Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) has officially been released!

dude u can find the 3d stuff in repos if u cant find it on cd

its not a big worry at all if u have internet connection. I am not at all sure since i will be upgrading from 6.10 to 7.04

ok, then i'll download it 2night... and will try to install it on the weekend.
I think the default install CD is also a Live Cd, so i can try it before installing it and also share it with my friends.

How much space does ubuntu require.

I am thinking of a triple boot system [WinXP + Ubuntu + FC5]
Or i might just drop ubuntu as i had once tried ubuntu in my virtual machine
and windows xp got corrupted i was like wtf is this.

Ubuntu minimum requirement is 2 gb

but i would recommend 6gb if u want to install all the stuff

I think i will go with WinxP + FC5 only.

I am only wondering if i will be able to enable all the eyecandy on FC5
Eyecandy = FC5 + XGL + Beryl + All effects on my Ati GPU based system.

Also my ISP doest have a linux dialer i think.

u don't need a linux dialer if ur modem is connected thru a LAN port. It will work fine if the LAN card is detected.

When i switched from MTNL to Airtel broadband, my internet worked flawlessly even in my new Airtel connection without doing any configuration whatsoever.

If anybody wants to try the new Ubuntu 7.04 without installation, u can use VMWare Player and Ubuntu image provided on the VMWare website (although it's in German).

1) Download the VMWare Player from Download VMware Player, Free VMware: VMware - VMware

2) Download the Ubuntu image from jars.de » Ubuntu 7.04 VMware Image Download - Java und Technologie Blog von Markus Junginger

3) Install VMWare Player and load the Ubuntu image into VMWare Player.

Although the easiest way of trying Ubuntu is downloading the Live CD and try it, but the above method will work for my friend who has a lappy and wants to install linux but doesn't want to create a partition.

just burned the Ubuntu 7.04 Cd and booted and guess what internet and 3D effects are working out of the box.

No problems whatsoever!!!

But i couldn't find any programming tools like Anjuta, QT etc....


Now, i'll definitely share it with my friends... but gotta install it on my PC first.

One small query: Is there any graphical tool to download repos from internet like you have Yast2 on OpenSuse? I couldn't find one on Ubuntu

^ Synaptic

But Synaptic was showing only the default packages on the system. Can i use it to download packages from internet?and does it have package search option like yast2?

I checked on the 8800 problem... if you are running an nvidia 8800, do not download this unless you really know your stuff, you will not be able to run the LiveCd at all, and installing will be very very tough.

synaptic has all the options to add repositories and download them

just check out. Its the most easiest interface for apt-get

thanks dude... i'll install Ubuntu 2day.

Just installed Ubuntu, and writing this post from Ubuntu
The installation was pretty straight forward.
When i booted the OS for the first time, the default resolution was 640x480 and everything was looking crap. Even "Desktop Effects" (3D stuff) was not working.
To add to that the installation had not asked for the root password, so i couldn't change the resolution (it was showing only 640x480).

A little bit of googling saved me. Here's what i did:

1) booted in recovery mode and set the root password.
2) Used this command to set correct resolution (i.e. 1024x768):
then i typed "exit" and voila! it presented me with the cool login screen with correct resolution. After that "Desktop Effects" worked fine

Summary: "All's well that ends well"

Hey i just wrote a small Ubuntu installation guide for my GNU/Linux blog. Find it here:

Fun with GNU/Linux!: Fun&

and enjoy!!!