Ubuntu 7.10 is available today. I’ve been running the betas for a few weeks now with just a few issues but I update frequently and things have been really smooth lately.
If you haven’t tried Ubuntu yet give it a shot! I’ve been using Ubuntu now for more than a year now and could never go back to Windows. I would switch at work as well but I’m stuck with running Powerbuilder though I could probably get by with a VM install for that.
Gutsy Gibbon is certainly easier to install and set up than Windows Vista, and it’s very close to matching Mac OS X when it comes to making things “just work” out of the box. Wi-Fi, printing, my digital camera and even my iPod all worked immediately after installation — no drivers or other software required. ~Wired
No Microsoft headaches and no Apple ‘upgrade fee’ every year or so… it’s free!
On the web:
I was trying to grab it already this morning, but every link led to a 404… guess I was too hasty :)
I’ve left mine updating when I came to work this morning! It failed overnight, but I followed the advice found here:
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/10/14/22x-faster-upgrade/
Good luck! I want to download it and install it on the kids computer but I’ll wait a bit til the newness wears off :)
I saw some figures on the torrent bandwidth being used yesterday on the Ubuntu forums…
So far I only have one or two odd issues with Compiz which I haven’t bothered to look into much – not sure if I’m going to keep using that or uninstall it – it doesn’t do much for me productivity wise.
Ive been running Ubuntu for many years with excelent success 7.10 is just as stable from what i can see with a couple nice addons. The only issue ive been having is trying to install coldfusion under gutsy.I tried the fix that worked w/ ubuntu 7.04 , this however did not change anything , I am still not able to install . Any input would be greatly appreciated.
~$ cat Coldfusion-8-lin.bin | sed “s/export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/#xport LD_ASSUME_KERNEL/” > /tmp/coldfusion.bin
~$ sudo sh /tmp/coldfusion.bin
Launching installer…
exec: 2481: /tmp/install.dir.8037/Linux/resource/jre/bin/java: not found
I am running
java version “1.6.0_03″
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode)
2.6.22-14-server #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 22:09:15 GMT 2007 x
86_64 GNU/Linux
Hmm. I haven’t tried cranking up CF8 since I’ve upgraded. Will try that tonight and let you know if it works or not. I installed it under 7.04 with no issues. I’ll also check and see what flavor of Java I’m running.
Posting this from a fresh install on my laptop.. wh00t! Now to start installing the things I need/want
apt-get install everything :)