Greetings from a dark Cisco lab with lots of wires in a university in London =) . /me waves back.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Brendan Jocson <bren...@jocson.eu> wrote: > Warex is always one to complain :) /me waves! > > Mario Spinthiras wrote: > >> Ok. This is about as far as I go with Ubuntu (desktop). The server is >> progressing in exactly the right direction. But for the love of God! , what >> is going on with the visuals? It has been "brown" for as long as I remember, >> and now it is moving toward yellow. That is more than enough reason to know >> it will look horrible on my macbook screen. >> >> Take into consideration that lots of people in the blogosphere have been >> moaning about this for a long time and Canonical still hasn't pulled through >> with this. The fact that Ubuntu looks appalling in terms of theming is not a >> shallow statement. After all, I'm not the only Linux geek with an opinion >> like this. >> >> In any case, something has to be done, urgently, before people decide to >> start using Amigas again =) >> >> >> Mario. >> >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Savvas Radevic <vice...@gmail.com<mailto: >> vice...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Ubuntu karmic 9.10 is officially out! >> Give it a spin and let us know if everything works as expected. The >> live cd environment or a virtual machine is perfect for testing. :-) >> P.S. Sorry for the extra short announcement, the official announcement >> is attached. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Ubuntu Announcements <nore...@ubuntu.com >> <mailto:nore...@ubuntu.com>> >> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:25:46 -0700 >> Subject: Ubuntu 9.10 released >> To: ubuntu-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com >> <mailto:ubuntu-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com> >> >> The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server >> editions, Ubuntu 9.10 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and >> Amazon's >> EC2, and Ubuntu Netbook Remix, continuing Ubuntu's tradition of >> integrating >> the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, >> easy-to-use Linux distribution. >> >> Read more about the features of Ubuntu 9.10 in the following press >> releases: >> >> Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-910 >> Server edition >> http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-910-server-edition >> >> Ubuntu 9.10 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and >> servers. >> Users requiring a longer support lifetime on the server may choose to >> continue using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, with security support until 2013, >> rather >> than upgrading to 9.10. >> >> Thanks to the efforts of the global translation community, Ubuntu is >> available in 25 languages. For a list of supported languages and >> detailed >> translation statistics for these and other languages, see: >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/ReleaseLanguages/9.10 >> >> Ubuntu 9.10 includes the first official release of Ubuntu Server >> images for >> UEC and for Amazon's EC2, giving you everything you need for rapid >> deployment of Ubuntu instances in a cloud computing environment. >> UEC images, >> and information on running Ubuntu 9.10 on EC2, are available at: >> >> http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/release >> >> Ubuntu 9.10 is also the basis for new 9.10 releases of Kubuntu, >> Xubuntu, >> Edubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu: >> >> Kubuntu http://kubuntu.org/news/9.10-release >> Xubuntu http://xubuntu.org/news/9.10-release >> Edubuntu http://edubuntu.org/news/9.10-release >> Mythbuntu http://mythbuntu.org/9.10/release >> Ubuntu Studio >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/9.10release_notes >> >> To Get Ubuntu 9.10 >> ------------------ >> >> To download Ubuntu 9.10, or obtain CDs, visit: >> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu >> >> Users of Ubuntu 9.04 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 9.10 via >> Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see: >> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/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/910 >> >> Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview: >> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/910overview >> >> 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://irc.freenode.net> >> >> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users >> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ >> >> Ubuntu 9.10 for ARM architectures >> --------------------------------- >> >> Ubuntu 9.10 is available for the ARM architecture. Users should only >> download these images if they have access to ARM chipsets or >> devices, as >> they will not run on Intel-based machines. >> >> Install instructions and images can be found here: >> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/arm >> >> Helping Shape Ubuntu >> -------------------- >> >> 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 >> ------------ >> >> Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, >> netbooks and servers, with a fast and easy install 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 >> Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. 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