Moved … I’ve moved the details of this post to a seperate page which I’ll keep updated for each version of Ubuntu. Currently supported versions Intrepid Ibex (8.10) Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) Thank you for visiting this page.
I’ve downloaded the latest 64-bit Desktop Edition of Ubuntu and upgraded my Hardy install (after backing up all of my personal data … learnt this the hard way with Windows) and everything runs beautifully on my Acer Aspire 9303. It was almost too simple. I still can’t believe people think “Linux is hard”. I have Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on November 1st 2008 in Ubuntu
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 Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on October 30th 2008 in Ubuntu
I’ve just finished installing Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) on my Acer 9303WSMi and first impressions are “WOW”, which is what Vista was meant to do but didn’t! I have to agree with K.Mandla it’s so easy. Before I started I had a couple of requirements which I wanted Hardy to meet, mostly getting my hardware to Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on April 30th 2008 in Ubuntu
Woohoo. Congrats to everyone at Canonical and the Ubuntu Development Teams. Ubuntu 8.04 is out. I’m currently downloading both the 64-bit desktop and 32-bit server disks so I can install them tonight. Happy days. Update: I’ve successfully upgraded my server from 7.10 to 8.04. Hardy rocks. It was the most painless upgrade I’ve ever done. Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on April 24th 2008 in Ubuntu