Posted by Ronan on Sep 23, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
I like Ubuntu and Canonical. They are heading in the right direction in terms of getting Linux working out of the box. So every April and October a new version is released – but for those who can’t wait (like me) you can get the alpha and beta versions prior to the release date. I normally come in at alpha 6 (usually the one before beta) and with 8.10 – Intrepid Ibex alpha 6 release last week I pressed Alt+F2 and typed “update-manager -d”. So far so good. It’s stable, the wireless card for my ancient Dell Latitude 600 worked first go (first time ever), compiz worked and it looks good with the new ‘Dust’ theme. The only downside is the contsant updates but I can live with this for a couple of weeks until the final release (October 30th).