Countdown to Gutsy!!!!11 11 1 1 one

[FLCLFan]

There are 8 Days left till gutsy is released!

Id thought id make a countdown thread.

Lets see if we can get this over 50 pages!!

Is everyone excited!

[Frak]

8 days, yay.

http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_8days.png

[FuturePilot]

8 days, yay.

http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_8days.png

:guitar::guitar:

[JBAlaska]

Gutsy is being released?...I had not heard that...j/k

I am excited, I am ready, My data is backed up for a clean install..did I say I am excited?

[aikishugyo]

:popcorn:watching this as Gutsy is working well on my AMD64 for nearly 2 months now with nary a slip-up (stupidity and self-inflicted aside). I'm looking forward to seeing how popularity of 7.10 will drive Adobe and others to port some of the 32-bit apps to 6-bit (dreamland is so good until the sand fairy kicks a heap of it in your eyes).:guitar:

[misfitpierce]

http://i21.tinypic.com/35c3901.png

OMG the day is here....


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SIKE! :)

[Frak]

http://i21.tinypic.com/35c3901.png

OMG the day is here....


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SIKE! :)
Just for that
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_10days.png

[misfitpierce]

Just for that
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_10days.png

NOOOOO! now thats just not right! :) lol just messin... Thats not funny though.

[FuturePilot]

http://i21.tinypic.com/35c3901.png

OMG the day is here....


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SIKE! :)


Just for that
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_10days.png

That totally cracked me up
:lolflag::lolflag:

[Last.Karrde]

7 days, cannot wait : )

[FuturePilot]

Your clock is fast
5 more min:lolflag:

[Frak]

Your clock is fast
5 more min:lolflag:
Your clock is fast
1 more hour :lolflag:

[FuturePilot]

Your clock is fast
1 more hour :lolflag:

Your timezone is wrong. Fix it:lolflag:

[Frak]

Your timezone is wrong. Fix it:lolflag:
:lolflag:

[kvonb]

Why wait, just use the old default wallpaper from Breezy and change a few icons around!

You won't know the difference...........well apart from the 300 megs of updates that are bound to come in the next month :/

:lolflag:

[misfitpierce]

http://i20.tinypic.com/4t7qxg.png

The Ubuntu timer broke so its never coming!!! :o lol :)

[pdlethbridge]

update? what update?

[misfitpierce]

update? what update?

Exactly... mums the word... :)

[FLCLFan]

http://i20.tinypic.com/4t7qxg.png

The Ubuntu timer broke so its never coming!!! :o lol :)
Why did you break the timer!!! Whats your problem!!!

[misfitpierce]

... My bad... (grabs stuff and hits it)

Cant end well :(

[FuturePilot]

http://i20.tinypic.com/4t7qxg.png

The Ubuntu timer broke so its never coming!!! :o lol :)

What you do!!??[-X
;)lol

[misfitpierce]

I threw a rock at it... im sorry... I did not think it would jeopardize the release let alone break the counter... :( I'm sorry community

[FuturePilot]

I threw a rock at it... im sorry... I did not think it would jeopardize the release let alone break the counter... :( I'm sorry community

It's ok.;)
Gutsy will come rain or shine.:lol:

[vishzilla]

7 days to go

[zzzzzZZZZzzz]

http://i20.tinypic.com/4t7qxg.png

The Ubuntu timer broke so its never coming!!! :o lol :)

y u do dis?

[misfitpierce]

y u do dis?

Cause Frak boosted the days up so I got mad and threw a rock... :)

http://i21.tinypic.com/2rqzpmx.gif Thats how she went down after rock too... Camera angle is awful but I peeled afterwards :(

[reloadSE]

lol 6.5 hrs to go!!!! :guitar:

[kalpik]

Waiting :D

[Speque]

Finland is waiting for Gutsy, too.

[bethaviv]

Can't wait =)

Haven't been on the Ubuntu scene for that long (since May), but it's my OS of choice =D

Using 7.10 beta (or is it RC now after the .14 update?) and it's been flawless (besides for that sneaky .13 kernel update without new video support)

Seven days!! Too bad I have to work on the 18th and 19th =( Won't get to play with it much until the weekend.

[macdo]

'ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go...

Using the beta, despite a bizarre graphics pb that only shows up if you're running FF, or a weird FF problem that affects the graphics. The net effect is the same: system freezes :-( Think hard reboots.
I can't wait for the final release :-)

[Kosimo]

Today should be out the RC right?

[JanDM]

Can't wait =)
Seven days!! Too bad I have to work on the 18th and 19th =( Won't get to play with it much until the weekend.
Lol, it's maybe better. WIth feisty release the forum and irc channels went mad, with hundreds of users waiting for the release :D

It will be fun next week.

[stinger30au]

i have never been one to wait eagerly for any O/S release be it M/S or anyone else for that matter.

But...


This time, its different for me.

I have swapped from XP Pro to Ubuntu a few months ago and i really love using this O/S , and im so looking forward to the next release in a few days time.

The thing i love most about being "assimilated" so to speak, is now i can have a new O/S every 6 months if i choose, rather then every few years.

Rock on Ubuntu!
:guitar:

[adam.tropics]

...
The thing i love most about being "assimilated" so to speak, is now i can have a new O/S every 6 months if i choose, rather then every few years.

Rock on Ubuntu!
:guitar:

isn't it more a case of 'escaping the collective!'?......definitely looking forward to it, it's become one of my regularly self created public holidays!

