Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the
third alpha release of ubuntu 10.04,code name “Lucid Lynx”:
“Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 3,which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

Pre-releases of Lucid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even
frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and
those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.”

Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that …

Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name “Lucid Lynx”: “Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. New features: updated packages, Linux kernel 2.6.32, KDE 4.4 RC1; full removal of the HAL package, making Ubuntu faster to boot and faster to resume from suspend; Likewise Open package, which provides Active Directory authentication and server support for Linux, has been updated to version 5.4; improved support …

Martin Pitt has announced the availability of the third alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala”: “Welcome to Karmic Koala Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.10.” New features: “Updated packages; GNOME 2.27.4 development release; Empathy has replaced Pidgin as the default instant messaging client, introducing the Telepathy framework; the GDM 2.27.4 login manager is a complete rewrite; Ubuntu One file sharing; Linux kernel 2.6.31; new Intel video driver architecture; GCC 4.4 as the default compiler; ext4 as …

Installing Mysql database in Ubuntu
#apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient12-dev
MySQL initially only allows connections from the localhost (127.0.0.1). We’ll need to remove that restriction if you wish to make it accessible to everyone on the internet. Open the file /etc/mysql/my.cnf
#vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Find the line bind-address = 127.0.0.1 and comment it out
…
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1
…
You can check your configuration using the following command
#netstat -tap
Output Looks like below
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 4997/mysqld
MySQL comes with no root password as default. This is a huge …