Yearly Archives: 2012

Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) end-of-life reached on October 28, 2012

By pleia2 | Published: 2012-10-28

This note is just to confirm that the support period for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) formally ends on October 28, 2012 and Ubuntu Security Notices no longer includes information or updated packages for Ubuntu 11.04. The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 11.04 is via Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot). Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may […]

Ubuntu Quantal OpenWeek and Ask Mark!: October 24th-26th

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2012-10-23

In just eight years, Ubuntu has become one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world with millions of users and a thriving community. Ever wondered what all the fuss is about? How have we achieved such a great feat in such a short space of time? Here’s where you can find out. Ubuntu […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 288

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2012-10-22

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #288 for the week October 15 – 21, 2012, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) released! Not the Runty Raccoon, the Rufflered Rhino or (even) the Randall Ross Raring community skunkworks “in addition to” Welcome New […]

Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) released!

By akgraner | Published: 2012-10-18

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it […]

Not the Runty Raccoon, the Rufflered Rhino or (even) the Randall Ross

By nhandler | Published: 2012-10-18

The dash to Copenhagen combined with a dash across the Atlantic has me righteously ramfeezled, but the roisterous reception we got at the OpenStack summit (congrats, stackers, on a respectable razzmatazz of rugible cloud enthusiasm) made it worthwhile. A quick shout out to the team behind the Juju gooooey, that puts a whole new face […]