Submitted by “With just one more week to go before the final release of Ubuntu 5.10, the Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Ubuntu 5.10 Release Candidate. This is the final milestone before the official 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures.”
The official release is coming out on Thursday, so just wait 1 week and download that. I don’t like Ubuntu myself, but why install it if the offical is only 1 week away. So wait for that, download the official iso release and install that or just order it for free from Shipit, they get sent out 1 week after the official release.
The official release is coming out on Thursday, so just wait 1 week and download that. I don’t like Ubuntu myself, but why install it if the offical is only 1 week away.
Because test releases are made so people who want to test the software can do so, and potentially find bugs or problems that will help improve the final release. If you’re not one of those people, then stay away from “alpha,” “beta,” or “RC” software.
Bluetooth input devices (such as keyboards and mice) are supported out of the box
Nice one Ubuntu!!! I have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard and having to pull out my secondary (read: wired) mouse and keyboard to use the live CD has become cumbersome. I am tempted to download this when I get home tonite even though it means I might have to download another CD in a week when the final is released.
no. i believe in one week you simply use synaptic or apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade.
javajazz.
Won’t you need to change your repositories to Breezy? I mean, they’re all set to Hoary now. Unless they’re going to somehow have you automatically change the repository names, I don’t see how just that would work.
my response was to a post by a fellow who said he may go home and download the breezyRC. when he installs that CD, breezy repositories will be listed for synaptic and apt-get to use. when the final release comes out he does not need to download the iso to burn, he need only use “sudo apt-get dist-upgrade” which will likely involve minimal changes after only a week or two between those releases.
but yes, if you are upgrading from hoary you need to find that list of repositories and change all the hoaries to breezies and be prepared for a lot of downloading, hundreds of megs. I think in that case it may be wiser to download the iso and get a clean install and you will have the CD if needed in the future.
javajazz
sudo apt-date && upgrade should keep you ‘current’. I take the long way around: sudo apt-get autoclean, sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade. And that’s all there is to do! Isn’t Ubuntu/Debian wonderful? Yes it is.
ha! windows is easier.
1. pop in cd.
2. click on “upgrade.
3. wait 2 hours
4. realize it wiped your hdd *curse loudly*
5. it reboots to BSOD
6. cry
hehehehe very funny
it is just a pity your sense of humour will not be appreciated around here.
at least it cheered me up
Nah. I don’t particularly like repository-based systems such as apt-get–way too complex, and not nearly powerful enough.
In any event, does anyone know if they changed nautilus to make browser mode default? I remember seeing a few screenshots a while back, and saw browser-mode nautilus come up as default.
-bytecoder
…does anyone know if they changed nautilus to make browser mode default?
Yes, browser mode is the default now.
Aww. You wouldn’t happen to know why, would you? Doesn’t make much sense with what they’re trying to do.
-bytecoder
Well, I can’t give you a link to the offical reason or anything but I suspect it is because quite a few people (especially newbies) have grown up using browser mode and spatial can often (not always, but often) be more confusing as opposed to the new browser mode. Plus, spatial doesn’t always work well on smaller screens (like laptops for example).
However, keep in mind that these are only mine (and a few others opinions); this is in no way, shape or form the “offical word.”
Actually, apt-get dist-upgrade is the preferred option, rather than just apt-get upgrade, as the upgrade option does not deal gracefully with changes in package dependencies, and virtual packages. See the manual for apt-get(8) (emphasis mine):
upgrade
upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version [obviously bad for running operating system upgrades]. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available.
dist-upgrade
dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a “smart” conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files.
Obviously, both options have risks; however, I’ve never had issues running a dist-upgrade myself, and it’s the recommended upgrade path by Ubuntu.
thanks. dist-upgrade has that advantage, yes.
Regarding the Breeze. I have been using apt-get or synaptic, depending on where I am, in the cli or gui, when i get the urge to look for the new stuff. I have been carelessly doing this since the spring of ’05, every day, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. every single day there have been updates. XORG has been through several versions, gnome as well (2.11 to 2.12.1). I was even running funny stuff from hoary-extras; java, realplayer10,wn32codecs,libdvd.
MY POINT is that over the months there has not been a major breakage, none. I do have to occasionally relink Xorg to X, after Xorg upgrades. hint-the command “locate” is always ready to show you where things are, on a dime at a moments notice.
do you want XP and the THRILL of hunting down all the odd upgrades to all the software that “windows.update” does not cover or do you like the idea of “synaptic”, where every upgrade is available.
Oh and guys can you please make the theme a little browner, like rich chocolate and strong coffee.
Since the dev. has been frozen it´s like earlier posters said just update and upgrade when it´s finaly released.
I just burned the cd, i’m off to install now. 🙂
by the judge of the dev releases it’s sweet.
You gotta love the user simplicity of Ubuntu.
Great work the Ubuntu team.
I guess you guys didn’t read when I said ‘Live CD’
its a shame that openoffice 2, firefox 1.1(or 1.5) and xorg 7.0, are to late for this release. (although it seems to be shipping openoffice 1.9.129).
i guess fedora will catch the hotest version numbers this time around.
still lots of good improvements, well done devs.
