Last week Canonical announced the official date for Hoary Hedgehog’s retirement: October 31st 2006.
See it mentioned at TheFridge
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On October 31st, after 18 months of hard work, Hoary will reach its End-Of-Life (EOL) which means it will not receive any new security updates from Ubuntu. Users still using this version are highly encouraged to upgrade to [...]

The Debian project has updated the stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (codename `sarge'). This update mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems.
Read it at Debian Times
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Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 but only updates some of the [...]

Here's an interview with Rickford Grant, the author of two Linux books, Linux for Non-Geeks and Linux Made Easy
Found at Tectonic
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FN: Why Ubuntu?I love trying out new distros, and Ubuntu was simply too hot to pass up. Once I tried it, I found it to be pretty much to my liking, especially since it [...]

Now it's time for TechTarget to get some comments and analysis of Mark Shuttleworth's suggestion to make Linux 'pretty'
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It's the user experience, stupid“I agree with Mr. Shuttleworth,” said Matthew Mossbarger, the chief operating officer at Synapse Data and Telecom Inc. “The main edge that Macs and Windows machines have had over Linux is [...]

The blogger David Span have installed Fireworks on his Ubuntu box in order to use it instead of Gimp
See here how he did it – http://davidspan.com/2006/10/30/install-fireworks-on-ubuntu/
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When I installed Ubuntu on my laptop I decided to learn Gimp. Well that didn’t go very well, so I tried a few others. But after a week I [...]

Ubuntu has been a phenomenon in the desktop Linux niche. But Canonical Chief Executive Mark Shuttleworth, who founded the project, has his eyes on the more lucrative server market.
Read about it here
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So it's open after that?Yeah. The desktop is very important to us because there's this opportunity to create something new that hasn't existed before. [...]

On the weekend of 11th and 12th of November, we're going to have a BugSquashing Party in Helsinki, to help us release Etch.
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On the weekend of 11th and 12th of November, we're going to have a BugSquashing Party in Helsinki, to help us release Etch. Information andsign-up is at
http://wiki.debian.org/BSP2006_Helsinki
The location is still a bit [...]

With this procedure you can install the latest version of Asterisk by compiling from source.voip-info shows us how to do it.
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Compiling Asterisk from Source on Ubuntu
Ubuntu includes packages for Asterisk and Zaptel, but they may not be up to date, or the newer packages may only be available in newer Ubuntu releases. [...]

DebianAdmin have collected some of the common problems and their solutions from Ubuntu forums and they hope this collection will help for some users to fix their upgrade problems.
Read the help here

This weeks edition contains a brief look at the difficulties that has followed the Ubuntu release last week.
See it mentioned here
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According to an informal poll by UbuntuForums.org, almost 44% percent of those who attempted the upgrade process encountered “serious problems” or reported that their upgrades went “really bad”.

Ooohhhh, and then there's a first look [...]

This blogger needed to move Ubuntu Linux from its temporary home on a fairly dodgy 60Gb Maxtor to its new 80Gb Western Digital home. Se how it went!
Read it at digital end
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All I had to do then was remove the old disk and ensure the new disk occupies the same channel that the old disk [...]

titeled “Ubuntu stays Foxy”, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols comments how Ubuntu still uses Firefox while Debian doesn't.
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In Ubuntu's dealings with Mozilla Corp., Shuttleworth was able to “establish that it really is possible for a distribution that cares about free software and Mozilla to agree on a framework which gives us both what we need.” [...]

As the title states, this is a project-based guide. The book’s structure is to identify and explain features (or software) and move on to a hands-on exercise (project) using those features
Read the bloggin' review here
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A good book? Yes, especially for geek wannabes. But not the book for a total newbie, and not really the book [...]

Till last night, both systems ran Fedora Core 5. Today the laptop is Ubuntu 6.10. When I get a chance, I'll take the desktop to Fedora Core 6, so that I can maintain access to a Fedora system.
Read what and why Steve Carl did it
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Everything is faster. Firefox, Evolution, menus, terminals. I installed VMWare's vmplayer [...]

The capital of Bavaria plans to complete its current migration of more than 80 percent of its desktop systems by 2008 and says that the first users of open software in the city's administration are pleased with the initial results.
Read the rest at heise.de
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Wilhelm Hoegner, the city's IT director, now expects to stay within the [...]

