Karmic Alpha 2 Released

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 259 d 18 h

The second alpha of our development version has been released for testing.

KDE 4.3 Beta 2

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 264 d 11 h

A second beta is out from KDE for the upcoming 4.3.

Users of the Karmic development release can upgrade to the latest packages.

Users of our stable 9.04 release can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main

Amarok 2.1 Rocks the World

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 271 d 21 h

Music playing application Amarok has rocked the world with their 2.1 release.


Packages are available for Kubuntu. Users of the Karmic development release can upgrade their Amarok packages. Users of our stable 9.04 release can install it from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main

KDE 4.2.4 Updates for Kubuntu 9.04

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 271 d 11 h

A new bugfix KDE release is available to update Kubuntu 9.04.

Add this repository and do a full upgrade:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

KOffice 2 Launched

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 278 d 13 h

KOffice 2 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu.

Users of our development release, Karmic, can install koffice-kde4.

If you are using the current 9.04 release add the backports Unsupported updates repository and install koffice-kde4.

KDE 4.3 Beta 1 now available

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 287 d 20 h

KDE 4.3 Beta 1 is now available in the Kubuntu Karmic repositories.

Packages for Jaunty are available in the Kubuntu Experimental repository. To install these, add this line to your software sources.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/experimental/ubuntu jaunty main

Then refresh and do a full upgrade.

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First Karmic Alpha Available

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 291 d 16 h

The first alpha CD for our next release is now available. This is at a very early stage of development so is advised for brave testers only. See the overview from Ubuntu, the announcement or just go straight to the CD download.

KDE 4.2.3 Update for Kubuntu 9.04

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 297 d 2 h

KDE 4.2.3 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu 9.04.

To install it add this line to your software sources.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

It is strongly recommended that you verify the integrity of these packages by installing the archive's GPG key. You may do this by saving the PUBLIC KEY BLOCK available from this page to a file and importing it from the authentication tab in KPackageKit's software sources window.

Then refresh and do a full upgrade.

Kubuntu 9.04 Out in the Wild

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 312 d 11 h

Speed, Beauty and Innovation

Kubuntu 9.04 has it all, and more....

The Kubuntu Team is proud to announce the release of Kubuntu 9.04, the Jaunty Jackalope!

With this release, the development team brings you the best KDE distro out there. With its world-renowned Ubuntu core and the KDE 4.2 desktop, Kubuntu 9.04 gives users a well-rounded, feature-filled and elegant desktop.

On the top, KDE 4.2 brings beauty, innovation and updated software with new & improved features. Underneath, updated kernel and core systems bring stability and speed.

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Kubuntu Jaunty KDE 3 Remix Release Candidate

Posted in www.kubuntu.org - 315 d 0 h

A remix of our Jaunty Release Candidate has been made with KDE 3 packages. The main focus of this remix is to keep the mature, stable, and familiar KDE3.5 desktop environment available for easy installation and use. Along the way, various bugs have been fixed, and small enhancements added, see the release notes page for information and where to download.

Canonical certifies Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on latest HP ProLiant servers

Posted in www.ubuntu.com - 257 d 14 h

Canonical certifies Ubuntu
9.04 Server Edition on latest HP ProLiant servers

Canonical collaborates
with HP to deliver a high-performance, energy-efficient
infrastructure for Ubuntu customers

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USN-788-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

Posted in www.ubuntu.com - 259 d 17 h

Referenced CVEs: 

CVE-2008-5515, CVE-2009-0033, CVE-2009-0580, CVE-2009-0781, CVE-2009-0783

Description: 

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-788-1 June 15, 2009
tomcat6 vulnerabilities
CVE-2008-5515, CVE-2009-0033, CVE-2009-0580, CVE-2009-0781,
CVE-2009-0783
===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10:
libtomcat6-java

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USN-779-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Posted in www.ubuntu.com - 261 d 2 h

Referenced CVEs: 

CVE-2009-1832, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1834, CVE-2009-1835, CVE-2009-1836, CVE-2009-1837, CVE-2009-1838, CVE-2009-1839, CVE-2009-1840, CVE-2009-1841

Description: 

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-779-1 June 12, 2009
firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-1832, CVE-2009-1833, CVE-2009-1834, CVE-2009-1835,
CVE-2009-1836, CVE-2009-1837, CVE-2009-1838, CVE-2009-1839,
CVE-2009-1840, CVE-2009-1841
===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04

This advisory also applies to the corre

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USN-787-1: Apache vulnerabilities

Posted in www.ubuntu.com - 262 d 2 h

Referenced CVEs: 

CVE-2009-0023, CVE-2009-1191, CVE-2009-1195, CVE-2009-1955, CVE-2009-1956

Description: 

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-787-1 June 12, 2009
apache2 vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-0023, CVE-2009-1191, CVE-2009-1195, CVE-2009-1955,
CVE-2009-1956
===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.

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USN-786-1: apr-util vulnerabilities

Posted in www.ubuntu.com - 264 d 22 h

Referenced CVEs: 

CVE-2009-0023, CVE-2009-1955, CVE-2009-1956

Description: 

===========================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-786-1 June 10, 2009
apr-util vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-0023, CVE-2009-1955, CVE-2009-1956
===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libaprutil1 1.2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 8.

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