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The Xubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the open source community has to offer. This is their latest result: Xubuntu 8.10, which brings a host of excellent improvements built on the rock solid Xfce 4.4.2 ...

Sun, 2 Nov 2008

pThe Xubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the open source community has to offer. This is their latest result: Xubuntu 8.10, which brings a host of excellent improvements built on the rock solid Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment./ppFor Ubuntu see a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.10-desktop" title="http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.10-desktop"http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.10-desktop/abr /For Kubuntu see a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/IntrepidIbex/Kubuntu" title="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/IntrepidIbex/Kubuntu"https://wiki.kubuntu.org/IntrepidIbex/Kubuntu/a/ph3Download/h3pGet it while it's hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:/pullia href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.10/" title="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.10/"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.10//a (Xubuntu)/lilia href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10" title="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10"http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10/a (Ubuntu)/lilia href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/8.10" title="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/8.10"http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edubuntu/8.10/a (Edubuntu add-on)/lilia href="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/8.10" title="http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/8.10"http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/8.10/a (Kubuntu)/lilia href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/8.10/" title="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/8.10/"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/8.10//a (UbuntuStudio)/lilia href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/8.10/" title="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/8.10/"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/8.10//a (Mythbuntu) /li/ulpMore instructions are available on a href="/get"the download page/a./ph3Upgrading from Xubuntu 8.04/h3pTo upgrade from Xubuntu 8.04, open the Update Manager from the Applications menu under System. It will tell you: qNew distribution release '8.10' is available/q. Click strongUpgrade/strong and follow the on-screen instructions. /ph3New Features since Xubuntu 8.04/h3h4Abiword 2.6/h4pXubuntu brings you the newest Abiword 2.6.4 word processor with tons of bug-fixes and new features, some of which include:/pulliThe ability to embed gnumeric charts into your documents/liliA new collaboration plugin allowing users to collaboratively work on the same document in real-time/liliImproved support for Microsoft Office and OpenOffice documents/liliYou can now drag and drop images in and out of AbiWord documents/lilithe ability to open files on remote shares, ie. samba, ftp or ssh shares/lilimuch more!/li/ulh4Improved Multimedia Experience/h4pXubuntu 8.10 provides an improved multimedia experience by including the Listen Multimedia Player. With Listen, you can:/pulliOrganize your music collection/liliBrowse Shoucast Webradio and Podcats/liliRead lyrics and have access Wikipedia information about artists or albums at your fingertips/liliBroadcast by interfacing with your icecast server/liliRecord streaming media/liliVisualize good times with the built-in graphical visualizer. /li/ulh4Find what you're looking for with Catfish/h4pWith Xubuntu 8.10, you'll find an option to "Search for Files" in the Places menu. Clicking this will present you with the widely popular, light-weight search front-end called Catfish. Catfish enables you to quickly and easily search for your documents, music, pictures, videos, and more./ppFor the technically inclined, Catfish is a frontend for different search engines (daemons)./ppYou can employ find, slocate, locate, doodle, tracker, beagle, strigi and pinot - what ever tickles your fancy! /ph4Easily manage your secrets/h4pXubuntu 8.10 includes the well known secret keeper Seahorse. Seahorse is a GTK front end for GnuPG - the Gnu Privacy Guard program. It is a tool for secure communications and data storage. Data encryption and digital signature creation can easily be performed through a GUI and Key