's a wild guess, of course, but if it were true it would be huge. You'd need to gain just two million users to get 1000 new contributors -- about as many as are working on Debian now. I don't think the rate is that high.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 11:11 UTC (Fri) by Hanno (guest, #41730) [Link]
Funny how people ask for Linux world domination and then complain that those they don't like use Linux.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 11:30 UTC (Fri) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link]
It means a huge user community at http://ubuntuforums.org, providing support. Most people will run into problems or have questions, and the conversations there are of great help to other people.
Ubuntu Forums is so big that there are even occasional Windows users asking about things like which hardware to use for a Windows gaming PC, or how to recover Windows using an Ubuntu Live CD - often off topic but it shows the pulling power of a large community, and it introduces some Windows power users to the idea of an alternative OS.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 5:30 UTC (Fri) by DYN_DaTa (guest, #34072) [Link]
"Improved support for nVidia proprietary graphics drivers"
Sigh ...
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 8:02 UTC (Fri) by vadim (guest, #35271) [Link]
Yes, but it also has nouveau by default.
It works, and even ran Second Life. Worked at maybe 10 seconds per frame, but it seemed to be working, which looks like a nice start.
If they get it to a tolerable performance level it'll be awesome.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 8:11 UTC (Fri) by Hanno (guest, #41730) [Link]
The new theme really is beautiful (except for the window button location, but one can change that easily). Congratulations to the design team.
Social Notworking Posted Apr 30, 2010 10:44 UTC (Fri) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link] Has anyone really used the 'Me Menu' and Gwibber functionality in anger? I still can't get it to work smoothly, and it feels very half-baked at the moment, which is a shame. I've also discovered that the famous WPA wifi bug with Ralink chipsets (on many common netbooks) is *still* there after 3 releases, which is very disappointing. It's certainly faster and looks pretty, but in my experience, 9.04 remains the most solid and reliable Ubuntu release so far. Hopefully 10.04 LTS will mature nicely as further bug fixes are released.
Social Notworking Posted Apr 30, 2010 11:13 UTC (Fri) by Hanno (guest, #41730) [Link] It's puzzling that this bug is still there in the third release since its original report. Ok, it's evil ugly flash and we all don't like it, but anyway, it's a bug. My system is affected too and workaround 3 described there fixes it for me.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted Apr 30, 2010 15:02 UTC (Fri) by davide.del.vento (guest, #59196) [Link]
Looks like Ubuntu is targeting Mac users now. I have no comments on that, but I don't feel excited by Ubuntu anymore.
I am an happy LTS8.04 user (on several machines, including 3 laptops) but I think I'll switch to Debian. Well, I plan to test 10.04, but I don't think I'll use it in production.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ("Lucid Lynx") released Posted May 6, 2010 10:20 UTC (Thu) by tomsi (subscriber, #2306) [Link]
I am on another plane. This is the first LTS version that I feel that I can stay at.
It supports the hardware I have now and will use for many years ahead.
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