So I tried updating my laptop last night from Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) to 8.10 (Intrepid) per the instructions. The download was going to take 4 hours so I decided to leave it to do its thing and continue in the morning.
Oh, it went wrong:
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One of the other options in recovery mode is “Repair Packages”. Figuring [...]

The truth is that none of the Ubuntu developers has discovered any of these vulnerabilities. What's worse, Ubuntu waited too long before the release of the patched kernel, preferring to issue a single update for all the vulnerabilities!
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CVE-2008-4210 was fixed by:
Debian Etch on 2008-10-13
Novell SLED/SLES 10 on 2008-10-21
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So, you've heard about OpenJDK somewhere, and heard that it was easy to build and get going, but then you saw that it has a build README document longer then a twitter tweet, and then you got lost somewhere in between, possibly arriving at a weird gcc compiler error message ….
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First, when Ubuntu’s detractors speak of the ‘average user’, what they really mean is the ‘average Windows user’—that is, a user who’s spent the last fifteen years being taught to use computers in a certain way. If
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Strangely, Apple doesn’t receive such criticism, even though its operating system, like Ubuntu, deviates in many ways [...]

The complete book is unfortunately in Hungarian, but the author László Torma (toros) has kindly translated one of the early chapter for our reading pleasure
Go here for the chapter “World of Linux – part 5: The Birth of Ubuntu”, or go here for the complete, Hungarian version.
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The development of Ubuntu started around April, 2004 as [...]

Have you ever had to reinstall your ubuntu installation, and then bear the pain of manually installing the applications you've come to love (i mean use ) everyday? If yes, then cheer up buddy, because all you really need is some magic (read scripting), some typing and spend some time digging the package names [...]

Ubuntu is a 7-part series on The Number 39. In this series, I will give you tips and tricks to improve your Ubuntu experience, make Ubuntu more secure, etc.
Okay, so here's Part 1
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Well, Ubuntu is the best flavour of Linux, and beats any OS, with Mac OS X trailing behind, any day. It is highly [...]

Ubuntu web hosting provides users with a reliable form of web hosting since Ubuntu is still actively maintained meaning that there are regular patch releases and updates available to ensure that it is a secure operating system to use both server and desktop wise.
Sounds good, but….
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Although Ubuntu web hosting may have its advantages, its useless [...]

I've been working on installing Ubuntu 8.10 as a dual boot on my Dell Inspiron 6400 PC, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB of RAM. So far things are working well.
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If you are interested in Trying out Ubuntu I'd recommend downloading a Virtual Machine of it first to get a feel [...]

I tried a lot of gnome themes and found many beautiful and elegant looking themes which enhance your desktop with different colors, corners, buttons and scroll bar styles. I filtered some of the best looking gnome themes to share on TechieSouls.
See them all here

In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt emails using the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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In the previous article we looked at the basics of using PGP, creating and backing up PGP keys and using them to encrypt files locally. Now we'll [...]

Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux communityare proud to announce the release of our nineteenth issue.
Full Circle Magazine – Issue #19
Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux communityare proud to announce the release of our nineteenth issue.
This month: * Command and Conquer – Lost and [...]

These Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex articles will take you from a 'barebones' Ubuntu Intrepid Slice to a secured and up to date Slice ready for your server software (or whatever you use the Slice for).
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doneQuite a lot happening here but now we have a secured and updated Slice.
The console is [...]

I have a clam-shell iBook, (one of the originals, mind ya kindly, a rev. B 300 mHz, bondi blue!) I love this computer, so don’t ask to buy it . It’ll be forever a classic in my view. I have to admit, though, it was beginning to feel a little bit dated.
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This may be old news to some of you, but I recently got around to checking out Appnr.com, and I’m pretty impressed. It’s a website for searching and installing the Ubuntu application repositories straight from the web.
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After working with this netbook for a month or so I decided I really wanted something a bit more..well, non-Microsoft. I debated about putting Apple OSX on it as some folks have reported as being able to do but there was also problems reported with this as well. So I decided to [...]

Nagios is a free, open-source tool that can be used to monitor network components and services. When it detects a problem, it can send alert messages by either e-mail or pager
Read here how to set it up
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It can also be configured so that only designated personnel can view status information for particular services [...]

If you’re concerned about losing your accelerated graphics on an out-of-date Nvidia card with the upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 … don’t be.
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Now that the video drivers have been updated for 8.10 and the system can build a proper driver for older hardware, the jump from 8.04 to 8.10 will keep the [...]

I prepared a documentation about this for a company and I thought I might as well post it here (modified a bit). I had to make sure the setup worked from scratch so I tested it using Sun’s VirtualBox
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Table of ContentsUbuntu Server Package Manager: apt-get Ruby RubyGems Apache 2 MySQL Merb + DataMapper (+ [...]

As noted in the SproutCore documentation you need to have RubyGems 1.3.0 installed. You also need a full Ruby distribution (including openssl bits), which is not so clearly noted. Here’s the steps I followed on my Ubuntu 8.10 system.
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Yesterday, November 27th, the Ubuntu developers discovered yet another security issue (actually, more than one) in the Linux kernel packages. These vulnerabilities affect the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS and 8.10. The truth is that there are exactly nine (yes, 9) security issues (see below for details), therefore, it is strongly recommended [...]

I finally decided to install Ubuntu into a Qemu disk image yesterday in order to get gWaei working correctly on it. It's been about a year or two since I have last had the operating system running on my own hardware. UPDATE: Now with both part 1 and 2.
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And from [...]

In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're exploring how to encrypt local files using PGP in the popular Ubuntu distribution.
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Maybe you are a medical researcher and have confidential patient information you need to protect, or a financial planner or mortgage broker wanting [...]

Apache is the name of the software that allows you to run a web service.Apache is very popular and provides access to most web sites on the internet.Apache complies with the Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP).
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I got bored by reading the same stuff again and again especially when I hear application list for windows. But today I came across a very good collection of opensource Ubuntu applications and this one looks very interesting (might be because I’m new to the linux world).
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Features like MP3 playback, DVD authoring and playback, DivX support, flash player etc to name a few. Unfortunately, due to certain ethical reasons, Ubuntu doesn’t provide such features out of the box.
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Medibutu stands for Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu and is a repository of packages that cannot be included in Ubuntu due [...]

Xavier is the latest K-12 school to move Ubuntu Linux to the head of the class. In fact, the school has deployed more than 600 Ubuntu desktops, according to Pierre Tagle, Xavier’s consulting IT director
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Still, Ubuntu has not made the leap from Xavier’s desktops to servers. “Our servers are mostly Linux-based, though [...]

Here is the list of ubuntu based Linux Distributions and Live Cd’s and it might be useful for some users.If some thing is missing from this list let me know i will add to this list.
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It's not even been one month since the release of Ubuntu 8.10, but this first alpha release will show early signs of what we can expect to see in this next Canonical-sponsored release — albeit many of the features are still in planning. In this article we will provide a glimpse at what Ubuntu 9.04 [...]

I just created https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Interviews and merged in all the Developer Interviews that I knew of. It’s just great to be able subscribe to the page and learn about exciting stuff people in our community have pulled off.
More here or straight to the interviews: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Interviews