at what hour Canonical update the servers to download then new version?

[greenfrognet]

Hello Forum, i cant wait for the release, i thing in this hour some server will be update with the new version. and that server maybe works like a mirro for the other one. somebody knows what is the firs server in be updated or sombody have the release?

thanks
:lolflag:

[Mazza558]

We don't know.

[PartisanEntity]

You'll just have to keep checking the ubuntu.com website all day long like the rest of us :)

[Mazza558]

One thing to note - don't download before the announcement, even if CDs have appeared. You might be wasting bandwidth.

[bobbocanfly]

Its probably a good idea to tell everyone to lay off 'getting ahead' by downloading the RC now, its just going to add excess stress on the main servers while the mirrors are trying to mirror it.

I know last year they took the RC down around this time to stop that sorta thing.

Also, last year it wasnt officially available until about 11:30 am (British time) so it might not be a great idea to stay up all night.

[greenfrognet]

i believe for technical issues, canonical needs update the servers this night, for example how many time needs to update all mirrors at the same time, i thing this can be the reason why canonical not upgrade at another RC, for example to print the cd´s needs a less 1 week the RC have date of 18 ( with risk to mistake) , that is only 4 business day. The logistic process in this moment most be a madness. Hehehe, that’s is only my opinion. What are you think?:confused:

[Blue Heron]

What are you think?:confused:

The Internet will die tomorrow.

[bigbrovar]

yeah i remembered last year all right ... we all waited and waited ... but the main site was not updated till about 3 days after the officially announced date .. i hope that sort of thing doesnt happen this time around

[wannadumpwindows]

Let's hope they all the the "right" server software. Yeah, you know what I mean. LoL.

[chris4585]

The Internet will die tomorrow.

lmao, that's too funny, I almost died laughing. :lolflag:

[LaRoza]

Let's hope they all the the "right" server software. Yeah, you know what I mean. LoL.

Canonical uses Windows Server 2003.

[Het Irv]

Canonical uses Windows Server 2003.

Joke?....If not then that is a "huge" vote of confidence, not that its gonna stop me from checking every five minuets tomorrow.

[LaRoza]

Joke?....If not then that is a "huge" vote of confidence, not that its gonna stop me from checking every five minuets tomorrow.

No I was serious.

</joke>

[macogw]

yeah i remembered last year all right ... we all waited and waited ... but the main site was not updated till about 3 days after the officially announced date .. i hope that sort of thing doesnt happen this time around

What are you on about? The ISOs were up (and I had them downloaded) by the end of the release date. The main ubuntu.com page, however, was down because everyone downloading it had practically DDoS'd the site. They replaced it with a plain "This is Ubuntu's page. Due to high demand, we're going minimalistic. Go download it from <link>" page. Now, I don't know if in your timezone it was the day after already (since the only guarantee is that in *some* timezone it's that date, so the International Date Line confuses some people), but it certainly wasn't 3 days.

[jubalj]

so would doing a update-manager --devel-release now be a really bad idea? wont it be pretty much the same as the release version? Have there been many changes from the RC version or the last daily, anyone?

[SirThom]

The Web Page had a command for doing the upgrade. I was afraid to mess around with that in case it upgraded to one of the betas.
Can I upgrade just via update manager? i.e. Bring it up and keep telling it to look for updates?
I would like to do it somewhat automatic either via update manager or the shell command because I don't want to wipe out my system and I'm afraid of accidentally doing a fresh install.

[Het Irv]

so would doing a update-manager --devel-release now be a really bad idea? wont it be pretty much the same as the release version? Have there been many changes from the RC version or the last daily, anyone?


I will be a little differnent, but I did that last time round, and it was SLOOOOWWW. Think 168kb/s on a normally 600-700kb/s connection.

[LaRoza]

The Web Page had a command for doing the upgrade. I was afraid to mess around with that in case it upgraded to one of the betas.
Can I upgrade just via update manager? i.e. Bring it up and keep telling it to look for updates?
I would like to do it somewhat automatic either via update manager or the shell command because I don't want to wipe out my system and I'm afraid of accidentally doing a fresh install.

Yes, the Update manager will let you know when you can upgrade.

[Ub1476]

The Web Page had a command for doing the upgrade. I was afraid to mess around with that in case it upgraded to one of the betas.
Can I upgrade just via update manager? i.e. Bring it up and keep telling it to look for updates?
I would like to do it somewhat automatic either via update manager or the shell command because I don't want to wipe out my system and I'm afraid of accidentally doing a fresh install.

Synaptic/update manager will notify you about a new distro version being available.

[SirThom]

Thanks LaRoza and UB1476. Tonight I may start clicking the 'check' button. It's less then three hours till tomorrow in South Africa, and less then 5 GMT.

[jubalj]

dugg.. as the unofficial release thread.. http://digg.com/linux_unix/The_offician_unofficial_Ubuntu_Hardy_Heron_release _thread

[krelverehan]

So will Hardy be released at midnight GMT? Taking into account that canonical is based out of the UK... Does that mean I can download it at 7pm my time (ontario, canada)? Or is it going to be released sometime tomorrow morning?

[bigbrovar]

What are you on about? The ISOs were up (and I had them downloaded) by the end of the release date. The main ubuntu.com page, however, was down because everyone downloading it had practically DDoS'd the site. They replaced it with a plain "This is Ubuntu's page. Due to high demand, we're going minimalistic. Go download it from <link>" page. Now, I don't know if in your timezone it was the day after already (since the only guarantee is that in *some* timezone it's that date, so the International Date Line confuses some people), but it certainly wasn't 3 days.
i meant the main page the main! ubuntu download page! http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download was still offering feisty like couple of days after gutsy was officially released ..yes i myself downloaded gutsy the day it came out but it wasnt from the main download site it was my first ever upgrade in Ubuntu ..so i went to the main download page and it wasnt there .. i used a link posted in the community cafe b4 i could download .. am statement wasn't meant to be malicious in any way i was just stating what i experienced..