Management operations can easily be carried out through an intuitive interface./ph4X.Org 7.4/h4pa href="http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.4"X.Org 7.4/a, the latest stable version of a href="http://www.x.org/wiki/"X.Org/a, is available in this version. This release brings much better support for hot-pluggable input devices such as tablets, keyboards, and mice. At the same time this will allow the great majority of users to run without a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. A new failsafe X is introduced, to give better tools for troubleshooting X startup failures./ppTwo of the older nvidia binary drivers are not available for X.Org 7.4 yet, so users of these drivers will be automatically switched to the corresponding open source drivers. /ph4Linux kernel 2.6.27/h4pXubuntu 8.10 includes Linux kernel 2.6.27, a significant release with better hardware support and numerous bug-fixes. /ph4Encrypted private directory/h4pThe ecryptfs-utils package was recently promoted to Ubuntu main, with support for a a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EncryptedPrivateDirectory"secret encrypted folder/a in your Home Folder (by Michael Halcrow, Dustin Kirkland, and Daniel Baumann). /ph4Network Manager 0.7/h4pXubuntu 8.10 ships Network Manager 0.7 (by Dan Williams and others), which comes with long-expected features, such as:/pp * system wide settings (i.e., no need to log in in order to get a connection)br / * management of 3G connections (GSM/CDMA)br / * management of multiple active devices at oncebr / * management of PPP and PPPOE connectionsbr / * management of devices with static IP configurationsbr / * route management for devices /ppMore information can be found on the a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager"Network Manager wiki/a. /ph4DKMS/h4pa href="http://linux.dell.com/dkms"DKMS/a (by Dell) is included in Xubuntu 8.10, allowing kernel drivers to be automatically rebuilt when new kernels are released. This makes it possible for kernel package updates to be made available immediately without waiting for rebuilds of driver packages, and without third-party driver packages becoming out of date when installing these kernel updates./ph4Samba 3.2/h4pA lot of new features have been added in Samba 3.2 amongst them:/pulliclustered file server support/liliencrypted network transport/liliipv6 support/lilibetter integration with the latest version of Microsoft Windows™ clients and servers./li/ulh4PAM authentication framework/h4pXubuntu 8.10 features a new pam-auth-update tool, which allows simple management of PAM authentication configuration for both desktops and servers (by Steve Langasek). Packages providing PAM modules will be configured automatically, and users can adjust their authentication preferences by running sudo pam-auth-update./ppMore information can be found in the a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PAMConfigFrameworkSpec"Ubuntu wiki/a. /ph4Totem BBC plugin/h4pXubuntu 8.10 features a new plugin for the Totem movie player that fetches free digital content from the BBC. To enable it, start Totem (Applications - Multimedia - Movie Player), enable the plugin (Edit - Plugins - BBC content viewer) and select "BBC" from the drop-down labelled "Playlist"./ppThanks to the a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/"BBC/a and a href="http://www.collabora.co.uk/"Collabora/a for their work developing this feature. /ph3Participate in Xubuntu/h3pIf you would like to help shape Xubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/" title="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/"http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate//a and a href="http://xubuntu.org/devel" title="http://xubuntu.org/devel"http://xubuntu.org/devel/a/ph3Help Spread the Word About Xubuntu 8.10/h3pA new banner to help spread the word about Xubuntu 8.10. You can add the banner to your website or blog to help others find the wonders of Xubuntu 8.10./ppa href="http://xubuntu.org" title="Learn more about Xubuntu..."img src="http://xubuntu.org/xubuntu-static/intrepid-countdown/index.php" alt="Countdown to Xubuntu (xubuntu.org) 8.10, by Pasi Lallinaho" //a/ppa href="http://xubuntu.org/promote/intrepid/countdown" title="http://xubuntu.org/promote/intrepid/countdown"http://xubuntu.org/promote/intrepid/countdown/a /ph3More Information/h3pYou can find out more about Xubuntu on a href="http://www.xubuntu.org/"our website/a and a href="http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu"wiki/a./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xubuntu/~4/437084764" height="1" width="1"/