[Frak]

Cause Frak boosted the days up so I got mad and threw a rock... :)

http://i21.tinypic.com/2rqzpmx.gif Thats how she went down after rock too... Camera angle is awful but I peeled afterwards :(
Just for that
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_20days.png

[Kosimo]

The download link for Gutsy Beta is already removed!

RC is coming!!!!

[FLCLFan]

The download link for Gutsy Beta is already removed!

RC is coming!!!!
(RC) Its here! :)

7 more days left

[misfitpierce]

Just for that
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_20days.png

Damnit Frak.... Damnit... How did you fix the sign and put it up to 20 days... I surrender!!! :(

[Frak]

Damnit Frak.... Damnit... How did you fix the sign and put it up to 20 days... I surrender!!! :(
Well, the URL is http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/dist/710countdown_20days.png

Just change the 20 in 20 days to whatever you want from 0 - 22.

[FLCLFan]

Someone should edit it to use the "∞" sign. That would be funny :D

[Lord Illidan]

I call this Ubuntu DNF edition!

[misfitpierce]

Damn now frak going to raise the counter again... :) lol

[FLCLFan]

Lol. I think the changing the counter has lost its fun now :p

[Frak]

Ehem, back on subject
http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/optimized/710countdown_7days.png

[misfitpierce]

Yeah I guess... so hows bout that ubuntu eh... Cant wait... yeaaa.... (peel)

[FLCLFan]

Yeah! that ubuntu is the BEST! W00t.


Come on people, start your ubuntu pre release excitement joyful posting!

[misfitpierce]

Yeah! that ubuntu is the BEST! W00t.


Come on people, start your ubuntu pre release excitement joyful posting!


\\:D/\\:D/\\:D/:KSWOOOOOOO:KS\\:D/\\:D/\\:D/

That good enough?

[FLCLFan]

\\:D/\\:D/\\:D/:KSWOOOOOOO:KS\\:D/\\:D/\\:D/

That good enough?
Lol, that made me laugh!

[elpichi]

talking about gutsy release, is there a safe unformatting way to upgrade to this new version? =]

[Frak]

on the 18th your Update Manager will alert you to update your current Distribution (Feisty) to the newer (Gutsy)

[misfitpierce]

If you wait another week(7days) update manager will offer you option at top. If you want beta-RC and want to upgrade you type sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -c -d or something of the sort and it will open update manager with it at top. Note upgrading does take time depending on speed... at least 700MB worth of updates. :)

I would wait until 18th when it gives you the option auto when 7.10 is fully done.

[perlluver]

If you just update your packages will that bring it up from the beta to the RC to the Final? I already read this I think but I am tired. Forgive Me. Just moved to Kubuntu from Windows Server 2008 beta, and I love this system. Thanks...

[misfitpierce]

Yes if you keep up to date it will take you to final. I would say it is pretty safe to upgrade now. But there may be minor bugs in some things such as sleep or so on. I would recommend waiting 7 more days. Not that long to ensure a bug free environment with everything working. :)

[FuturePilot]

I call this Ubuntu DNF edition!

Funny, because I remember reading somewhere that Ubuntu is a perpetual work in progress that will never be released. Kind of interesting if you thing about it
Now if I can only find that link. I think it was on Launchpad somewhere

[FLCLFan]

6 More days :D

[the_darkside_986]

I am anticipating this release by...


leaving my PC running FreeBSD on non-stop until the release day and until I burn the install CD with K3B. So far I have an uptime of almost 4 days. Nothing impressive. (I have a dual boot setup of Feisty and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE).

In my Ubuntu partition, I have / and /home split in different partitions so I can do a clean install without losing what little data I have on there. I haven't bothered doing feisty updates since there is no point right now.

[FLCLFan]

5 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dmf86]

4!!! :)

[avik]

Yes! So excited! I'll probably end up waiting a couple of days (when Feisty came out, the connection was so slow, I wasn't able to update immediately). I might even reinstall, since I have my home folder on a separate drive.

I can't wait! I love new Ubuntu releases! Yay GNOME 2.20!

[Frak]

4 days!

[FredB]

Grab RC and you'll get the final release softly ;)

[FuturePilot]

4 days!

Your clock is wrong.
Just kidding:p

4 More days! w00t!!:guitar:

[Frak]

Your clock is wrong.
Just kidding:p

4 More days! w00t!!:guitar:
Don't make me pull out the 22 day counter again ;)
j/k :lolflag:

4 :guitar:

[FuturePilot]

Don't make me pull out the 22 day counter again ;)
j/k :lolflag:

4 :guitar:

:lolflag:

[vishzilla]

my signature says its all

[FLCLFan]

The time is getting very near the release and soon the servers are going to start timing out because of all the people. :D

(4)

[BLTicklemonster]

:popcorn: Just sittin here a waitin :guitar:

[Baby Boy]

3 more days \\:D/.

[anandanbu]

3 more days ;)

[Frak]

3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3, 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3...

More days :):):):):):):):)

[bethaviv]

I'll be here at work watching the forums break from all of us posting the good news =D

Three days~!

So.. does the final get pushed at midnight? Or later in the day? Cuz if it's at midnight, I don't think I'll be sleeping much ^_^

[Frak]

I'll be here at work watching the forums break from all of us posting the good news =D

Three days~!

