With the release of 8.10 Ubuntu has laid plans for the next release named Jaunty Jackalope.  Here is part of the release email from the Ubuntu Mailing List:
There are some specific goals that we need to meet in Jaunty. One of
them is boot time. We want Ubuntu to boot as fast as possible - both [...]

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It isn’t often that I have a double wow moment but setting up Ubuntu 8.10 on VMWare 2.0 did just that.  Let’s start with VMWare 2.0.
VMWare 2.0 is a dramatic change from 1.x.  For starters the interface is web based but not just any web based it is run on Apache Tomcat.  It’s pretty.  Don’t [...]

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I was setting up VMWare 2.0 on Windows Server 2003 and ran into the “System Administrator has set policies to prevent this installation.”  The problem is I set no such policies.  It turns out this is a known issue and I was directed to the Technet Forums for the solution which I found.  Here is [...]

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As promised I took a look at 8.10 and I have to say that Ubuntu keeps knocking it out of the park.  I was initially dismayed that my wireless didn’t work and to be honest I don’t know how or if I fixed it.  When I initially did the upgrade I followed the guide provided [...]

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The blog has been successfully (somewhat) moved.  For some reason it isn’t showing the nav bars in Internet Explorer but then again if you are using Internet Explorer shame on you!  Open your mind and get over to http://www.mozilla.com and download Firefox.  If you are even edgier (I swear my spell checker allowed edgier) then [...]

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No worries, no need to change your bookmarks (all three of you ).  The blog will be moving over the next week to a new host.
Also, I promise (totally empty promise) to start blogging more.  Ubuntu released 8.10 and I’m dying to get a look at it as soon as I get some time.

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