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- sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -2/+204The site is getting hammered grab the torrent if you can:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
Also don't bother downloading if you have the 20070415 daily (aka the Release Candidate) it is EXACTLY the same, I just verified MD5sums. - sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -7/+99Wow man your quick they JUST put that stuff up!
Grats to the Ubuntu Devs for what is in my opinion their greatest release. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+64I don't think the purpose of Ubuntu was to TEACH people about Linux. It's purpose was to make a distribution so that normal people could USE Linux.
- cwcheang, on 10/12/2007, -5/+62Finally! I've been waiting all day! Woohooo!
Ubuntu is amazing. For a lot of people it's what makes them try Linux. Whether you like Slackware, Gentoo, Fedora or whatever better you have to acknowlegde that when Linux really goes mainstream one day Ubuntu played a major role.
Here's to another 6 months before another release which will no doubt set standards again! Cheers to all Ubuntu devs and testers and the Ubuntu community in general for an excellent distro. - sirdaz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+59I have a slight giggle when my bittorrent wont download, the direct link wont download, the ubuntu homepage is down.. Just goes to show how many people were waiting for this release.
I take my hat off and bow down to the ubuntu devs that have worked towards this release!
Now give me my turn to download it :( - ralph123, on 10/12/2007, -4/+50As someone who has used gentoo for several years, there's one think I really can't stand.
Pompous idiots who think they are leet or a guru or whatever just because they use gentoo.
Using gentoo is not hard if you have half a brain and it will only give you a very limited knowledge of linux. Yes, you are probably forced to learn some things because you are simply expected to do them yourself in gentoo, but so what?
Neither gentoo nor ubuntu will teach you linux (and after all, they are operating systems, not learning tools), if you really want to learn something, you'll still have to learn it yourself. - sgen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+47[...]"First off Ubuntu doesn't really teach you that much about Linux."[...]
They don't want to learn that much about linux. They just want to run free software.
[...]"Secondly, as I stated Ubuntu is very GUI oriented, which makes people dependent on the GUI so when a problem comes along and they are required to do some more "under the hood" work on their box"[...]
They don't want problems to come along. They don't want to work under the hood. They just want to run free software. - Thorandor, on 10/12/2007, -7/+49Sweet stuff!!
And look at that, as opposed to WinXp ubuntu actually DID detect my inbuilt wireless card of my laptop - without problems, and without any hassle whatsoever....oh, and without reboots ;) - Visceral, on 10/12/2007, -5/+42Kubuntu http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/feisty/
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39What's wrong with being a Linux distro that anyone can use? Linux doesn't have to be "hard" -- look at Mac OS X, easy *nix. Stop with the elitism, it looks bad.
- sirdaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31The ubuntu setup CD IS the liveCD :)
Boot from the setup CD, and you can use it as you would a live CD. The actual setup is an app found on the desktop of the live cd. - ralph123, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33Well, I don't think digg is really meant for tech support (or good at it).
Head on over to ubuntuforums.org and ask there. And try to be as specific in the description of your problem as possible, as it will make helping you a lot easier.
Good luck! - timmytheraw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31If you are using linux already, and the torrent isn't working for you, do "wget -c url" without the quotes in a terminal window to do a direct, fault tolerant download. You would be surprised how many people are unaware of the -c switch which resumes downloads when your connection fails.
Wget is also avail. for windows. Skip the bloatware download managers and use wget. - arduenn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34w00t. The first Digg post of many this morning that actually links to the real thing. Good job!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33Also there is a mirror up if you can't torrent: http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu-iso/feisty/
- trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34mirror of just the torrent in case the servers go down completely.:
http://trogdoor.googlepages.com/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent - melissawm, on 10/12/2007, -7/+34ever heard of ubuntuforums.org?
- coredump0x01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22http://gnome-look.org http://kde-look.org
*Cough* - pendetim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24I have been running the beta reeases for about 3 weeks on my laptop. This is my first 'nix operating system so it is very new to me. I had no troubles at all except for taming my ALPS mousepad to keep it from random clicking. Eventually Google lead me to a GUI for the touchpad.
I had tried a copy of Vista ( that must be the word for "fat slow pig" in some foreign language) for 3 days on a new HDD , became very frustrated, then went to Feisty Fawn 7.04.11->12->14->15.
The developers have done an outstanding job making the front end easy for a n00b like my self to use and manage.
Hats off to the team!!! - Simon80, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23It's not like Ubuntu prevents someone from learning about how things work, it just doesn't require you to learn about them before doing something productive. This can be a bad thing when it comes to things like security, but you're basically arguing that Ubuntu is too easy to use, and I disagree. Gentoo is basically the opposite, forcing the user to learn how to configure a package before it will function correctly, and it's a huge pain to have to go through that without seeing anything useful in between.