[23meg]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=763394

[krelverehan]

So will Hardy be released at midnight GMT? Taking into account that canonical is based out of the UK... Does that mean I can download it at 7pm my time (ontario, canada)? Or is it going to be released sometime tomorrow morning?

[Foster Grant]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=763394

[jtrink]

what time is the new Ubuntu version going to be "downloadable"?

[Paqman]

Dunno. It'll be announced. If you're planning on grabbing it tomorrow i'd avoid trying to download it the normal way, since the servers will be pretty overloaded. Grabbing the torrent file from the release page (http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/) will get you a LiveCD much quicker.

In fact you could just install the Release Candidate today and upgrade to the final tomorrow.

[mikewhatever]

double post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=764090

[elamericano]

Gutsy came out a little before 0900 GMT (10am London time), if I recall correctly. So, if you're waiting from midnight, it'll probably be a long wait.

[SuperSon!c]

The Internet will die tomorrow.

i lol'd.

[rouge568]

Who exactly is running this whole thing? I expect the release process to be high-stress, and high-organization. I applaud that cadre.

[SOULRiDER]

There isnt an exact hour, its just released sometime that day. As paqman said, please use torrents, they save bandwith and ease the server load.

[Dr Small]

As mentioned above, use torrents.
Undoubtedly, there will be alot of seeders + leachers. Your download should be super fast, if I predict correctly.

Dr Small

[23meg]

Who exactly is running this whole thing?

The release team, which consists of not only Canonical employees but volunteer community members too.

(EDIT: Actually, just one non-Canonical person and five Canonical people.)

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-release


I expect the release process to be high-stress, and high-organization. I applaud that cadre.

Details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseProcess

[SirThom]

Dunno. It'll be announced. If you're planning on grabbing it tomorrow i'd avoid trying to download it the normal way, since the servers will be pretty overloaded. Grabbing the torrent file from the release page (http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/) will get you a LiveCD much quicker.

In fact you could just install the Release Candidate today and upgrade to the final tomorrow.

Can I do an update without wiping my system via the live CD?

I assume that I'll have to do 'quiet splash noapic irqpoll' again?

[tj111]

Can I do an update without wiping my system via the live CD?

I assume that I'll have to do 'quiet splash noapic irqpoll' again?

If you don't wanna wipe your system, you can just update through the update-manager. It will let you know there's a new version available, all you gotta do is click "Install" and the rest will happen magically.

[z0mbie]

So how much of an upgrade will it be from the RC release of Hardy?

[kiran_aryan]

Feisty was released around 9 AM GMT on the next day of the scheduled date.

[macogw]

Feisty was released around 9 AM GMT on the next day of the scheduled date.

Which was still the scheduled release date as far as anyone in Hawaii was concerned.


So how much of an upgrade will it be from the RC release of Hardy?

If you're fully up to date, that's it. You're on the final version right now.

[elamericano]

If you're fully up to date, that's it. You're on the final version right now.
If the CD images were made for testing three days ago, then we could be ahead of the release version for some packages, but My boot menu still says "(development branch)". Will the distro upgrade change only this? I think it will be a little more than that.

[colorcol]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=763394

thanks.

[r-mo]

It's here
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/
:popcorn:

[Wobedraggled]

It's here
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/
:popcorn:

Grabbing it now, gonna hand it out at work.

[Ub1476]

I'm downloading both the x86 and amd64 torrents now. Will seed all week:) Currently Deluge see about 1500 downloaders and 200 seeders.

[oCfuu]

Pullin it just now.
Figured to get it while the servers still know what is up and what is down...

[garyedwardjohnston]

Are you sure this is the one?

[ambuj]

I'm on Gutsy at the moment. What is best way to get on to Hardy? Use the upgrade option from inside Gutsy or download the latest ISO and start all over again? Obviously, would prefer the upgrade route - but any pros/cons?
Thanks

[neurostu]

ambuj, that depends. If you want all your settings to migrate then use the packaged upgrader. If you want to clean up your system and remove any junk you've accumulated the do a fresh install.

[ambuj]

ambuj, that depends. If you want all your settings to migrate then use the packaged upgrader. If you want to clean up your system and remove any junk you've accumulated the do a fresh install.

Thanks neurostu for the quick reply! I only installed Gutsy a month ago so I'll probably go for the upgrade route then. Thanks again.

[Eclipse.]

I wouldn't yet, you will get a broken image.

Its not been announced on ubuntu-announcements yet.

EDIT: ITS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-April/000111.html

[daWsOn_s]

I wouldn't yet, you will get a broken image.

Its not been announced on ubuntu-announcements yet.

EDIT: ITS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-April/000110.html

That's the RC

[Ozor Mox]

It's just become available here:

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

Does that make it ready to download as a BitTorrent now?

[reyfer]

Yes It Is Out!!!!!

[priegog]

Thanks neurostu for the quick reply! I only installed Gutsy a month ago so I'll probably go for the upgrade route then. Thanks again.

Yeah, but at this point, I think the QUICKEST way to do it would be to torrent the new release, since the servers already are, and will continue to be for at least 2-3 days, pretty hammered (I mean, look at what's u with the forums). For those of us who have a separate /home partition, it is easy as pie to do a clean install and not lose out files and settings, so maybe you should look into it, or even possibly set a new one since you've only been on gutsy for a month.

[bhursey]

I am getting it from.

http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/releases/hardy/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso

however use bittorent that would be quicker.. MIT and ga tech still have the RC on them.

[Eclipse.]

That's the RC

Sorry, I posted the wrong link.:P