Because of bugs found during validation testing, the Ubuntu 7.04 release candidate that was due today has been delayed. The new problems could delay the release a couple of days. The problems are with some ATA chipsets and with the connection status displayed in network-manager. Another announcement will be made when more information is known.

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Linux on laptops has been made easier in the latest Ubuntu beta, but there are still problems. I have been helping a friend setting up Ubuntu on his laptop, and it has not been easy. I could not even get 6.10 to boot on it! But with every release of Ubuntu Linux it has been [...]

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Shipit is useful for people who can’t download Ubuntu’s large ISOs to burn or just want lots of CDs to give out. So many were disappointed that Shipit did not ship Ubuntu 6.10 CDs when it was released. Shipit has been shipping Ubuntu 6.06, which is a long term support release. The good news is [...]

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An overview of some of the new features in Ubuntu 7.04, including some you may not have seen yet. A lot of websites have jumped at the chance of showing you the latest pieces of Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. But they all have focused on the same things, the very same features that Ubuntu has [...]

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10 tips for improving the performance of your computer running Ubuntu 7.04. Including IPv6, parallel booting, swappiness, and filesystems. Feisty performance – Fly like a butterfly [update] updated link Feisty performance – Fly like a butterfly [update] Found the link again: Feisty performance – Fly like a butterfly

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