Gnuman.com have also reviewed The Official Ubuntu book and find it a great read. Tom Duff has also reviewed it in his blog.
Read it here
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The Official Ubuntu Book was well written and covered all topics that is necessary for a new Ubuntu user who is either trying out Ubuntu for the first time or just [...]

The blogger Leonivek is telling and showing us how life is with Ubuntu 6.10 – you can follow him in his blog.
The entries are found here
Day 1.

Day 2, Part 1.

Day 2, Part 2.

Day 3.

Or access all from the Homepage.
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This will be the first post in a series of posts called the Adventures in a New [...]

Desktoplinux covers the current issues wit upgrading to Ubuntu 6.10 – many users report difficulties and malfunctions. Update – Slashdot also covers the problems
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Analysis — Upgrading an operating system is always a chancy thing. An application can stop working, a modem can freeze up, and then, when upgrading to Ubuntu 6.10, Edgy Eft, [...]

With the new version of Ubuntu available, I thought it would be useful to walk through the upgrade steps to bring your Drake to an Eft. This article will show you step-by-step how to implement the upgrade along with screen shots along the way. Update: Debuntu also have an articel on this.
Read it here
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What You [...]

The Alioth migration and upgrade seems to have worked out mostly okay.You are therefore encouraged to test and use the new and improvedalioth.debian.org, and report problems if you find any.
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Hi all,
The Alioth migration and upgrade seems to have worked out mostly okay.You are therefore encouraged to test and use the new and improvedalioth.debian.org, and [...]

This is a detailed description about how to set up a Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters
Read the show from Falko Timme at howtofrge
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Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial [...]

With the release of Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft), installing MythTV is now easier than ever. Enjoy the guide.
It is found here
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Ubuntu is a great basis for a general purpose MythTV box and now comes with the latest version of MythTV (0.20) in its standard packages.
This guide focuses on DVB in the UK (Freeview), but [...]

Here's a brief Q&A by Christopher Beard with Mozillas perspective on the use of Firefox in Debian and Ubuntu. Mark Shuttleworth now also comments it in his blog.
Read it here
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I understand that Ubuntu is based upon Debian. Is that the same or different than the IceWeasel browser that Debian is shipping with their latest release?It's [...]

What is special is a version of DSL that runs within an existing Windows or Linux session. This old blog entry have fun using it.
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I was really fired up about this so-called embedded version of DSL when I found it. Using a GNU/Linux box at home and a Windows box at work can cause [...]

The poor blogger at mondopiccolo.net have fought hard to achieve the install of Debian on a HP DL380 G5
Read the entry here
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Changing the generation inside the same model (from G4 to G5) means for HP changing completely the system:
new case (very cool) new bus type: PCI-Express new raid controller new disk size (2.5′’) new [...]

Yet another blogger finds the pleasure of Ubuntu 6.06, this time on a HP zt3000 laptop.
Read it here
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I had thought that the laptop would be kind of a worst case scenario. I've heard of past versions of Linux having trouble with the unusual hardware that sometimes appears on laptops. I figured if it could handle [...]

On the eve of 6.10's release, Mark Shuttleworth, held an early morning meeting in London to talk about Ubuntu, Canonical, and their business future.
Read it here at http://www.linux-watch.com
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Shuttleworth also said that while there had been discussions with major OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) about a preloaded Ubuntu Linux desktop PC, he had no news, at this [...]

Read the news from a somewhat other Debian scene than the one you are used to.
The alternative news report is here
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The tremendously exciting news this week, of course, is that Gnome 2.16 packages have begun to appear in unstable. As a KDE user I am uncertain why this is exciting, but it sure sounds better [...]

On behalf of several developers and key Debian persons, Jörg Jaspert has posted an very critical position statement to Dunc-Tank. Update: DPL Anthony Towns have now responded to the post.
Update: Response to the below post is found on the list here
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Hi,
After a long and ambivalent discussion during the last weeks the project“Dunc Tank” (short DT [...]

Unlike Microsoft, Canonical releases new versions every six months, despite the fact that these releases are nearly as comprehensive as Microsoft's and the changes more dramatic in structure
Read about it here
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The company that makes billions of dollars a month and has a $7.5 billion R&D budget is the one that can't get a release [...]