321 posts tagged Gutsy Gibbon

Desktop Problems Galore 15.05.08 I have not been able to blog for the past few days and for once, I am not to be blamed. My system crapped out on me and sent me on a wild goose chase. Windows XP Home OEM Edition and HP Compaq Presario SR1629UK This is a preview of Desktop Problems Galore

Which path should you follow? Should you take advantage of Ubuntu's package manager and use it to upgrade your system to the latest 8.04 Hardy Heron release, or should you download a CD or DVD ISO image and do a clean install?

I’m sure you have heard by now that there is a reported vulnerability in openSSL and openSSH. This only affects Debian and its variants for now (ie:Ubuntu). This is a pretty serious issue so it should be patched ASAP. Follow the instructions below to guard your Debian and Ubuntu machines from the vulnerability.

Since starting this brief I have installed Ubuntu’s new version, 8.04 Hardy Heron (if this is any indication of my thoughts on this Linux operating system. ) This brief will document my experience with installing and using the popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon, as a primary operating system.

I upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon a couple of weeks ago, and I keep meaning to write something reasonably substantial about it. I don’t know that I’d consider myself qualified enough to give an authoritative review of it, but I could record my experiences for the sake of posterity.

I upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon a couple of weeks ago, and I keep meaning to write something reasonably substantial about it. I don’t know that I’d consider myself qualified enough to give an authoritative review of it, but I could record my experiences for the sake of posterity.

Ubuntu is Linux for humans. If you want to learn how to install Ubuntu (current version 7.10) then pay close attention. 1) First download the image .iso from Download Ubuntu and burn it to a cd. 2) Then place it in your cd drive and open the wubi-cdboot.exe. This installs Ubuntu boot files into a temporary directory.

Okay, as i mentioned earlier, I installed the new version of Ubuntu Linux, named Hardy Heron. I have been using this on my main desktop for a while, now, so I thought I might give it a review. Given one sentence to describe it, I would say: “Stay Away.” Having used Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon for

A major upgrade of your OS is always a leap of faith. In this case my upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) to 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) was a smooth transition with no worries. I put together a video walkthrough upgrading the OS which I have dual boot with Windows XP. Hardy Heron is indeed [...]

Ubuntu's new bird has hatched. Is it ready for this cruel world? Is it as good as the hype suggests? and how does it compare to the gutsy gibbon?