[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released

[Andrew Alston]

Hi All,

Just a note regarding the below mirrors.

We did have some issues with the Johannesburg server and load, these have
been resolved and we will be watching the load very carefully.  Currently
the combined outbound bandwidth to Ubuntu Users is pushing in excess of
500mbit between the two locations.  

If anyone sees any problems with the mirrors please email me and let me know
and I will see what I can do

Thanks

Andrew Alston
TENET - Chief Technology Officer / mirror.ac.za Administrator

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Morgan Collett
Sent: 24 April 2008 02:48 PM
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
Subject: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released

Local mirrors include:
* http://za.releases.ubuntu.com/ (Ubuntu)
* http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-cdimage/releases/hardy/release/ (Ubuntu
DVD)
* http://za.releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/ (Kubuntu)
* http://za.releases.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/ (Edubuntu a.k.a. Ubuntu
Education Edition add-on CD)


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From: Ubuntu Announcements <noreply at ubuntu.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Subject: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS released
To: ubuntu-announce at lists.ubuntu.com


The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)
 on desktop and server, continuing Ubuntu's tradition of integrating the
 latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality,
 easy-to-use Linux distribution.

 Read more about the features of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS in the following press
 releases:

  Desktop edition    http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-desktop
  Server edition     http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-server

 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS will be maintained and supported for three years on the
 desktop and five years on the server.

 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is also the basis for the new 8.04 release of Kubuntu:

  http://kubuntu.org/news/8.04-release

 8.04 brings a restructuring of Edubuntu as the Ubuntu Education Edition.
 The education desktop and application bundle now installs as an add-on to a
 standard Ubuntu desktop.

  http://www.edubuntu.org/news/8.04-release

 The Ubuntu 8.04 family of variants, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu,
 are also released today:

  http://www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release
  http://ubuntustudio.org/
  http://www.mythbuntu.org/


 To Get Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
 ----------------------

 To download Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, or obtain CDs, visit:

  http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu

 Users of Ubuntu 7.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 8.04 via
 Update Manager.  As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are
 entirely free of charge.  For further information about upgrading, see

  http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

 Users of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS may wish to wait for the first point release
 of 8.04 LTS, due in July 2008, before upgrading.

 We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document
 caveats and workarounds for known issues.  They are available at:

  http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804

 Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview:

  http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804overview

 If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but
 aren't sure, try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel, on the Ubuntu Users
 mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:

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  http://www.ubuntuforums.org/

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