Thu, 30 Oct 2008

pThe Release Candidate of Xubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" has arrived. This is a testing build designed for developers and is strongnot suggested for anyone looking for a stable system/strong. If you would like to see what is new in the beta release, please see the a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidIbex/RC/Xubuntu"Release Notes/a./ppa href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.10/rc/"Visit the download page/a to give it a try. Be sure to report your testing results to help the Xubuntu developers - see a href="http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/build/xubuntu/all"the ISO testing tracker/a, a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug/"Bugs can be reported in Launchpad/a./ppBefore testing, be sure to take note of the a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidIbex/RC/Xubuntu#Known%20Issues"Known Issues/a./ppIf you are looking for a href="http://xubuntu.org/help"support/a, please see the #ubuntu+1 or #xubuntu IRC channels on irc.freenode.net./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xubuntu/~4/437084765" height="1" width="1"/

Fri, 24 Oct 2008

The beta release of Xubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" has arrived. This is a testing build designed for developers and is not suggested for anyone looking for a stable system. If you would like to see what is new in the beta release, please see the Release Notes.

Visit the download page to give it a try. Be sure to report your testing results to help the Xubuntu developers - see the ISO testing tracker, Bugs can be reported in Launchpad.

Before testing, be sure to take note of the Known Issues.

If you are looking for support, please see the #ubuntu+1 or #xubuntu IRC channels on irc.freenode.net.

Thu, 2 Oct 2008

Xubuntu Xtreme 7.10.1 is now available for download! Included with Xubuntu Xtreme 7.10.1 are:. * All updates as of July 14, 2008. * Kernel updated from 2.6.22-14-generic to 2.6.22-15-generic. * Firefox updated to official 3.0 Final from ...

Mon, 14 Jul 2008

In addition, I have attempted to fix a problem for those who wish to install Xubuntu Xtreme 8.04.1 LTS alongside Windows 2000/XP/Vista. It seems Xubuntu 8.04.1 LTS doesn’t properly mount NTFS drives/partitions, so I have included the ...

Sat, 12 Jul 2008

The Xubuntu developers are proud to announce the release of Xubuntu 8.04.1, the first maintenance update to the 8.04 Long Term Support release, on Tuesday 8 July.

Over 200 updates that have been released since the release of 8.04 are incorporated in the installation media so that fewer updates need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates in order to maintain stability for the Long Term Support release, even without an internet connection.

Get Xubuntu 8.04.1

Xubuntu can be downloaded from one of the Xubuntu mirrors which should have been updated with this latest release. The download page also provides information about upgrading from previous versions of Xubuntu.

More information

For further information concerning this release, possible problems and how to work around them, please consult the release notes.

If you would like to contribute to Xubuntu, please see http://www.xubuntu.com/devel.

More information on Xubuntu can be found at the Xubuntu website or at the wiki.

Tue, 8 Jul 2008

On the heels of the recent release of gOS Ultimate E, I am proud to announce the release of a new unauthorized remastered version of Xubuntu Linux 7.10: Xubuntu Xtreme 7.10. Included with Xubuntu Xtreme 7.10: ...

Mon, 16 Jun 2008

Participate in Xubuntu. If you would like to help shape Xubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at. http://www.

Sat, 14 Jun 2008

The beta release of Xubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) has landed. This is a testing build designed for developers and is not suggested for anyone looking for a stable system. If you would like to se...

Sat, 14 Jun 2008

Introduction to Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron The Xubuntu developers are constantly bringing you the absolute latest and most stable software that the open source and free software communities have to offer. This is their latest result: the ...

Mon, 2 Jun 2008

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Wed, 28 May 2008

First I installed Xubuntu on an IBM Thinkpad T21. I used one of the daily builds which had alternate install option only. This installed without any problems. I even got my Belkin Wireless card working by using ndiswrapper and the ...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008

With it will come Xubuntu 8.04, the Xfce version of what should be a Vista-killer. I've been testing it out and bordering on sheer joy at the improvements they've made since 8.04 Alpha 3. Once it went beta it got even better. ...

Sun, 20 Apr 2008

You can grab the images by clicking here.

Sun, 30 Mar 2008

The beta release of Xubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) has landed. This is a testing build designed for developers and is not suggested for anyone looking for a stable system.

If you would like to see what is new in the beta release, please see the Release Announcement.

Want to download it?

• http://mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu-cdimage/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta/

• http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-cdimage/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta/

• http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta/

• http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs-Xubuntu/8.04/beta/

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/hardy/beta

• http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta/

• http://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta/

• http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-cdimage-xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta/

• http://ubuntu.univ-nantes.fr/ubuntu-cd/xubuntu/8.04/beta/

• ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.xubuntu.com/releases/8.04/beta

• http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/8.04/beta

• http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/xubuntu-releases/8.04/beta/

• http://hex1a4.net/xubuntu/mirror/releases/8.04/beta

• http://ubuntu.ipacct.com/xubuntu/8.04/beta

• http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/ubuntu/xubuntu/8.04/beta/

To report your testing results, see this wiki page.

