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A few thoughts on Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1

January 22, 2012 1 Response Shortlink

After an aborted installation in VirtualBox using the direct installation, I got a VM instance of Ubuntu 12.04 in place by installing from a loaded Live CD session. That proceeded without any trouble and downloaded the required updates too. First [...]

Adding GNOME 3 to Linux Mint 11

June 3, 2011 27 Responses Shortlink

On the surface of it, this probably sounds a very strange thing to do: choose Linux Mint because they plan to stick with their current desktop interface for the foreseeable future and then stick a brand new one on there. [...]

A lot of work ahead

December 6, 2010 Leave a response Shortlink

Curiosity recently got the better of me and I decided to have a look at the first alpha release of Ubuntu 11.04, both in a VirtualBox virtual machine and on a spare PC that I have. They always warn you [...]

An early glimpse of Ubuntu 9.04

November 27, 2008 1 Response Shortlink

Ubuntu development is so gradual these days that there’s almost no point getting too excited about new versions. Its being a mature Linux distribution means that updates aren’t that much of an upheaval and I must admit to liking it [...]

Another alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10 is out

July 26, 2008 Leave a response Shortlink

It’s probably about time that I drew attention to Ubuntu’s The Fridge. While the strap line says “News for Human Beings”, it seems to be the place to find out about development releases of the said Linux distribution. Today, there’s [...]

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