- imrumpf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19@sirdaz
Actually it's called the DESKTOP CD. The Desktop CD allows you to boot up to a live envirnment and use Ubuntu. Should you wish to install it, just run the program from the desktop. The ALTERNATE CD is the text-only install version whereas the SERVER CD is....well....a server version :P
SO far I am really liking it, you can see the huge speed improvements just from the Desktop CD alone, as it is way more responsive.
One thing I noticed was that the menu before you boot the Desktop CD now has a new option about some sort of addon CD? What's up with that? - timmytheraw, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20@sonicvanajr
I'm not really disagreeing with you on any particular point. And I am not trying to start a flame war or anything. Just some of my own points that relate to yours.
How many people had no idea what Linux was until they heard/tried Ubuntu? Ubuntu does help get the word out that there are alternatives to Windows, and helps shine a brighter light on open source in general. (As all distros do, some better than others)
Even if a linux fan boy doesn't like Ubuntu for personal use, it should still be respected to a certain degree if for no other reason than it helps get the word out on open source.
Ubuntu does have a lot of GUI administration stuff that other distros lack (lack by default, I'm sure they can be added) This may be seen as lame to experienced Linux users, but the fact remains that you can still do everything in a terminal window in Ubuntu that you can do in any other distro. I have used Ubuntu for over a year (prior to that Red Hat/Fedora) and rarely use the helpful GUI admin stuff (besides the networking, that's just handy).
Ubuntu has a large enough following that you can go to Google and type "Ubuntu" followed by whatever problem you are having, and you will probably find your answer. These answers are *usually* console commands, so over time new-to-linux Ubuntu users will, in many cases, learn a whole lot about the 'under the hood' stuff. Or at least that there is a hood and stuff is under that hood. They can then choose to take a closer look, or not.
How many Windows users give up (and ask someone to fix it for them) the second they can't fix something or their program is operating slightly different than usual? That's just how people operate when they aren't tech junkies. There is nothing wrong with that. Not everyone has to have great computer skills. Maybe some have other talents in life. So, it really doesn't matter if there are some Linux (Ubuntu) users out there that don't know how to compile from source, or use Vi/Emacs/whatever.
As a side note, any experienced Linux user will tell you that all distros are basically the same. Maybe you download RPM instead of Deb files or one distro comes with KDE by default instead of Gnome. It's all basically the same stuff with a different skin.
What it all comes down to is what operating system gets the job done the quickest and easiest *for the individual*. Who really cares if they use Windows/OSX/Linux/BeOS/etc? It's just a tool. I'll never understand OS zealots. Not that sonicvanajr is a zealot. He had a rational opinion and should be dugg up for it even if you dont agree with him. It's just that there are a lot of digg users that think their OS is the best and everyone should use it because they like it. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21*upgrades to 7.10 testing*
- Visceral, on 10/12/2007, -9/+26http://releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/7.04/
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/feisty/
http://mirror.lupaworld.com/ubuntu/releases/7.04/
http://torrent.ubuntu.com/releases/feisty/
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
http://releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/ - Murphious, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22And you're just as sarcastic and as much of an ass as all previous comments!
- thesquirrelwood, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Well you don't *have* to do things in the gui. You can configure everything without the GUI just like every other distro. If you want to learn to configure things without a GUI then just don't use the GUI. But it's nice that the option to configure things in a GUI is there for those who want it.
- lilrabbit129, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17thats good to hear. Thats always been the biggest annoyance for me when it came to linux and laptops.
- kcgirlgeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Well, this is it. This release is what I've been waiting for to try Ubuntu. Now I just need to try to find a blank CD somewhere in my home (not easy with a 17 year old mp3 junkie in the house, but hey...there's got to be one SOME where). I'm such a Linux n00b though, I'm still a bit scared, but it's a fear I need to conquer to get away from MS. The OS is the only thing left on my machine that's still Microshaft, so it's time for a change.
So then, I just need to burn the .iso onto the disc, check the MD5sums, boot it up and I'm good to go for a trial run, right? Sorry...but you all know a LOT more about this than this 43 year old momma here does! :D
Wow...I'm very excited! - sirdaz, on 10/12/2007, -10/+24@grexeo
This IS the release. Join #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net and they will tell you.
It is released, just not officially announced as yet. - trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Don't flatter yourselves, Ubuntu.com got all this traffic on their own, they have easily survived being dugg before, and they were down long before they were dugg.
- JoeFasanella, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18where have u been?