There’s nothing interesting about this and other ubuntu release candidates. Ubuntu is just a collection of binaries that are available in tons of other distributions. The difference between ubuntu and other distributions is that ubuntu has $20 milion to spend on marketing. I’m tired of having to read their press releases each and every time they compile a package. When is ubuntu going to start innovating?
There’s nothing interesting about this and other ubuntu release candidates. Ubuntu is just a collection of binaries that are available in tons of other distributions. The difference between ubuntu and other distributions is that ubuntu has $20 milion to spend on marketing. I’m tired of having to read their press releases each and every time they compile a package. When is ubuntu going to start innovating?
Then show me another distro that works out of the box, detects all my hardware, and can easily download and install software. Easily means: without CLI, editing config files, geeky error messages or RTFM.
– Morin
Xandros, Linspire, SUSE, Mandriva
(1) Knoppix
(2) Libranet 3.0 -> and has more packages available via apt-get (or synaptic if you are so CLI phobic).
I agree with the first post here. Ubuntu hasn’t done anything new other than marketing the distro to utter death. I’ve tried it, and its “ease of use” came at the expense of package availability and power use.
I agree with the first post here. Ubuntu hasn’t done anything new other than marketing the distro to utter death. I’ve tried it, and its “ease of use” came at the expense of package availability and power use
I’m not sure what that comment means. Most of the marketing has come from the community because they love ubuntu. I agree that they’ve done a great deal for ease of use, but I think they offer a great deal of packages (just uncomment the sources.list). As far as power use I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. It is still Linux, and it still has all the development packages and software IDEs that I’m used to.
To comment a little further on the software availability, I have never found a binary distro that offers all the packages I want in their repository (that includes Fedora and Debian as well as the other smaller distros). Based on your statement I would assume that you are a fellow software geek. I recently started rolling all my own deb files for the products I need to further extend ubuntu, and I’ve uploaded them to my own online repository. Next, I’m going to make a metapackage to install all my favorite apps with just one command after I add the repository to my sources.list.
This way installing and keeping multiple machines up to date will be extremely easy — at least for me
I’ve tried it, and its “ease of use” came at the expense of package availability and power use.
Which packages are you actually missing and how does Ubuntu limit you as a `power user’?
DOWNLOAD Windows Vista:
http://windows.czweb.org/
Where (sniff) is (sniff, sniff) the new Kubuntu? Don’t see it on kubuntu.org. Anyone?
I did a clean install of 5.04 on my notebook this past weekend, and I decided to give 5.10 a shot. I’m in the middle of my apt-get dist-upgrade right now…
How do you telnet to, say, a router connected to your USB-to-serial adapter?? Minicom seems to work only on actual COM (ttyS0/1) ports.
Okay, I just upgraded my existing Ubuntu (KDE version) with apt-get and yes, the built-in bluetooth adaptor of my laptop works out-of-the-box
I have an eMachines m6805 that uses a Broadcom BCM4306 wireless NIC. Everything – nic, sound, screen, CDRW, memory card reader, accelerated video + additional monitor out, etc. work, except the wireless NIC. I have followed every NDIS wrapper I can find, googled, searched the official Ubuntu Forums. I follwed and REfollowed the “How to install a Broadcom NIC” guide on the forums. I can modprob everything with no problem, but the Network settings tool refuses to believe that I have a wireless NIC. Very frustrating!
Setting up ndiswrapper for the BCM4306 is easy. It took me around 5 mins in Breezy using the ndiswrapper package that comes with the distro…
use this page:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SetupNdiswrapperHowto
You have to find your bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys in your Windows partition and copy them over to your home directory.
You also do not have to compile from source, just follow the directions using the precompiled package that comes with Breezy. Hopefully this helps.
concept10
Give Debian Pure (www.debianpure.com) a run. Just as easy as Ubuntu and fully compliant with Debian repositories. It also installs in 10-20 minutes compared to Ubuntu’s 30-60 minutes. I agree with the comments others have made that Ubuntu hasn’t done anything new, however, Debian didn’t do what Ubuntu did, that is to make it easy on the user to install a desktop. Debian Pure has addressed and corrected this problem though so I see no reason to continue using Ubuntu now.
Hey,
No need to pick on ubuntu :^) If You don’t want to use it, don’t.
If there is some news about Debian Pure that you want to send to OSNEWS, do send it to them so they can also post that here. Otherwise, you can write an article about it and get it posted here so your favourite distribution gets some press ;^) There is no need to be so negative about some other distribution.
Regards
I’ve just added some new screenshots here:
http://www.stormchasers.dk/~gorth/gallery/
Very exciting. This is the first Ubuntu that will run on my Dell Latitude 110L. I used Ubuntu on my desktop at home fine, but 5.04 never detected my video card on this laptop.
When the live CD worked I screamed in delight inside.
Now if there was an iTunes for Linux, I would never need Windows again.
Banshee is a very good iTunes alternative/clone for Linux and is able to handle iPods.
Rhythmbox is also a fine iTunes “clone”.
Both are available for Breezy, and Rhythmbox is included with both Breezy and Hoary.