So.. does the final get pushed at midnight? Or later in the day? Cuz if it's at midnight, I don't think I'll be sleeping much ^_^
Site is updated 12:00 A.M. GMT October 18, 2007, to announce the new release :)

[bethaviv]

Site is updated 12:00 A.M. GMT October 18, 2007, to announce the new release :)

That's a 7 hour difference from where I live. I'll be getting off of work on the 17th when the site gets updated =D

Well... definitely very little sleep (read: no sleep) for me... planning on doing a fresh install... sometimes it's just nicer that way =)

[FLCLFan]

That's a 7 hour difference from where I live. I'll be getting off of work on the 17th when the site gets updated =D

Well... definitely very little sleep (read: no sleep) for me... planning on doing a fresh install... sometimes it's just nicer that way =)
I love those fresh installs. That new OS smell gets me every time \\:D/

Did anyone from here stay up for the Feisty release? I did and i was disappointed, i waited past GMT and through all the "Timed Out" pages and still no release :( . I then woke up went to school and came back home and it was released.

hopefully their going to be ontime this time.

[Frak]

I love those fresh installs. That new OS smell gets me every time \\:D/

Did anyone from here stay up for the Feisty release? I did and i was disappointed, i waited past GMT and through all the "Timed Out" pages and still no release :( . I then woke up went to school and came back home and it was released.

hopefully their going to be ontime this time.
That was due to the mass hits to the site, causing a "Slashdot" like effect and bringing down the servers.

[bethaviv]

Ouch.. I could only imagine the number of people hitting the site.

Oh well... I'll wait as long as I can =)

[vambo]

http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/optimized/710countdown_1days.png

[bethaviv]

Yosh!

=D!

[jamesford]

in case the site goes down it might be a good idea to save these links
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso.torrent

[bethaviv]

Nice =)

Got 'em book marked.

Was ubuntuforums messed up too on the Feisty launch?

[FuturePilot]

No but the repos got pounded. :o

Almost 2 days!!:guitar:

[zero244]

I too am looking forward to trying Gutsy....particularly Compiz-Fusion.
I think Gutsy will be perhaps the most popular Ubuntu so far. I am using Edgy and Feisty.....they both work fine.
I might wait a few days after the release......there are so many people downloading on Day One.

[ryanVickers]

(my post): remove!!! ;)

[ryanVickers]

Nice =)

Got 'em book marked.

Was ubuntuforums messed up too on the Feisty launch?


No but the repos got pounded. :o

Almost 2 days!!:guitar:



weird, I downloaded it the day it came out off the Ubuntu site (no torrents :wink:) and it was done in about an hour... :razz:

[ryanVickers]

Gutsy is being released?...I had not heard that...j/k

I am excited, I am ready, My data is backed up for a clean install..did I say I am excited?

me too! :KS

Forgot what I was going to say... :p Anyways, if it comes back to me, I erserve this spot! :)

[Frak]

2 Days w00t :)

[ryanVickers]

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5277/710countdown10daysfs2.png

Bwuhahahah! :p

[Frak]

Also, those who are running Gutsy Development, if you've updated to the latest and run

sudo lsb_release -a
You should come up with this

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
Codename: gutsy

No matter what your running, it'll just say Ubuntu (i.e. Kubuntu and Xubuntu come up as Ubuntu)

If you don't see "(Development Branch)" after Description: Ubuntu 7.10, then your running the final version of Gutsy :)

[FuturePilot]

I noticed that the Development Branch was removed from Grub a few days ago.

[Frak]

I noticed that the Development Branch was removed from Grub a few days ago.
That was the start of the 5 day freeze before release.

[FuturePilot]

That was the start of the 5 day freeze before release.

Whoo hoo!!:guitar: 2 days!!

[misfitpierce]

2 days.... woot woot yea buddy. Can hardly wait. I notice a lot of updates in past day or 2. Final release just may be glorious! :)

[muncrief]

Three days to go and logout sounds still do not work, the GDM doesn't display anything other than the default orange/brown at boot, the ability to have single screen Compiz configurations was just broken, and there are persistent printer and CUPS errors.

These are basic things that should have been fixed and stabilized a month ago.

I hope they will be in the next three days.

I am a fervent supporter of Ubuntu, but am very worried about this release.

[misfitpierce]

2 days :) not 3... But 2 :)

By GDM do you mean the login screen graphic you cant change? B/c I changed mine to a gibbon monkey that says gutsy gibbon on it just fine... lol. As for logout sound.... 1 sound.... i'm more worried for overall stability of programs rather than 1 sound and login sound works fine which is all I really care for :)

[alvinistic]

I'm also waiting eagerly for Gutsy release! :)

I'm worried though. Usually new Ubuntu release has several new features. But this time it has LOTS of it that I'm afraid it will produce more bugs.

I have a feeling that they purposely cramped everything inside gutsy so that by the time of hardy release, those new features will be bug-free. Being LTS release, I bet hardy will not be given as many new features as gutsy.

[muncrief]

"By GDM do you mean the login screen graphic you cant change? B/c I changed mine to a gibbon monkey that says gutsy gibbon on it just fine... lol. As for logout sound.... 1 sound.... i'm more worried for overall stability of programs rather than 1 sound and login sound works fine which is all I really care for"
misfitpierce

I understand, but as a hardware/firmware/software engineer with over two decades of experience I can assure you that when simple things do not work, most often major things are wrong.

