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author: einar
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comments: true
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date: 2007-04-22 07:03:09+00:00
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layout: post
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slug: kubuntu-704
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title: Kubuntu 7.04
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wordpress_id: 230
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categories:
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- Linux
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[code lang="bash"]
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lb@hardin:~$ lsb_release -a
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No LSB modules are available.
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Distributor ID: Ubuntu
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Description: Ubuntu 7.04
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Release: 7.04
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Codename: feisty
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[/code]
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As this shell output shows, I've updated to Kubuntu 7.04 yesterday, using the new dist-upgrade tool. It did the job quite nicely, considering I had a rather customized system. The only problem was with the (infamous) fgrlx module, which at first refused to load, but a
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[code lang="bash"]
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dpkg-reconfigure linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-15-generic
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[/code]
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fixed it.
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So far I'm rather pleased with the release, though I will probably have to post a [bug report](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs) or two to make sure the hotkeys in my laptop are properly set (some work in hardware, it's just a cosmetic issue). I've seen that hdparm doesn't set DMA for the devices claiming "inappropriate ioctl for device" but I think DMA is working nevertheless (it didn't in the past Kubuntu releases, and if enabled it would cause data loss).
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I used the new dist-upgrader to update, which worked remarkably well. As usual, there is a bunch of software that has been updated, and I'm still looking through the stuff I use regularly to see the improvements (KDE is still 3.5.6, but again, KDE 4 is still a long way to go...).
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Artwork-wise the style is now Polyester but there aren't many drastic changes (save for the Guidance Power Manager, whose icon now makes a lot more sense), of course I'm still using the Oxygen icons. And the new launch animation for the icons is nice.
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Overall I'm satisfied. No screenshots this time, but the [official announcement](http://kubuntu.org/announcements/7.04-release.php) has a few.
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