As I’ve mentioned on the show already, I’ve recently moved all the various Outlaw assets from Dan’s cPanel hosting to a brand new Linode VPS of my own. We are now running on the server version of Ubuntu Hardy and so far I’m really pleased with it. We are getting about 40 hits a minute on the box now and it’s holding up pretty decent for that. The server is based in Texas which in addition to being a very fitting location for us outlaw types should speed up access for our American listener base.

As already requested by some members of our community, I will write a longer article on the process of setting up the server with detailed examples once the machine has been banged on a bit more and can be considered reasonably reliable.

The latest, greatest version of Ubuntu, 8.04 “Hardy Heron”, will be released later today. I just published our special episode on this topic. I hope we are not overwhealming you with all these shows… Starting next week, episodes will be released on our semi-regular schedule again, I hope. Of course, if you want to complain, there’s always the forums. Speaking of the forums, they seem to be coming along quite well which is great!

Dan and I both have been running the Hardy release candidate and betas respectively and do recommend to upgrade — if you want the details, listen to the above mentioned episode. Pat from the Linux Link Tech Show also seems to love it. With all the hard work that’s gone into making Hardy as great as it is, I want to congratulate the Ubuntu dev team on another great release. You guys rock!

And now, everyone head over to the Ubuntu site and download it once it’s officially released. Let’s make their servers steam!

As you might have noticed, the new Ubuntu version 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) will be released in exactly two weeks. Since Dan and I are both avid Ubuntu users — as you might have guessed by now — we are planning to do a special release day episode for this event which will be out on the same day, October 18, if all goes well. We will try to give you an overview of the new features and might also talk a bit about our experiences with Ubuntu in general.

If you are currently an Ubuntu user or if you are interested in moving to Ubuntu, it would be great if you write us a short email via the contact form. You can ask us questions or tell us about your experiences with Ubuntu (positive and negative) and what you expect from this release and we’ll try to get whatever it is you have to say on the show. Anyway, we’re looking forward to Gutsy and hope you are too!