Ubuntu 7.10 Released

After another 6 month development cycle, Ubuntu 7.10 (aka Gutsy Gibbon) has been released. You can read the press release here, or go straight to the downloads. If you are already using Ubuntu, then you’ll need to check out the upgrade instructions.

I expect the download speed will be a bit slow for the next couple of days so you’ll probably need some patience. I’ll be trying it out and blogging some instructions on both upgrading and installing Ubuntu and Kubuntu over the next couple of days.

Posted by Jon 18.Oct.07 Desktop, News, Server, Ubuntu Read more Comments (0)

Ubuntu 7.10 and the Ubuntu Open Week

The release of Ubuntu 7.10 (aka Gutsy Gibbon) is now only a few days away. It’s due to be released on the 18th October, but if you just can’t wait you can now download the Release Candidate to take a look. Some of the new features include:

Desktop

Server

Don’t forget to check out issue #5 of the Full Circle Magazine for more details on using Ubuntu 7.10.

To mark the release of version 7.10, the Ubuntu community is holding an Ubuntu Open Week between 22nd - 27th October. This will be include a number of online workshops to find out more on using Ubuntu desktop and server. Visit the Ubuntu Open Week community page for a timetable of events.

Posted by Jon 13.Oct.07 Desktop, News, Server, Ubuntu Read more Comments (0)

Another Full Circle magazine issue

The issues of the Full Circle magazine seem to be coming thick and fast with the release of issue #5. If you haven’t read it before, Full Circle is the independent and free PDF based magazine for users of all flavours of Ubuntu. In this month’s hefty installment:

Download issue #5.

Full Circle Magazine Issue #5

Posted by Jon 29.Sep.07 News, Ubuntu Read more Comments (0)

Ubuntu “Juice”

Virtualisation is the current hot topic within the IT sector at the moment. It has many advantages as well as a few disadvantages, as I discussed on my main blog in System virtualisation - future or fad?

Not to be left out, Canonical announced at the VMWorld conference that they are releasing another Ubuntu version that will be optimised for running as a virtual appliance. Ubuntu JeOS (pronounced “Juice”) stands for Just Enough Operating System, and is a cut down and optimised OS designed to be used to host applications delivered as “virtual appliances” or ready-to-run virtual machines. The optimisation has removed functionality that is not required and optimised the OS in order to improve performance when run as a guest host on VMware.

Posted by Jon 20.Sep.07 News, Server, Ubuntu, Virtualisation Read more Comments (0)

Full Circle Magazine Issue #4

The next issue of the free Full Circle Magazine has been released and this months issue includes:

Download a copy here.

Full Circle Magzine Issue #4

Posted by Jon 02.Sep.07 News, Ubuntu Read more Comments (0)

Shuttleworth Interview

The Lifehacker blog have an interesting interview with the founder of Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth. In the interview he describes his working day, the tools he uses on Ubuntu, the deal with Dell and the reasoning behind the Ubuntu release strategy. It’s reassuring to see that Mark Shuttleworth is a believer in using the correct tool for the job when choosing between different OS and software, even if he has a natural bias towards one particular OS!

Posted by Jon 02.Sep.07 News, Ubuntu Read more Comments (0)

Unpatched Ubuntu community servers hacked

A number of Ubuntu community “LoCo” web servers were shutdown this week after discovering that they had been compromised and were being used to launch attacks on other systems.

An email and news letter to community members detailed how the systems were running numerous web applications and had not been patched for some time, meaning that any one of several security vulnerabilities (that had already been fixed) had allowed a hacker to gain root level access to the servers.

This compromise is another reminder of the importance of only installing the minimum amount of software required and ensuring that the system is patched as frequently as possible. 

Reported by SecurityFocus and Zero Day Blog.

Posted by Jon 18.Aug.07 News, Security, Server, Ubuntu Read more Comments (0)

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