[izak]

I want to upgrade from dapper LTS. I assume a clean install is the only option? I have my / /home and swop on seperate partitions.

So when I reinstall, is there a step in the installer where you specify where your /home is? Also will this not format the /home?

[izzybr]

Hi,

this may be the wrong area to ask this, so i apologize in advance.

anyways, i notice there are quite a few gutsy torrents available on isohunt.com which all seem to come from ubuntu.com and were posted in the last few hours. what is the deal with this? part of me thinks that it wouldn't be released early just by torrent, but on the other hand it makes sense that by the 18th there will be a lot of seeds around to help out, so in that respect, it doesn't seem completely unreasonable to think that. but i was hoping someone would know for sure before i spent all this time d/ling it

thanks

[black_magician]

^^ PIRATES!!! YARRRR!!!

kidding, BTW. they're just torrents of the beta and alpha versions.

36 hours to go!!!

[vambo]

Now less than 24 hours :)

[ryanVickers]

nope! still 2 days... :p

[Frak]

2

[vambo]

Never realized Canada was that far behind GMT ;)

[bethaviv]

24.5 hours until Gutsy launches!!

W00T!

[FLCLFan]

Is anyone going to the extent of going to or creating a Gutsy release party at yours or someones else's house?

[Frak]

Is anyone going to the extent of going to or creating a Gutsy release party at yours or someones else's house?
Yes :)

[andrewabc]

Any bets on whether this record:

Most users ever online was 9,500, May 5th, 2007 at 01:45 PM.

will be broken?

[Frak]

Any bets on whether this record:

Most users ever online was 9,500, May 5th, 2007 at 01:45 PM.

will be broken?
I remember that, freakishly slow browsing, and I hope it does ;)

[FLCLFan]

Yes :)
Can i come? :D

Edit: You live to far away :(

[Frak]

Sure, if you can get to the middle of nowhere to see a bunch of computers powered by generators ;)

[FLCLFan]

19 Hrs!

[ryanVickers]

2 days!

[hanzomon4]

Right ****ing now!!!!

Ouch: Jumped the gun, :oops:

[FuturePilot]

Is anyone going to the extent of going to or creating a Gutsy release party at yours or someones else's house?

Sadly I don't know anyone who uses Ubuntu close by.:(
Maybe I should join my state's LoCo team.

[misfitpierce]

22.5 hours... Yeeaaaaa

[mybunche]

It's going to be fun reading this posts, like when fiesty was released....it was insane. Great sense of humor here. Lovin' it :)

[FuturePilot]

Are we going to have another huge thread like when Feisty came out? :lolflag:

That was madness.

[mybunche]

Are we going to have another huge thread like when Feisty came out? :lolflag:

That was madness.

I hope so!

[misfitpierce]

Same :lol:

[TomMK]

Not long now!

[Vicfred]

20 hours and 15 minutes left on gtm-5 right now =p

[damianvila]

This was the thread for Feisty, if I'm not wrong: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=411201 :)

[misfitpierce]

19 Hours 10 Min EST Cant wait.... :)

[benhur99ph]

Here it comes! I'm gonna download like crazy!! hehehe... :D

[Elliot Li]

Hum, wondering is the exact time planned at Oct 18 00:00 (UTC)? Or some time else?

[damianvila]

Last time the wait was on this thread: Ubuntu version 7.04 - Feisty Fawn - 4/19/2007 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=411201)
It was a very funny thread to read. Lots of humor and anxiety. Feisty was officially out around post #2149 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2480880&postcount=2149) :)
With approximately 24 hs. to Gutsy (usually it's released around 12:00 hs. UTC) I thought it would be funny to star a new thread with a similar name to wait for it (and make it a tradition).

So, the wait has started!

:popcorn:

[aimran]

First! And oh I can't wait!!!

[damianvila]

There, I've created a waiting thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3548830).
Similar name and same forum than last one. :)
Let's get in the Gutsy mood
:lolflag:

[LarsP]

I feel like Cartman in South Park when he waits for Nintendo Wii.

[Druke]

yummy gutsy, hope I'm back from univ in time to see release time posts. though all i have to do is hit 'update' (using RC :popcorn:)

[wersdaluv]

I don't know if it would be wise to do this, but I can't help it. On http://www.ubuntu.com/ , it says there
01 DAYS TO GO

Yep. I know the reason why it says there "DAYS," but I just can't help pointing it out. ahehehehehe

[mrpeenut24]

It would take a lot of heat off of the servers if people would go ahead and download it early and they apt-get upgrade when it "officially" releases. A couple thousand people downloading it at the exact same time is a pretty heavy load for a server. I'm certainly not trying to ruin the mood for anyone that loves the suspense, but for those of you who seem less concerned about that and more so about the bugfixes, it's a good idea to go ahead and download it now.

[BigSilly]

So excited about this release! Feisty was my first experience with Ubuntu, and I'm so smitten with it I'm going to be using Gutsy to finally wipe my XP partition.

My heartfelt thanks to all the developers involved in creating Ubuntu, and also to all those people here on these forums who have helped make my foray into this tremendous system an absolute breeze.

Here's to Gutsy, and the future of Ubuntu!