- kaniz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13You know, I want to USE my computer when I get in from work, not dig through text files trying to make things work.
I used to run Linux back in high school for a few years, like 6 years ago. I ran Slackware, and at that time in my life - I was more than happy to spend hours slugging away at the console making things work. Hell, with the exception of surfing the net, pretty much everything I did was text based - editing, IRC, ftp, etc. I was all for 'getting l33t g33k cred'
Now, that I'm older and wiser, I realize : Hey, I'd much rather be able to click on a GUI config setting to get things working, and have a system that is pretty much good to go 'out of the box' - I dont have the time or patience for other distros anymore. - S0m3dud3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I agree with you about the ATi drivers, but that's ATi's fault for being idiotic and providing ***** drivers. I'm going to digg you down because you said "Garbage" at the end... you obviously don't know how to google around...
- ijustlost, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Yes, you're right that Ubuntu is very gui orientated, and doesn't require you to do much in the terminal, and I think that's exacty what they set out to achieve, and what's needed for your average user moving over from windowze to something better.
I like Ubuntu because I'm a pretty busy person, and it generally works without lots of time fiddling in the command line, unlike other distros which seem to take much longer to config properly. But I also like the fact that in Ubunutu you still have the command line flexibility.
And a good grasp of unix after an hour fiddling in the terminal? Make that 100+ hours! - ssam, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15PowerPC and PS3 ISO are at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/feisty/release/
- pHr34kY, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Also, the main server is chocked. Check your country's mirror.
The Australian mirror is up, and I'm pulling it down at over 1 megabyte per second:
http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-releases/7.04/ - grexeo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16A quote from the Ubuntu IRC channel: "digg always ejaculates prematurely"
It's pointless seeding the torrent; it's going to be replaced when the final release is out shortly. - grexeo, on 10/12/2007, -33/+42I am 100% certain this is not the final release.
1.) Todays date is the 19th. The date of the ISOs, including the ISO within the torrent is the 15th.
2.) The md5 check sums of the ISOs match the releases from the 15th.
3.) The title of the official Ubuntu IRC channel is: "No, Feisty isn't out yet. - Please do all your waiting in #ubuntu-release-party[...]'. The title of the #ubuntu-release-party is "FEISTY IS NOT OUT YET[...]"
Anyone leeching/seeding the torrent is wasting their time and bandwidth. The torrent is going to be replaced with the final release. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
tells me 0 new updates avail, so maybe i'm already running it? *scratches head* - rdjurovich, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10As taken from here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=411201&page=256#2552
"These are the isos for the final release. The timestamps from April 15th just tell us, that the release-candidate-isos (which have not been release "officially", like Herd 1-5) have proven okay and are now used as finals. The torrents are from today."
So I'm guessing the file I just downloaded is the final version. :D - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9they've got the torrents up (im in the freenode irc channel), they're being hit with ALOT of traffic at the moment though (imagine the digg effect, fark, slashdot etc hitting them at the same time x 10)
- mooseblaster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Another UK mirror: http://mirror.termisoc.org/releases.ubuntu.com/releases/feisty/
And yes, this is the final release, not a beta or a daily build. Check your facts, people. - xfile087, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10You certainly can!
- krinn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12LOL, I just tried to download the torrent and the official tracker is dead...
- archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8From the thread found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102
"Feisty
Download http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/pool/feisty-cafuego/bcm43xx/bcm43xx-firmware_1.3-1ubuntu2_all.deb and double click it to install. Reboot. Enjoy wireless."
Seriously, it works flawlessly with my Broadcom bcm4318 card, and supposedly it supports many other Broadcom cards. I'd give it a try if I were you. - ordminute, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Make a post in the Ubuntu forums. You might also like to try the Ubuntu-Alternate ISO in the meantime though. It is designed for situations like this - especially with little RAM - and may help.
- sirdaz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10@grexeo
Apologies, seems people are saying all different things at the moment, and you make sence there.
Looks like the developers are having a meeting at 4pm GMT, so we are waiting a few hours yet for the announced release. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8if your in feisty beta cant you just apt-get update/upgrade?
- Flipsen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9There's no need to "choose one over the other", many of us run dual boot, that's windows and linux side by side on the same machine (you pick what you want during booting).
The installer should be able to guide you through that if you want, but do some research on hard drive partitioning to make sure you'll be alright. - c0ldfusi0n, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I'm gonna have to disagree with you, sonic. Actually, i do agree that Ubuntu is GUI-oriented and good for beginners, but it's what the Linux world has been lacking for the past few years: an easy solution for people who want to migrate from Windows. And that is what the Linux community needs in order to gain some commercial credibility on the desktop market.
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