So Ubuntu 8.10 was released to day - as always, downloads were slow, websites went down, torrents were seeded, the usual (yes the forums went down too - in fact they've just come back online ).

I've in the middle of installing Intrepid on my laptop as I write this, so far it looks nice, not to different visually from Hardy when you first boot the live CD, but there are some differences that I think are noticeable when you finally get around to using them.

Anyway, I've got stuff to be doing and /home directories to be restoring, so I'll post back in a few days when I've been running Intrepid properly!!

A few links you may find useful:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10/
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://ubuntuforums.org

The reason I moved back to Hardy - and back to a 32 bit install - is because I'm starting back at University, and my touchpad kept breaking (amongst other things). I can't really afford to have a laptop that does function fully while I'm studying, it's just not practical.

I may install it in a VM at some point, and I know I'll just install it when it's at the RC stage, just to beat the crowds :p

Unfortunately, I had some issues with my /home partition (I have it separate). So I had to format that too, luckily I have an rsync backup (I had 1 for Intrepid and 1 for Hardy) on my server. So I install gftp and grabbed all the stuff I wanted from there Now all is back up and running smoothly, I don't think I've missed off any app's that I had installed previously!