[Druke]

It would take a lot of heat off of the servers if people would go ahead and download it early and they apt-get upgrade when it "officially" releases. A couple thousand people downloading it at the exact same time is a pretty heavy load for a server. I'm certainly not trying to ruin the mood for anyone that loves the suspense, but for those of you who seem less concerned about that and more so about the bugfixes, it's a good idea to go ahead and download it now.

agreed, RC1 works perfectly on my (rather generic, notably NVIDIA) desktop. much better than tribe 3 did :)

[caryb]

2 1/2 hours till the 18th in OZ eastern states:lolflag:


Cary

[EdThaSlayer]

I'm also very excited about this. Only 1 day to go!!! :D

[EdThaSlayer]

I wonder the new goods that Gutsy will offer. The forums are going to be PACKED!!! Also, people have to get ready to update all their tutorials.

[Ultra Magnus]

Hahahaha - I'm using Gutsy RC and its brilliant - still can't wait for proper release though anyway for some reason!

[Bungo Pony]

I'll be upgrading in a couple of days or so when the load on the server has lightened. I haven't had time to do a backup yet either.

I was super excited about Feisty, and with good reason. Most of my hardware didn't work in Edgy.

[ST.x]

^w00t!!!

[the.dark.lord]

Let the party begin!!!!!! :)

[proalan]

ubuntu site went down under heavy traffic during the last release. Even the forum suffered from heavy user load.

Might be wise to upgrade to the release candidate today or wait 2-3 days before getting the new release. Ideally this is where torrents come in handy.

I spent several hours on the upgrade process last time out.

[Trebaruna]

So, exactly which timezone are we waiting for?
I did notice the mirrors have stopped offering the RC to prepare for the final...
There arent any torrents yet with the official release?

Edit: oh, and w00t!

[Elliot Li]

I guess it should be UTC. Because Canonical is based in London, with Greenwich (UTC) time.

[Scroobytec]

Here in Africa JUST ONE MORE SLEEP. IT IS LIKE CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER!!!!!!!!!!!!

:popcorn:So let us all party:guitar:

=D>

\\:D/

):P

[sefs]

Steady boys....easy on the keel...and dar she blows...less than 24 hours left :D

This is ridiculous every time a release comes around I walk around grinning my damn teeth.

[saxin]

Think Gutsy Gibbon will be a nice release. I will grab the i386 .iso from a torrent. If more people do the same we can make it a bit easier for the server. :)

[derekr44]

I've already upgraded since Friday and it runs well.

[the.dark.lord]

Anybody knows when exactly is it going to get officially released?

[wireless]

1 Day to go!!!
And the best part it comes for weekend!!!!! Now i Get to drink and install gutsy alllll weekend!!!

[Gr0dd]

Tomorrow can't come soon enough :)

[Shrav]

Only 2 updates today... yesterday it was over 100 megs of updates. I'm thinking we now are running the release version of Gutsy :guitar:

[Baby Boy]

Woo hoo, one day to go! Woo hoooo...:guitar:

(Ha, ha I have no life :grin:)

[saxin]

Anybody knows when exactly is it going to get officially released?
Well, I would not sit up waiting for it. It won't come 00.00, I can tell you that for sure :D

[Gr0dd]

anyone else thinks that their servers are going to die tomorrow? :P

[socceroos]

Yeah, I can't wait for the release either. I've been using Ubuntu since tribe 5 and have really enjoyed the ride.

I must say it was a bit of a learning curve when trying to map a Windows 2003 Server shared printer.

Also, my laptop refuses to awaken from sleep. I have to kill the power. AND, when pluggin in a projector to the VGA connector the screen flashes a few times and then Gutsy tells me it needs to run in Safe graphics mode. Nothing is displayed to the projector. APART from that, its GREAT.

I've noticed that the new printer options gives you the choice to 'Scale to fit' when you print a document! THIS IS A GREAT FEATURE!!!!

My boss soooo badly wanted this feature as all of our letterhead documents are PDF's with no margins.

Thanks Ubuntu Dev Team!!!!

[TLE]

It would take a lot of heat off of the servers if people would go ahead and download it early and they apt-get upgrade when it "officially" releases. A couple thousand people downloading it at the exact same time is a pretty heavy load for a server. I'm certainly not trying to ruin the mood for anyone that loves the suspense, but for those of you who seem less concerned about that and more so about the bugfixes, it's a good idea to go ahead and download it now.

Or just use torrents. Can't wait.

[damianvila]

Anybody knows when exactly is it going to get officially released?

Last time it was around 12:00~12:30 pm UTC

[Vorian]

:popcorn:

Love this waiting thread. :)

If you use irc, Join #ubuntu-release-party on freenode.

[roaldz]

What's going to be the big difference between running Gutsy now, and running Gutsy in about 20 hours from now? My laptop is very up-to-date:) I know one thing; I think I want to see some traffic stats after tomorrow:)

Greetz,

Roald

edit: Whoo! I made the third page!

[linbetwin]

Is this the Mac OS X Leopard countdown thread? Oh, sorry, wrong forum.

[PriceChild]

(usually it's released around 12:00 hs. UTCIts usually released when its released. There is no deadline on the time. It could even be the 19th in some countries when its released.

AHEM!! - Please use torrents to download if at all possible :)

[the.dark.lord]

Last time it was around 12:00~12:30 pm UTC

Created a countdown for that time....

http://timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?month=Oct&day=18&year=2007&hour=12&min=00&sec=00&p0=0

[mabovo]

Here in Brazil we have one hour less UTC London because of summer time started last Monday. :)

Tmezone now is UTC - 3

[damianvila]

How funny!
At the same time, Mac OS X users are waiting for the "Leopard" release.
I suggested a special page for the Gutsy launch (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=536957), and nobody cared about it... but Apple did exactly that with its home page: http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/16/the-leopard-countdown-begins/
(See the real countdown at www.apple.com (http://www.apple.com/))
Well, as a consolation, at least Apple thought it was a nice idea... :p
:lolflag:

...waiting :popcorn: ...

