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| 2009-10-30 |
Distribution Release: Mythbuntu 9.10 |
| Mythbuntu 9.10, a distribution designed for home theatre systems and featuring MythTV, has been released: "Mythbuntu is built upon the base of Ubuntu and thus has all the features of Ubuntu. Features: Mythbuntu Control Centre - used to modify settings on a Mythbuntu system that are not necessarily MythTV specific; Mythbuntu Log Grabber - grabs specific log files into a single area and can upload them to pastebin for easy troubleshooting; partitioner creates one large partition (ext4); auto-builds are now easily enabled/disabled via an installable package; MythTV 0.22.0-zrc1 included; MythTV backend now uses upstart, this allows automatic restarting of the backend in the event of a failure. New features in MythTV 0.22: MythUI support allowing fancier themes; support for VDPAU; MythVideo storage groups...." More information is available in the release notes. Download (MD5): mythbuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso (576MB, torrent), mythbuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso (594MB, torrent). |
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| 2009-04-23 |
Distribution Release: Mythbuntu 9.04 |
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| Mythbuntu 9.04, a distribution designed for home theatre systems and featuring MythTV, has been released: "After a long and exciting development cycle the Mythbuntu team is proud to introduce Mythbuntu 9.04. Features: Mythbuntu Log Grabber - this application grabs specific log files into a single area and can upload them to pastebin for easy troubleshooting; auto-partitioner creates separate partitions for root, recordings, and swap (ext3 and XFS); Mythbuntu Control Centre - used to modify settings on a Mythbuntu system that are not necessarily MythTV specific; MythTV 0.21-fixes20403 included; MythNetTV 7 (and GUI) are now packaged and available in the official repositories." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information, system requirements and known issues. Download (MD5): mythbuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso (615MB, torrent), mythbuntu-9.04-desktop-amd64.iso (652MB, torrent). |
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| 2008-10-31 |
Distribution Release: Mythbuntu 8.10 |
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| Mythbuntu 8.10, a distribution featuring a standalone MythTV system and the last of the official Ubuntu variants, is now also available: "After a long and tedious process with many new features and bug fixes the Mythbuntu team is proud to introduce Mythbuntu 8.10 'Intrepid Ibex'. Features: Mythbuntu-log-grabber - this application grabs specific log files into a single area and can upload them to pastebin for easy troubleshooting; automatic partitioner now creates an XFS file system for recordings; mousepad, a graphical editor is now installed by default; Wubi now supports Mythbuntu; Apple trailer plugin is now packaged and available; web site now has link to Mythbuntu in the news. Changes from Mythbuntu 8.10 RC: Wubi now included on CD image; install documents for 8.10 included on CD image; Windows autorun now links to documentation and Wubi." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (MD5): mythbuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso (631MB), mythbuntu-8.10-desktop-amd64.iso (641MB). |
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| 2008-09-20 |
Development Release: Mythbuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 |
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| A new alpha build of Mythbuntu 8.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring MythTV and designed for home theatre PCs, has been released: "Without further ado, allow me to introduce Mythbuntu 8.10 alpha 6. It is very important to note that this release is not compatible with Mythbuntu 7.10 or any other MythTV 0.20.2-based distribution. Changes from alpha 4: lots of bug fixes across the board in Ubiquity and Mythbuntu control centre; bug fixes for MythTV; general bug fixes. We are introducing a testing Personal Package Archive (PPA). This PPA will contain software that is either not in the repositories, or is a more current version than what is in the repositories. This PPA will not contain updated MythTV packages, but instead will contain new and updated packages for programs such as MythExport, MythNetTv, and MythVideo-Bulk-Updater." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): mythbuntu-8.10-alpha6-desktop-i386.iso (597MB), mythbuntu-8.10-alpha6-desktop-amd64.iso (644MB). |
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| 2008-08-18 |
Development Release: Mythbuntu 8.10 Alpha 4 |
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| The first alpha release of Mythbuntu 8.10, a project developing an easy-to-use MythTV system based on Ubuntu, is out: "Today we are introducing the first Mythbuntu 'Intrepid Ibex' alpha release: Mythbuntu 8.10 alpha 4. It is very important to note that this release is not compatible with Mythbuntu 7.10 or any other MythTV 0.20.2-based distribution. Changes from Mythbuntu 8.04: default guided partitioning - the guided partitioning tool in the installer will now default to XFS instead of ext3; Mythbuntu Apple trailers - the Apple trailer plugin has been forked and is now being kept by our very own 'foxbuntu', it is installable from MCC or Synaptic and accessible from the front-end; stability - lots of bug fixes across the board in Ubiquity and Mythbuntu control centre, several MythTV bugs that were sent upstream got fixed." Here is the full release announcement. Download the live CD images from here: mythbuntu-8.10-alpha4-desktop-i386.iso (601MB, MD5), mythbuntu-8.10-alpha4-desktop-amd64.iso (639MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-04-25 |
Distribution Release: Mythbuntu 8.04 |
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| Mythbuntu 8.04, a new member of the Ubuntu family and a distribution whose goal is to make it easy to set up a home theatre system with MythTV, has been released: "After long hours and endless work the Mythbuntu team is excited about the release of Mythbuntu 8.04. This release is built on the LTS base of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Features: frontend can be run from the live CD; complete installations (backend, frontend, backend/frontend, etc); Xfce window manager; easily upgrade from Ubuntu Hardy to Mythbuntu; custom Mythbuntu MythTV theme; graphical setup of LIRC; set up MythTV optimizations through Mythbuntu Control Center (MCC); diskless server setup through MCC. Major changes: MythTV 0.21; diskless server; new Mythbuntu frontend theme; new web site theme." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: mythbuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso (519MB, MD5, torrent), mythbuntu-8.04-desktop-amd64.iso (543MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-03-04 |
Development Release: Mythbuntu 8.04 Alpha 3 |
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| The third alpha release of Mythbuntu 8.04 is out and ready for testing: "Today we are introducing the third Mythbuntu 8.04 alpha image. It is very important to note that this release is not compatible with Mythbuntu 7.10 or any other MythTV 0.20.2 based distribution. Changes from Alpha 2: lots of bug fixes across the board in Ubiquity and Mythbuntu Control Centre; several MythTV bugs that were sent upstream got fixed; we have merged our installer menu with the Ubuntu installer menu; Totem can speak MythTV now for playback; new version of XMLTV; new Myth checkouts; diskless support. As previously, if you encounter any issues with anything in this release (including Ubiquity), please file a bug on Launchpad." Here is the full release announcement. Download: mythbuntu-8.04-alpha3-i386.iso (520MB, MD5), mythbuntu-8.04-alpha3-amd64.iso (544MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-02-17 |
Development Release: Mythbuntu 8.04 Alpha 2 |
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| The second alpha build of Mythbuntu 8.04, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring MythTV, is ready for testing: "Today we are introducing second Mythbuntu 8.04 alpha image. It is very important to note that this release is not compatible with Mythbuntu 7.10 or any other MythTV 0.20.2 based distribution. Changes from alpha 1: Rudimentary transmitter selection support is available for all devices but the PVR-150; include support for lircrc files that are generated to ease the editing process; include support for lircd.conf files to organize lircd.conf; DKMS support; all themes are modularized into their own packages; community themes; based on the MythTV 0-21-fixes branch which was created recently to prepare for 0.21 release; most of the bugs that were reported about the 7.10 release have been resolved." Here is the full release announcement. Download: mythbuntu-8.04-alpha2-i386.iso (493MB, MD5), mythbuntu-8.04-alpha2-amd64.iso (519MB, MD5). |
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| September 2009 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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