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Ubuntu 10.04 vs Fedora 13
Spring is a lovely time of year, when the flowers bloom, the birds sing and community Linux projects release the fruit of their winter labours. Specifically, the Fedora and Ubuntu projects come to the end of their six-month cycles.
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Set up Libvirt 0.8.0 & Xen 4.0 on top of Ubuntu 10.04 Server via Daniel Baumann Virtualization PPA
Add two lines to /etc/apt/sources list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dnjl/virtualization/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dnjl/virtualization/ubuntu lucid main
Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid Lynx) and intel video chipsets
I have followed the evolution of ubuntu lucid on intel chipsets, since january, using many displays , some different intel chipsets (i915GM,GM45) , vertical usage 19 inches displays.
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How to make Ubuntu 10.04 faster
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5 lessons for other Linux distros from the success of the Lucid Lynx
It probably now sounds like a cliche, but the Lucid Lynx is the best release Canonical has come out with since its inception. The following 5 lessons can be gleaned from the overwhelming success of Ubuntu 10.04.
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Downgrading libvirt/virsh/virt-manager to 0.7.0 at Xen 4.0 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 10.04 Server
Due to ongoing issue with virsh compiled against libvirt 0.7.5 when working with Xen 4.0 Hypervisor. I attempted to downgrade libvirt and related stuff to Ubuntu Karmic’s ( well tested version with Xen). Proceed as follows :-
1.Edit /etc/apt/sources.list
Replace:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
ZaReason Ships Ubuntu 10.04 Systems
Each time Canonical ships a new Ubuntu release, I'm inclined to reach out to two specific PC companies: ZaReason and System76. Both companies focus intensely on Ubuntu netbooks, notebooks, PCs and servers. Here's a look at ZaReason's Ubuntu 10.04 strategy - according to CEO Cathy Malmrose and CTO Earl Malmrose
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Ubuntu 10.04 swap update: It's not an Xorg bug but too much 'swappiness' — and it's easily fixed
My particular Ubuntu 10.04 LTS installation is not suffering from the Xorg memory leak. So what's my increased use of swap all about? I don't know if it's beneficial or not to have so much swapping going on, but a couple of readers have told me that Ubuntu's "swappiness" is set to a level of 60, which is optimal for servers.
Read more »X-Server problems in Ubuntu 10.04 release candidate
Users testing Ubuntu 10.04 release candidate are being asked to pay attention to a possible memory hole in X-Server and to test a bug fix if they are affected
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X.org server memory leake bug fix released for ubuntu 10.04 [Call for testing]
We are looking for people to help test this update. If you want to test the updated packages be sure to your put your results on the wiki page listed below.
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Ubuntu 10.04 Is Hit By Major X.Org Memory Leak
There's a last-minute X.Org Server update that's being looked at as a result of a "major memory leak" that has been found over the past week.
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Set up Ubuntu 10.04 Server PV DomU at Xen 4.0 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 10.04 Server
The procedure bellow in general follows Thiago’s Martins submission to xen-devel mailing list.However,sequence of steps has been changed, git checkout procedure is more straight forward and one Change-set from xen-4.0-testing.hg back ported to Xen 4.0 to support grub2 notation ‘(hd0,1)’ specific for Ubuntu 10.04 aka Lucid Lynx.
Read more »Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release candidate
Two weeks after the release of the second beta, the Ubuntu developers have announced the availability of a release candidate (RC) for what will become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, code named "Lucid Lynx"
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How to:Speed up ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx boot time with profiling
Ubuntu reached the 10 second boot time with Lucid Lynx. what if your system isn’t quite reaching that point?
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