[tempest]

Woohoo, can't wait. I'm in line in front of the Best Buy right now waiting for Gutsy to be released. Oh wait, Halo 3 flashback. Hurry up 10/18! :popcorn:

[Linuturk]

/j #ubuntu-release-party

[saxin]

Yep, just joined. :)

[FredB]

Only 2 updates today... yesterday it was over 100 megs of updates. I'm thinking we now are running the release version of Gutsy :guitar:

No updates here for at least 36 hours... And I am using main repositories.

Which updates ?

[Vorian]

This Just in!

They pulled the RC

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/

[Shrav]

No updates here for at least 36 hours... And I am using main repositories.

Which updates ?

Yesterday there were a ton of them. Well over 100 megs. I'm using the main Canadian repositories. Today only 2 small updates and I think they were KDE related (I added the kubuntu desktop as a session option so thats probably why I saw those).

[yorkie]

Hi,
Upgraded last night using update manager first time upgraded this way. Everything seems o`k system feels faster all my settings from 7.04 intact so printer,scanner and graphics settings o`k. Compiz Fusion working o`k.
Had problems in 7.04 with Compiz so unable to use it but now no problems.
CPU AMD 3700 64BIT
1GB RAM
NVIDIA 6200tc GRAPHIC CARD.
Good luck to everyone who upgrades

[damianvila]

So, it's already October 18th in Australia...
Any news down there from australian Ubuntu users (http://ubuntu.org.au/)? :D

[bashveank]

Hey guys, upgraded this morning and it worked flawlessly.
Hope all you guys' upgrades go just as smoothly.

[viper]

So, it's already October 18th in Australia...
Any news down there from australian Ubuntu users (http://ubuntu.org.au/)? :D

Not a sniff !!! :)

[Martje_001]

Used it since Tribe 3. 2 reinstalls since then. Now it's very stable :). Thanx ubuntu devolopers!

[bobbocanfly]

Im guessing RC is pretty much what is going to be used for the release tomorrow?

If i download the RC now, can i just do a simple upgrade and have the Release Version?

Edit: Doesnt mater, they have pulled the plug on the RC downloads.

[TBOL3]

I guess it's just time to wait.

Tick, tick, tick, ...

[Tom Mann]

Roll on Gutsy!

[the.dark.lord]

love this waiting threads!!!!! :guitar:

[greymongrey]

I think it must be the 18th at the end of the world before they release it. :D

[FuturePilot]

Last time the wait was on this thread: Ubuntu version 7.04 - Feisty Fawn - 4/19/2007 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=411201)
It was a very funny thread to read. Lots of humor and anxiety. Feisty was officially out around post #2149 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2480880&postcount=2149) :)
With approximately 24 hs. to Gutsy (usually it's released around 12:00 hs. UTC) I thought it would be funny to star a new thread with a similar name to wait for it (and make it a tradition).

So, the wait has started!

:popcorn:

I was wondering if someone was going to start one of these.:lolflag: That Feisty thread was great.
Can't wait!:guitar:

[clipse]

I'm pretty excited about the Gutsy release. I played with the LiveCD on my laptop 'some' and really liked it. I'll upgrade my Server once I get my server set correctly (hopefully soon) then I will back up my laptop to the server and set my laptop to dual boot both windows XP pro and Ubuntu 7.10.

Yeah, I'm excited.

[brn]

I'm sitting here with a newly aquired machine, planning to do a clean install of Fiesty before loading too many applications. I'm curious about Gutsy and can wait awhile to get that instead. But I wonder just what Gutsy has that Fiesty doesn't. I haven't been able to find anything written about what the new release brings to the table. Can anyone suggest a document that describes new improvements and features?

[the.dark.lord]

Somebody suggest a good forum game to play while we wait....

[the.dark.lord]

I'm sitting here with a newly aquired machine, planning to do a clean install of Fiesty before loading too many applications. I'm curious about Gutsy and can wait awhile to get that instead. But I wonder just what Gutsy has that Fiesty doesn't. I haven't been able to find anything written about what the new release brings to the table. Can anyone suggest a document that describes new improvements and features?

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/710rc

[RebounD11]

Feisty worked better than Gutsy RC... I hope the stable release will finally detect my wireless card. Anyway can't wait to try it out and turn it upside-down and insinde-out :D

[RebounD11]

About that game we could play FAZAN ... it's a game we play in Romania to pass the time. It's something like this: a guy says a letter (actually it goes trough the alphabet another one sais when to stop). Then the one who said stop has to say a word starting with the letter at which the alphabet stopped. The next guy has to say a word that starts with the last to letters of the last word that was said and so on.

For example we have players 1,2,3 & 4.
1 recites the alphabet
2 sais stop
1 sais the letter he reached let's say R
2 sais for example Random
3 sais OMnipotent for example
since there is no word that starts with NT 4 is locked so he has an F and he has to say the alphabet and the cycle repeats.

