Posts Tagged ‘ubuntu 9.04’

Remove Update Manager pop-up in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Posted by Mikko at 3 June 2009

Category: How-To, Life Hacks, Linux

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Ubuntu 9.04 indeed was the fastest version of Ubuntu I had in my laptop. Before, boot time gradually increased as each version is released. But Jaunty Jackalope broke the trend, it was faster than it’s predecessor Intrepid Ibex.

Update Manager

But the release had a very noticeable annoyance, the Update Manager pops up a couple of times if you don’t have an updated system. It was unlike before when Update Manager only issues a notification on the notification area.

Fortunately, there’s a quick fix for that. Just go to your terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) or press Alt-F2 and paste this:

gconftool -s --type bool /apps/update-notifier/auto_launch false

That quick fix just fixes the annoyance, no side-effects or whatsoever!

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SOLUTION: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope won’t update repositories

Posted by Mikko at 24 April 2009

Category: Linux

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Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope has been released earlier today and a lot of people have actually installed it on their workstations, like me!

Right after installing, I tried updating my repositories (list of packages, correct me if I used the wrong word). I’ve noticed that it stopped updating itself at one point.

You may experience this problem when clicking the Reload button on the Synaptics Package Manager or when shooting the sudo apt-get update command on the terminal.

Here’s a workaround to get it done. Now, all you have to do is to go to System -> Administrative -> Software Sources. On the Ubuntu Software Tab (the default), you will see a download from dropdown box. If you are downloading from the Main Server or your country’s server, try choosing other choices on the Other.

Try reloading the repositories again (or shoot of the sudo apt-get update command. That should work.

Too many people are updating their repositories right now, that’s why Main Server or your country’s local server is not cooperating that well. :D

If it won’t, then you’ve got to do more Google. Hahaha.

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I’m excited for Ubuntu 9.04

Posted by Mikko at 22 April 2009

Category: Linux

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Last month, I decided to have another fresh install of Ubuntu on another partition of my laptop and migrate some of the files and settings on my other Ubuntu installation. I was about to install it but then I remembered that Jaunty Jackalope was a month away. And so, I waited for it!

Finally, after the very long wait, Ubuntu 9.04 will be released tomorrow! For sure, I’ll download myself a downloadable ISO and boot it up on my laptop. I can’t wait to check out the new style for notifications, as seen here.

New features since Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex includes improved boot performance (I need this!!), ext4 support which is rumored to slightly speed up performance on read/write intensive software and many more.

You may download a copy of the operating system once it’s out, or pre-order yourself a FREE (FREE in the sense of free beer) physical CD delivered right on your doorstep!

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