Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) Flight 7 has been released
Flight 7, the latest alpha of Dapper Drake, is now available. These releases are tested to be reasonably free of showstopper bugs, but are still not release quality, so do not use these on your production systems. You can download the Flight 7 CD here:
Europe:
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/dapper/flight-7/ (Ubuntu)
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/dapper/flight-7/ (Kubuntu)
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/dapper/flight-7/ (Xubuntu)
A new X.org server vulnerability update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
A new Linux kernel vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
An announcement from Canonical Ltd.:
We are pleased to announce that during today's weekly Edubuntu meeting the Edubuntu Council (EC) was officially appointed [1].
A new libnasl/nessus vulnerability update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
A new gdm vulnerability update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
A new TIFF library vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
A new Thunderbird vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
Canonical has published details of the Ubuntu Developer Summit
As per Friday's message. Canonical has announced that the next Ubuntu Developer Summit will take place from 19 - 23 June outside Paris, France.
The primary focus of this event will be for the distro team and others to gather together to concentrate on spec writing and technical planning for Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft). We are requesting that the attendees start preparing as many specs beforehand as possible. Enabling us to spend more time discussing, and approving specs, and less time on drafting.
Phoronix posted screenshots of Xubuntu v6.06 Dapper Drake Beta 2
Xubuntu 6.06 Beta 2 has been released:
The Ubuntu/Xubuntu teams are proud to present the second beta release of Xubuntu 6.06.
Since it shares the common base system and the Desktop CD installer with Ubuntu 6.06 Beta 2, this release contains the fixes mentioned in the Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu announcement.
An announcement from Canonical:
Canonical is proud to announce that the next Ubuntu Developer Summit will take place from 18 - 24 June outside Paris, France.
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta 2 is now available:
The Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu teams are proud to present a second Beta release of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 6.06 LTS, codenamed "Dapper Drake". This release corrects some serious flaws in the installer present on the Desktop CD in the first Beta release. Although the text-mode install CD also forms part of this release, it has not been modified since Beta 1.
An updated Xubuntu release is also in preparation and will be announced shortly.
A new Mozilla vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
A new MySQL vulnerability update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
Phoronix posted screenshots of Ubuntu v6.06 Dapper Drake Beta 1
A new cyrus-sasl2 vulnerability update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
x64bit.net takes a look at Xubuntu 6.06 Beta
x64bit.net has a review of (K)Ubuntu 6.06 Beta
Edubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta is now available:
The Edubuntu team is happy to announce the release of Edubuntu 6.06 LTS
Beta. Aside from the usual install CDs for all architectures, this release includes the Edubuntu live CD that comes with a new live installer to install the Edubuntu Workstation flavour directly to the disk.
Edubuntu is a classroom distribution, shipping with a selection of educational applications and built around LTSP the linux terminal server project. Edubuntu aims for an as easy-as-possible installation of an LTSP setup, but also comes with a workstation flavour for home usage. The Edubuntu 6.06 LTS (long term support) release comes with 3 Year support on the desktop and 5 year support on the server.