Everytime a person is blocked he/she gets another letter. When U reach FAZAN U lose :D

Hope I've been pretty clear. Maybe we can adapt this game to the forum :D

[some_random_noob]

Um... hey guys: How many hours from now? It's almost 5 in the morning here in New Zealand and it says "0 days to go" but I can't get it yet - how long now?

(I woke up and got bored for those who wondered. No I didn't wake up early to download Gutsy :P )

[wolfen69]

if anyone out there is going to download gutsy as soon as it's released, please use bittorrent. the servers are going to take a pounding, and we as responsible ubuntu users need to help out. and SEED! (give back at least 1 full copy)

[the.dark.lord]

About that game we could play FAZAN ... it's a game we play in Romania to pass the time. It's something like this: a guy says a letter (actually it goes trough the alphabet another one sais when to stop). Then the one who said stop has to say a word starting with the letter at which the alphabet stopped. The next guy has to say a word that starts with the last to letters of the last word that was said and so on.

For example we have players 1,2,3 & 4.
1 recites the alphabet
2 sais stop
1 sais the letter he reached let's say R
2 sais for example Random
3 sais OMnipotent for example
since there is no word that starts with NT 4 is locked so he has an F and he has to say the alphabet and the cycle repeats.

Everytime a person is blocked he/she gets another letter. When U reach FAZAN U lose :D

Hope I've been pretty clear. Maybe we can adapt this game to the forum :D

Got you...

I'll start with the letter "A"...

Ascend

[daverich]

I'm intrigued to see if gutsy will play video without having to disable X11 in the gstreamer properties in Compiz-fusion.

Kind regards

Dave Rich

[the.dark.lord]

I'm intrigued to see if gutsy will play video without having to disable X11 in the gstreamer properties in Compiz-fusion.

Kind regards

Dave Rich

I've noticed you put:

Kind Regards

Dave Rich

at the end of every post you make.

Just wondering why don't you make it your signature?

[23meg]

I don't know if it would be wise to do this, but I can't help it. On http://www.ubuntu.com/ , it says there

Yep. I know the reason why it says there "DAYS," but I just can't help pointing it out. ahehehehehe

You may want to file a bug about it.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website

[damianvila]

Um... hey guys: How many hours from now? It's almost 5 in the morning here in New Zealand and it says "0 days to go" but I can't get it yet - how long now?

(I woke up and got bored for those who wondered. No I didn't wake up early to download Gutsy :P )

Well, there's no official time, really (so much of a release event they've arranged... :p )
Last time it was around 12:00~12:30 pm UTC. I'm expecting something in that line (not before 10:00 pm UTC, in any case)
So, we still have a long time to wait...

[some_random_noob]

if anyone out there is going to download gutsy as soon as it's released, please use bittorrent. the servers are going to take a pounding, and we as responsible ubuntu users need to help out. and SEED! (give back at least 1 full copy)

So there will be an officially supported torrent for 7.10???? I've never used torrents... what program should I use and what repo/site should I get it from?

[ticopelp]

You may want to file a bug about it.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website

:lolflag:

[ravenus]

It'd be great if the Ubuntu site hosts a torrent file. I'll be definitely going for that. I'd tried Suse 10.2 in the meanwhile...and not to berate other Linux flavors but this one really put me off with its ridiculous Start menu and that dreadful Yast package manager. Ubuntu scores in elegance and simplicity over this...IMO :)

[FuturePilot]

The Ubuntu site does have a torrent. It's just hard to find =/
You have to go to the Advanced Download page and there is links for torrents.

[Mazza558]

Come on, guys! #ubuntu-release-party won't fill itself! :)

[rustybronco]

if anyone out there is going to download gutsy as soon as it's released, please use bittorrent. the servers are going to take a pounding, and we as responsible ubuntu users need to help out. and SEED! (give back at least 1 full copy) I have already installed 7.01rc on my two machines with all the updates, so I will seed for 3-4 days . but I sill can't wait for the time it's offically released!

[FuturePilot]

Come on, guys! #ubuntu-release-party won't fill itself! :)

irc?

[Druke]

Come on, guys! #ubuntu-release-party won't fill itself! :)

be there after class!

[Mazza558]

irc?

Yup.

[forrestcupp]

A couple thousand people downloading it at the exact same time is a pretty heavy load for a server. I'm certainly not trying to ruin the mood for anyone that loves the suspense, but for those of you who seem less concerned about that and more so about the bugfixes, it's a good idea to go ahead and download it now.

It reminds me of the 80's show Alf. Remember that? Everyone on his planet turned their hairdryer on at exactly the same time and the planet exploded.

[FuturePilot]

Yup.

Where, free-node?

[Mazza558]

I can't wait to have a look at this a month after release:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu


Where, free-node?
Yes.

[vambo]

Actually guys I think you're good to go now. I've been running 7.10 rc since Sunday and today. so far there have been no updates ( would hope not!). As there's only 6 hours left till the official launch, I reckon the images are there and ready right now - beat the rush :)

[wersdaluv]

You may want to file a bug about it.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website

Nahhh...

After a few hours, the fix would be released without the need for a Bug Report.

:lolflag:

[FuturePilot]

I can't wait to have a look at this a month after release:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu


Yes.

I'll try to be there:)

[EnigmaX]

Let the party start!!!

sudo apt-get install disco_ball!!

[TidusBlade]

Ive never actually been excited about a new version but this is diffrent :P Gutsy will be awesome :guitar:

[argie]

Ha ha, I often do this to people. I'll say, "Oh look, I got one rupees change." or "There are 1 furnitures in that room." (!) It's funny. Or maybe it's just me.

