Author Archives: akgraner

Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 1 Released

“Ocelot, ocelot, where are you now? Won’t you come out to play?” – phish Our Oneiric Ocelot (Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 1) is poking its young head out of the den, and looking for some developers and testers to play with. Pre-releases of Oneiric Ocelot are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone […]

Ubuntu Open Week: May 2-6 2011

        Ubuntu Open Week will take place this week—May 2 -6 2011— from 14:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC daily. What is Ubuntu Open Week: Ubuntu Open Week is a series of online workshops where you can: learn about the Ubuntu landscape talk to some of the key developers from the Ubuntu project find […]

Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” Available

“Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.” -Ida P. Rolf The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.04, code-named “Natty Narwhal”. 11.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, […]

The Power User’s Guide to Unity

Well, we’re a week away from 11.04 so I decided that I would collate the information about Unity on the web and put it into one nice page for everyone to find. Got some more tips you’d like to add? Add them in the comments! Getting Started Home page Hardware Requirements Rick Spencer’s Getting Started […]

Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) reaches end-of-life on June 1 2011

Ubuntu announced its 6.06 Server release almost 5 years ago, on June 1, 2006. For the LTS Server releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 5 years. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server will reach end of life on Wednesday, June 1, […]