It’s alive …

It’s just been announced on the Ubuntu Mailing List that Intrepid Ibex is out. I’ve been looking forward to this release and running it on a spare PC since Alpha 4.

Congrats to everyone at Canonical and the Ubuntu Development Teams for yet another awesome release.

The latest release notes can be found at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810 andto check out what’s new in this release, with a graphical overview, go to http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810overview

I won’t go into each and every feature but Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is an excellent release on both Desktop and Server. I’ve found it incredibly stable and will continue to use it as my daily OS from here on in.

My Favourite Addition

For me the best part of this release is Ubuntu have finally included LXDE in the repositories which means Ubuntu now has a really fast desktop environment for low powered PC’s which won’t frighten new users. Personally Openbox by itself is great but I know a few converts from Windows who find the familiar UI of LXDE comforting.

Congrats again to everyone at Canonical and the Ubuntu Development Teams for yet another awesome release.

What you waiting for go get it now.

A couple of days ago I was having problems with my Internet connection but I’ve solved them tonight. I put my networking hat on (I used to write embedded software for routers and network switch equipment) and worked through a few steps to diagnose the issue … MTU.

By default my router (Linksys WRT54G running DD-WRT v23) had an MTU set to Auto (1500), I changed this to Manual (1400) and everything came back to life and works perfectly. Later  I read in a couple of forums that old Telewest customers (like me) are now having some of our traffic routed over the old NTL network, which is not as good as the Telewest network, in order to balance the load. I guess one of the NTL routers doesn’t like 1500 byte packets or can’t deal with packet fragmentatoin correctly.

Either way problem solved and just before Intrepid Ibex is due out

Tonight I’ve only been able to connect to some websites i.e. I can connect to ubuntu.com, linux.com but not osnews.com or ubuntuweblogs.org ??? Last month I was upgraded to 10Mb cable on VirginMedia but I was able to connect to all sites until tonight. The strange thing is 2 friends of mine are also with VirginMedia yet they can access the websites fine? We all live within 5 miles of each other.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

This is going to mess with upgrading to Intrepid Ibex which is due out in a few days

Respect and Kudos Jono!

The long awaited “Denied by Reign” by Severed Fifth has been released today under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.

How is it ?

In a word … AWESOME. Amazingly it’s pushed Machine Head’s ‘The Blackening’ and Lamb of God’s ‘Sacrament’ to the bottom of my playlist.

Where can you get it ?

Download it from here in MP3 or OGG format (Torrents also available) and spread the word. I’ve got my copy and I’ve already sent it to my brother and a few mates who think it’s bloody brilliant. What you waiting for.