[gOLdenHaWK3D]

Ha ha, I often do this to people. I'll say, "Oh look, I got one rupees change." or "There are 1 furnitures in that room." (!) It's funny. Or maybe it's just me.

You are right :)

:lolflag:

[gOLdenHaWK3D]

Ive never actually been excited about a new version but this is diffrent :P Gutsy will be awesome :guitar:

Yup.. :)
I am looking forward towards it with great enthusiasm! I've never been so excited before!
:popcorn:

[catgate]

Yup.. :)
I am looking forward towards it with great enthusiasm! I've never been so excited before!
:popcorn:

You poor devil.:confused:

[il-luzhin]

thnx ffor the disco_ball, I already wget platform_shoes.

Ready to roll!

[Dyegov]

OMG this thread again!!!! I really enjoyed Feisty one, and I'm really excited to get Gutsy :guitar:

[daverich]

I've noticed you put:

Kind Regards

Dave Rich

at the end of every post you make.

Just wondering why don't you make it your signature?


Signatures are a sign of laziness ;)

Kind regards

Dave Rich

[Montsegur87]

I installed Gusty RC and I can hardly notice a difference besides Exaile having the Equalizer , a new set of Icons and the Desktop freezing randomly.

[vishzilla]

the anxiety is killing me....49 mins to Oct 18th..... Wonder when will be the official time of release?

[FuturePilot]

the anxiety is killing me....49 mins to Oct 18th..... Wonder when will be the official time of release?

Well you're lucky. It's only 1:42PM Oct 17 here :lolflag:

[Vorian]

http://www.myspace-layout.com/contents/media/discoball.gif

Woo!!! Pre-Party!

[vishzilla]

Well you're lucky. It's only 1:42PM Oct 17 here :lolflag:

What about the Australians?

[bethaviv]

6 hours until midnight release =)

[bimmerd00d]

6 hours until midnight release =)

It has never shown up at midnight CST :(

[Dyegov]

1:00 PM here. Still some ours to go . . . :(

[vishzilla]

30 mins...... :lolflag:

[x0as]

17 hour wait for gutsy :(

[bethaviv]

It'll be 5pm PST when it gets launched =)

[Bothered]

Is there an IRC release channel yet?

[bobbocanfly]

Is there an IRC release channel yet?

#ubuntu-release-party at freenode.

[MidBSD]

#ubuntu-release-party at freenode.

Go-go, Ubuntu users of Edinburgh!!! ;)

[Baby Boy]

I think I'll wait 'till midnight and download it. Just like the New Year's Eve :).

[visionaire]

will also Kubuntu be released?

here in Paraguay now is 3:55 PM

Kind Regards!

:)

[Rusna]

I stayed awake till late hours when edgy and feisty came out and still we had no release to download, so I think I'll pass the refresh-hitting-5hour-episode this time and just go to bed and tomorrow hopefully download the Gutsy release.
And I'm +3GMT.

[damianvila]

What about the Australians?

They already have the "0 days for Gutsy" sign... :)

[TidusBlade]

Hopefully I can snatch it when I come back from school tommorow :D

[freetonik]

Hello friends!
I want to be one of the first lucky guys to download Gutsy. I'm in Ottawa, Canada now, and I don't know, at what time EXACTLY new ubuntu will be released. Can someone tell me?

And by what time-zone ubuntu.com countdown works? London?

Thanks in forward and HAPPY NEW RELEASE! :)

[cogadh]

It will be released sometime between now and tomorrow, probably before midnight, Canonical time (whatever time zone they are in).

Why not beat the rush and just update to the release candidate that is out right now, then all you'll need to do is get any updates (if there are any) to end up with the full release?

[PriceChild]

It will be released when it is released.

Mirrors are currently syncing and preparing.

Please use torrents if at all possible.

[xXx 0wn3d xXx]

I have not been here for quite a while, but can we sticky a thread with links to the torrents and encouraging people to use them instead of killing the servers.

[FuturePilot]

It's not even the 18th here:(

[erginemr]

Zero hour here!!
I hope it will be worth the waiting, and we Ubuntu lovers will be proud of Gutsy Gibbon!

[dangerpl]

I remember the excitement 6 months ago... But no luck :( Everyone was waiting for the midnight release but it didn't happen until good few hours later. But still it's like X-mas lol

[BoyMike]

The torrent files can be found here (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors). Not all locations have a torrent file availible, how ever most of them do, just pick the one you want, it might be called something like this "ubuntu-7.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent". Unless you have removed the BitTorrent client it should either be opened right away or saved somewhere and you'll have to open it your self.

//Mike

[Chilli Bob]

They already have the "0 days for Gutsy" sign... :)

Yes, we do. It's 7:19am here, and still no Gutsy!! D'oh!! Why is the rest of the world so slow!!!!

Actually, the waiting in this thread is half the fun. Unfortunately I have to go to work now. I forbid you to release Gutsy until I get home!!

[jamesford]

was sitting up all night in april too, to no avail. this year ill be picking up some new hardware at the post office tomorrow that i wanna put in before i install gutsy, so feeling a lot more relaxed about it this time :)

[episodic]

was sitting up all night in april too, to no avail. this year ill be picking up some new hardware at the post office tomorrow that i wanna put in before i install gutsy, so feeling a lot more relaxed about it this time :)

So where would we find this first?