Make sure to report bugs in Launchpad.

If you are looking for support, please see the #ubuntu+1 or #xubuntu IRC channels on irc.freenode.net.

Thu, 20 Mar 2008

The Xubuntu team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the latest release of the Xubuntu Linux operating system: 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon". The Xubuntu development team would like to thank all the volunteers who have helped coding, testing, designing, translating, testing and more, without whom this release would not have been possible.

This release ships many improvements documented in the release notes.

Download Xubuntu now or see the instructions for upgrading.

Thu, 18 Oct 2007

The Xubuntu development team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Release Candidate of the next version of Xubuntu, 7.10, dubbed Gutsy Gibbon. This Release Candidate will most likely be the same as the final release and should thus be suitable for testing by most normal users.

You can download the Release Candidate at the download page. If you do happen to encounter bugs, please report them in Launchpad so they can still be fixed before the final release. Thanks.

Fri, 12 Oct 2007

As Jani Monoses stated in an email:

There are less and less chances of getting bugs fixed with the release
closing so if we want to avpoiod the usual post release surge of reports
please test the daily images.

A new thing worth checking out in the latest is passing the
only-ubiquity parameter to the kernel (use F6 in the boot menu)
It will only launch ubiquity no the whole desktop. It was introduced to
enable Ubuntu installs on 256M machines, but I am sure it now helps
Xubuntu Live with its mem requirements. So please check it out it may
even run in 128M but should definitely no longer need 256 as it does
now.

In order to prevent a sudden surge of bug reports after Xubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) has been released, everybody is encouraged to test the new daily images of Xubuntu which you can find at the Xubuntu Gutsy Daily Build download page, using the testing instructions, and to report bugs using Launchpad.

Please note that daily builds are generally unsuitable for normal usage and that bugs will be present.

Sun, 7 Oct 2007

The beta release of Xubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) has landed. This is a testing build designed for developers and is not suggested for anyone looking for a stable system. Release Notes.-->

Want to download it? Get it here! To report your testing results, see this wiki page.

Make sure to report bugs in Launchpad.

If you are looking for support, please see the #ubuntu+1 or #xubuntu IRC channels on irc.freenode.net.

Sun, 7 Oct 2007

Urgent need for testers new Xubuntu release.

Sun, 7 Oct 2007

The fifth testing release of Xubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) has landed. Tribe 5 is a testing build designed for developers and is not suggested for anyone looking for a stable system. If you would like to see what is new in Tribe 5, please see the Release Notes.

Want to download it? Get it here! To report your testing results, see this email from Jim Campbell calling for testers.
Note that, with this testing release, the testing procedure has also changed: you can now subscribe to a test. So be sure you do read Jim Campbell's email.

Make sure to report bugs in Launchpad.

If you are looking for support, please see the #ubuntu+1 or #xubuntu IRC channels on irc.freenode.net.

Mon, 27 Aug 2007

The fourth testing release of Xubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) has landed on August 9, 2007. Tribe 4 is a testing build designed for developers and is not suggested for anyone looking for a stable system. If you would like to see what is new in Tribe 4, please see the Release Notes..

Want to download it? Get it here! To report your testing results, see this email from Jim Campbell calling for testers.

Make sure to report bugs in Launchpad.

If you are looking for support, please see the #ubuntu+1 or #xubuntu IRC channels on irc.freenode.net.

Sun, 12 Aug 2007

Xubuntu 7.10 Tribe 4 Released!

Sun, 12 Aug 2007

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS, the first maintenance release of “Dapper Drake”. Over 300 post-release updates have been pre-applied, so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after ...

Fri, 11 Aug 2006

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS, the first maintenance release of "Dapper Drake". Over 300 post-release updates have been pre-applied, so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after ...

Fri, 11 Aug 2006

Urgent need for testers new Xubuntu release