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June 11, 2006
Ubuntu 6.06 is out!
Oooooooooooooooh yeah!
The best and brightest of Linux distributions got better.
Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux distribution that is aimed at the average joe. From my experience, I would guess that it can be used without a shell for the average desktop. Laptop is another story, especially because that WPA is not well supported just yet.
I upgraded my laptop and I have to work out a few issues regarding the wireless connection. I tested the Live CD on my roomate's computer and it was doing an OK job (except for the sound that was not detected. Is it a missing driver in the LiveCD?). I have yet to test the installation procedure.
One thing I can comment, besides the improved software, is that the whole thing looks sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. A lot of the typical open-source uglyness is gone.
They still have the policy of frozen software versions, which is annoying to me (but I'm not a typical user... I could be fit for the debian testing or unstable, really). This means that they freeze a functional version of the software in their repository and will release update only on major issues (typically security fixes). There is a lot of wisdom in it ("if it ain't broke, don't fix it"), but that's not my 'cutting edge' style.
Anyway. Get yourself the Desktop livecd by Bittorrent and try it!
Posted by ma at June 11, 2006 7:30 PM in Software
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