Tag: FEISTYFAWN

With the release of Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, many users might be considering making the switch to Linux. But one particular user who has decided to blog about his switch is worth noting. He's a Microsoft employee who has decided that he needs to try something new for his own peace of mind. And the new thing he's trying is Ubuntu. Now, there are a lot of folks out there who will try to make this ...

With Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn released last week, bloggers, journalists, and users are asking the inevitable question: How does it compare with the other major OS update this year, Windows Vista. Serdar Yegulalp at Information Week have written up a detailed comparison of the two operating systems. We have to agree with most of the points made. Here's the bullet point version, with our two cents ...

Those crazy developer kids with their cheeky prototype names. Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu's next release will carry the development code name Gutsy Gibbon, following in the footsteps of Feisty Fawn, Edgy Eft and Dapper Drake (see a pattern?) Gutsy Gibbon is scheduled for release in October of 2007, following Ubuntu's rigid and rapid release cycle. To be known in production as 7.10, ...

We're drawing ever closer to the full release of Ubuntu 7.04 (known lovingly as "Feisty Fawn"), and if you're one of those spirited early adopter types, the Beta release is now available. Proud papa of Ubuntu, tech mogul Mark Shuttleworth said recently, "Ubuntu's Feisty release will put the spotlight on multimedia enablement and desktop effects. We expect this to be a very gratifying release for ...

Ubuntu 6.10 final is about to be released this Thursday, marking the journey's end for the "Edgy" release, and a new beginning for the next Ubuntu version, 7.04, dubbed the "Feisty Fawn." No, seriously, don't laugh, that is what they are calling it. Sorry, but I still love the name "IceWeasel" a little too much, and "Feisty Fawn" is even better. At the Ubuntu developer's conference Nov. 5th - Nov. ...