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Ubuntu Desktop Next (Unity8) 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Daily ISO Available For Download

| Date: June 10, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: iso, ubuntu, unity8, Utopic Unicorn


A while back it was decided to create a separate Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn ISO running Unity8 on Mir, including the new core apps:

"The goal is to ramp up the quality of the unity8 desktop, without destabilizing our current environmenent. For that we are going to keep an unity7 image and add a new one for unity8 on the desktop, that new iso should become the default one by 16.04".

The new testing "flavor" is called Ubuntu Desktop Next and a daily ISO is available for download starting today. However, the ISO is still work in progress and for now, it still includes Xorg (needed for the current LightDM greeter and Ubiquity) and also, the list of packages that will be included on the ISO is marked as work in progress, so the default package selection should change.

Wimlib: ImageX / DISM Alternative To Manipulate WIM Files In Linux [Ubuntu PPA]

| Date: June 28, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: iso, linux, ubuntu, wim, wimlib, windows

Wimlib is a library that allows creating, modifying, extracting and mounting WIM (Windows Imaging Format) files. It comes with a free implementations of ImageX called "wimlib-imagex", available for both Linux and Windows.

How To Install Ubuntu 12.10 On Non-PAE CPU

| Date: November 23, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: iso, kernel, kubuntu, linux, lubuntu, pae, quantal, ubuntu, xubuntu

Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 use the PAE Linux Kernel by default for 32bit ISOs and while you could use the mini ISO to install Ubuntu 12.04 on computers that don't support PAE, that's not possible in Ubuntu 12.10.

Further more, with 12.10, Xubuntu and Lubuntu no longer come with a non-PAE Linux Kernel, so by default, you can't install any Ubuntu 12.10 flavour on computers using CPUs that lack PAE support (such as Intel Pentium M).

ubuntu 12.10 non-pae

Below you'll find instructions on how to install Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal on computers that don't support PAE. The instructions have been tested on the default Ubuntu 12.10 ISO (with Unity), but they should work with any Ubuntu flavour like Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and so on and probably Linux Mint 14 as well.

Using the resulting bootable Ubuntu 12.10 USB stick, it should also be possible to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10, but I've only tested it on a clean installation.

XBMC Media Center 12.0 Beta 1 Released With Raspberry PI And Android Support

| Date: November 16, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: android, iso, linux, macosx, media center, movie player, music player, Raspberry Pi, ubuntu, video, windows, XBMC

XBMC Media Center, a free, open source digital media hub and HTPC (Home theatre PC) software has reached version 12.0 beta 1.  

Besides new features and improvements, the latest XBMC 12.0 beta 1 codenamed "Frodo" is now available on some new platforms like Raspberry PI or Android.

Xbmc 12 Ubuntu

How To Install Ubuntu 12.04 On Non-PAE Capable Hardware

| Date: May 02, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: distro, iso, kernel, linux, mini iso, pae, tips n tricks, ubuntu

Physical Address Extension (PAE) is a feature to allow (32-bit) x86 processors to access a physical address space (including random access memory and memory mapped devices) larger than 4 gigabytes.

Ubuntu 12.04 (as well as Kubuntu 12.04 and newer Ubuntu versions) uses the PAE Linux kernel by default for 32bit ISOs so old computers that don't support PAE can't boot the latest Ubuntu version. But there is a way to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin on computers without PAE support: using the non-PAE netboot Minimal ISO (there are also some alternatives, see below).

GNOME 3.4 ISO Images Available For Download

| Date: April 03, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: distro, fedora, gnome 3, gnome shell, iso, linux

GNOME 3.4

If you want to try the latest GNOME 3.4 with all its applications, including Boxes, Documents, Web (Epiphany), Contacts and so on, there is now a GNOME 3.4 live CD available for download.

How To Boot An ISO With GRUB2 (The Easy Way!)

| Date: February 06, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: boot, grub2, iso, linux, ubuntu

If you want to try out a new Linux distro, be it the latest Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal daily ISO or any other (I've only tested it with Ubuntu though!) and don't want to burn a CD each time you want to try a new daily build (and you don't have an USB memory stick around), you can use a cool GRUB 2 feature that lets you boot a live CD ISO directly from your hard disk. You can also use this method to boot varous utilities such as Super Grub Disk, SystemRescueCD, Parted Magic and so on.

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Daily Builds (ISO) Available For Download

| Date: November 09, 2010 | View Comments | Tags: 11.04, iso, linux, Natty Narwhal, ubuntu

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal daily builds are available to download starting today.

If you want to try it out (WARNING: do not install it on a production machine), download an ISO and try it out in VirtualBox. Or better yet, install TestDrive and give it a go with 2 clicks.


The first Natty alpha is scheduled to be released on December 2nd (see the complete release schedule, here).
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